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  2. Posted

    Theoretically if they do pay only what eBay states they're likely to win a dispute anyhow.

     

    Yeah, their shipping has gotten really weird. I was selling cart lots and wanted to charge $6.50 for shipping but they would only let me go up to $6.00 in certain categories. If you can figure out what categories have that lack of shipping requirement you are golden.

  4. Posted

    I love the fact that you've busted out the 2600 for kids that age. So many children of this upcoming generation have absolutely no idea about classic video game systems and can't appreciate how awesome and amazing they really were! Applause for your expansion of their minds is necessary. :D

  6. Posted · Edited by CebusCapucinis

    I wish I could have been a kid in grade 6 to cool. Grade cool was probably the best grade ever. :D :rolling:

     

    Also I'm not sure if teaching a bunch of church youth group children how to gamble by playing atari poker and casino is a great idea....

  8. Posted

    I like Fallout a lot better, but I'm about halfway through the game, I think. I'm past the second outposts and Lucky's Bar and whatnot. The game is pretty cool. I chose the sniper guy as well, but I've been pretty unimpressed with the actual sniping part of the game. The hit boxes are off by quite a bit and I just barely got around to getting the 100% pass-through-shields bit.

     

    The gameplay seems to me to be a lot like Diablo 2...everything is based on gear, gear, gear. Your skills/points don't really matter much, it's just a question of getting that revolver that can do 356 damage or the rifle that does 500+.

     

    I don't know if it was worth the $50 I paid for it, to be honest, but so few modern games have been worth it. I'm still peeing myself in anticipation for Red Dead Redemption.

  9. Posted

    If it has the box, pick it up, loose you can find them all the time.

     

    You must live in the Magical Atari Kingdom where everything grows on trees! Can I move there? You can't find anything in Idaho at ALL! Well, except cows and potatoes.

  13. Posted

    Oh, wow! I've totally seen the light now! It really IS a piece of garbage and I completely think it's pathetic and stupid now! I'm just going to go right ahead and throw it out the window since it's such a lame piece of trash. You've sure convinced me not to think it's nifty in its own right! :roll:

  14. Posted

    Ironically those pink fuzzy slippers were a 50th birthday gift for my mother that never made it into the box. We got her all these gag gifts for "old people" like laxatives/fiber and icy-hot for her aching joints now that she's old. These matched a shower cap for her new curlers and a pink housecoat we got her, but when I got to the post office I went "CRAP!" because I'd forgotten them, but by then the box was sealed.

     

    I may just wear them myself, actually.

  15. Posted

    Looks like something that was pulled from the bottom of the ocean! These had to be under water for a really long time!

     

    I think the titanic went down before the A5200 was released.

     

    Someone time traveled and had them in their pockets. That was in the movie, right?

  16. Posted

    Here's some pictures of my wimpy, wimpy but growing collection! I just organized everything and stored it all so things are looking a lot cleaner than before.

     

    The Monkey Hut

     

    Up first is the storage rack next to my AA.com computer. :D On the first two shelves we have a 130XE complete in box and a TI-99/4a black/silver model complete in box!

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    The next two shelves feature a 5200 4-port and the 2600 Jr and a 2600 light sixer. The other variations of the 2600 are in the closet and my 7800 is currently out for repair at Ax's place.

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    In the projector room here's my favorite little non-working toy which will soon be replaced with a working version: the PCJR!

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    When I take pictures I think I have Parkinson's because I can't take a non-blurry photo. Here's the stack of CIB games for the 2600/Jr. Note, I don't collect CIB games so this is very small!

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    In the projector room closet we have the boxes for the CIB systems I got: The Jr boxes, plus the Atari 1050 & 1027 boxes.

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    A box of all the controllers, trackballs, etc. for the Atari systems:

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    I know, blasphemy, my 2600s aren't hooked up at the moment. I am obsessed with using this 1200XL though! I play Ms. Pac-Man every time I go in the living room for it.

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    Top of the 2 shelves next to it (the rest are my wife's books) is the CIB A8 games I got, along with the complete Lynx II w/ carrying case, car charger, you name it. Still working on games for it:

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    More Parkinson's photos. This is the loose 2600 collection. I've got around 120 carts or so, I'm not completely sure. I'm still working on it!

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    So there's the monkey hut so far. As I said I'm still really new at collecting so I don't have a whole lot, but I've got a bunch of boxes showing up next week that should enhance the collection. :D

  17. Posted · Edited by CebusCapucinis

    EDIT: Played again with the camera, and managed to get a better score!

    21,000

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    My TIP:

    To single-rev a victim, you don't have to press the button when you're close. They will switch spots once or twice in an attempt to run away, but when your un-revved chainsaw's pixel is right on top of the very edge of the victim, then you can rev as they are close enough to not get away. This will result in a kill rather than wasted fuel. Revving before the pixels are lined up exactly is simply a waste of fuel, because the victim is planned to get away that time.

     

    Also remember that you don't have to rev through the body when you hit something or kill a victim. You merely stand there, doing nothing, until it disappears. Pressing the joystick or fire button causes you to lose fuel during that time, so after you've hit something or scored a kill, do absolutely nothing until it disappears as this will put the fuel only on the timer rather than performing an activity that drains fuel faster.

     

    Holy crap it gets crazy fast at 20,000 points.

  22. Posted

    Okay, after asking for a listing here's what I got:

     

    Nintendo Games:

    Spy Hunter

    Zelda II Adventures of Link

    Dr. Mario

    Super Mario Bro.

    Track & Field

    Blaster Master

    Bigfoot

    Skate or Die

     

    Coleco Vision Games

    Asteroids Target Fun

    Midnight Magic Cosmic Ark

    Missile Command International Soccer

    Q-Bert Tron Deadly Disc.

    Laser Blast Code Breaker

    Zaxxon Carnival

    Combat Indy 500

    Hunt & Score Demonds to Diamonds

    Grand Prix E.T.

    Kaboom Bugs

    Black Jack Night Driver

    Circus Space Invaders

    Defender Star Wars

    Berzerk Donkey Kong (2 each)

    Illusions Mash

    Antarctic Adventure Frogger

    Ms. Pac Man Bowling

    Demon Attack Video Chess

    Slot Racers Super Breakout

    Vanguard Video Olympics

    Krull Amidar

    Surround Dodge-em

    Crystal Castles Oink

    Mega Mania Street Racer

    Pac Man Sword Quest

    Jr. Pac Man Jungle Hunt

    Galaxian Dragster

    Mouse Trap Flag Capture

    Gorf Basket Ball

    Boxing Black Jack / Poker

    Stampede

    Maze Craze

     

    Absolutely nothing in there that's really worth much. I don't even see a single title for CV that wasn't also a 2600 port, and for the record the NES games were thrown in at the beginning of the sale. The seller has now stated that it's worth $280, so now $20 more than the original quote, which was already off-base.

     

    I think I'll be passing on this one. I think I've run into a seller who has absolutely no idea what the system is or has with it and has placed a much higher value on it than it's worth, and I'll just have to deal with bargaining by trying to convince someone it's worth less than it is, which almost never works.

  25. Posted

    I bought mine because I have never seen one in the wild! Growing up my parents were very PC-oriented (starting with a mail-order Northgate 8086, haha!) and I never got to see any of the "third-party" computer supplies, be it Atari, Commodore, Amiga, Tandy, any of it. I am experiencing these systems for the very first time in my life, and it's amazing to see everything I was missing out on, so to speak. I'm currently addicted to the A8 version of Ms Pac-Man and play it every time I'm in the living room. I'm tinkering with some programming on my 130XE just to see what I can get out of it, and I have the TI-99 sitting next to me to be hooked up today for some Wumpus hunting.

     

    Good or bad, "piece of sh!t" or not, I want to experience everything that was to offer in these systems. If it's bad, I want to know why. I don't want people to tell me why, I want to experience why for myself. I want to try to make the system better if it IS bad. I want to experience it all.

     

    And seconded on the earlier motion: Going on a vintage video game board and calling something from an older era a "piece of sh!t" is probably not one of the brightest things a person can do. :P

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