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What's that you are saying? You want to store the Asteroids cabinet at my house? Why sure! I don't have a problem with that!

What he is saying that any combination of three things will add up to the sum total of the discount minus the asking price when doubled... thereby allowing five times the realized value when multiplying along the vector of the gross profit when divided by pi. DUH!

I stumbled into a lucky find on eBay this weekend... a guy listed an Aquarius User's Club Magazine #1 on eBay for a steal of a buy it now of $49 (I snapped it up within about an hour of him listing it)... #1 usually sells for around $250-300 because they are next to impossible to find. #2-4 usually go for around $100. So now the fun waiting game for it to show up I like it when I get lucky like this since it rarely happens to me.

Back in the 80's my younger brother would play on the Asteroids machine at a local pizza parlor for hours on a quarter... he would rack up a ton of free ships then leave the machine to hit the restroom or get a drink and would be back before the last ship was dead and continue on. I don't ever remember him finishing a game, we had to be home before our father got home at 5:30 for dinner each night. I have often been curious to know just how long he could have played the game if he didn't have to leave. He was also just as good on Robotron.

Just wanted to chime in about the Multi-Cart for the Mattel Aquarius system that has just been developed by AA's own JayBird3rd. I received the 2nd one he ever made and it is definitely a must have!

If you liked that Donkey Kong Jr, this one will blow your mind! http://www.geekvintage.com/coleco-tabletop-donkey-kong-jr.php (The box isn't real.)

last bump attempt

**does the mystical bump dance**

I'm happy just using my external 1541 drive or the 1541 built into my SX-64 for playing games. I love the retro experience of using the original hardware and disks just as much as the games I play on my C64s. Though a multi-cart does sound tempting for the hard to find titles.

12. It is best to bury your failures in the desert.

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Whew!

Holy crap!!!! I never even saw that auction... musta been a BIN and the first person to see it clicked.

Look at the outrageous price on this Aquarius eBay Auction -- Item Number: 150429799131 Bwa-hahahahahahahahahaha Eeep! I think I just peed a little.

Medic!

Nuttin wrong with that collection, sounds like you got some great homebrew stuff!

GCE made three game watches that some people call Vectrex Watches... they were ArcadeTime, GameTime and SportTime. They are awesome.

Sweet! What are your favorite pieces? Do you have any cool pics to show?

Sorry to go against the tide here, but I actually see the logic in getting NIB titles. I myself am both a collector AND a gamer. I have CIB carts and loose carts to play the hell out of, but whenever I can, I obtain a 2nd copy NIB. It is a historic preservation thing on my part. Growing up in the 70's and 80's, these games are something that are dear to my heart and to have a pristine example of what made those years magical to me is priceless... especially when I can play the games with my kids and then show them a sealed copy in our "hall of records" of the games we had just played. So in my opinion, as long as you aren't just obtaining the NIB games for momentary gain, I applaud you.

Another fun artifact in my Vectrex collection is my factory sealed LightPen. Unfortunately the shrink-wrap is starting to crush the box... Is there a way to fix this or is that just how it is with shrink wrap? I also have one of Chuck's homebrew light pens that I use on all of my LightPen games since I don't want to open the sealed unit.

Any status report on the raffle?

The games that did not come with jewel cases, in alphabetical order are... AD&D : Order Of The Griffon Air Zonk Bomberman 93 Bonk III : Bonk's Big Adventure Chase HQ Darkwing Duck Dead Moon Falcon Ghost Manor Hit The Ice Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu Legend Of Hero Tonma Magical Chase Neutopia II New Adventure Island Samurai Ghost Shockman Soldier Blade Somer Assault Time Cruise World Sports Competition

Wow really? Just the games with jewel cases? You will be missing out on some of the greatest TG16 games then... such as Air Zonk, which is one of the funnest games ever for the TurboGrafx 16.

For that price it better come shipped in a BubblopeTM

I finally got a boxed 3D Imager a couple moths ago from a fellow AtariAger and that made me soooo happy and completed my collection. Then I sold my loose imager to another AtariAger. But like you I still need Minestorm II and Mr Boston... but I do not count those as original releases. One was promotional and one was a bug fix.