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  1. Posted

    21 hours ago, AW127 said:

    I was suprised a little bit, that "Pitfall" is in front of "Pitfall 2".

    Both games are good, no question, but when i think back in my childhood, no one from all my friends, including me, would have had the first game of the series in front here. We were all big fans of "Pitfall 2" and i still am, while the first part we didn't really give that much attention. But, tastes are different, as you can see.  :) 

    I put Pitfall ahead of Pitfall 2 for a couple of reasons.

    • I like the limited lives aspect much better than being transported back to the last "cross";
    • I like the combination of the above ground/underground mechanics. It adds a strategy element that Pitfall 2 doesn't have.
    • There's more of a sense of urgency with the 20 minute limit
    • Although I don't mind the Pitfall 2 music, it becomes tiring after awhile

    I probably also subconsciously give Pitfall a little more credit because it was first and blew my mind when it was initially released

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    Those are awesome on multiple levels. It's fascinating to watch the price of the system decrease. It's also interesting that they are showing Air-Sea Battle on the television in the first ad but I'm sure the pack-in game, that they don't identify, is Combat.

     

    Cool stuff. Thanks for sharing.

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  12. Posted

    On 11/13/2020 at 5:53 PM, Albert said:

    This is absolutely true, as a payment processor they need this information so they can submit this income data to the IRS if you go over the yearly threshold (you exceed $20,000 in payments and have more than 200 transactions during the year).  You're not going to be able to avoid this if you are using any payment processor.

    I don't understand this on multiple levels. Income (earnings) and revenue (sales) are not the same thing. How do they know that we aren't selling items at a loss that would generate no income?

     

    I'm also not sure how eBay can view sellers as independent contractors. We're using their platform, we're not working for them nor did they contract us to provide a service. I'm glad I haven't sold all that much. I should send eBay a 1099 for the amount that I've purchased on their site.

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    1 hour ago, Andrew Davie said:

    Just give Atlantis a quick check and make sure it's not Atlantis 2.

     

    All the Atlantis 2 carts have the "night scene"

     

    I'd say $100 to $150 sounds right as a package deal. I'd recommend including a coax adapter so they won't have to mess with a switchbox.

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  14. Posted · Edited by cvga

    5 minutes ago, Deemar said:

     

    Are you saying I paid 10 times the value?

    Definitely not. I think Best Electronics sold some of those games (Frog Pond, Dukes of Hazzard, etc) for $12-20 a long long time ago. They probably go for $60-$100 today. Malagai and Gauntlet are really really rare but I don't think those prices are unreasonable. My opinion is that you may have overpaid a touch for Dukes but none of those games are available very often so enjoy your purchase.

  16. Posted

    On 11/12/2020 at 7:02 AM, tanuki said:

    Hello everybody.

     

    We will start manufacturing the boxes this week and we took the opportunity to improve the rendering.
    So here is the new box, more aesthetic.
    The back and the edges are also reworked.

     

    154112609_UwolthequestformoneyColecoVision.thumb.png.202c5a7e6ce4d52067c631b6b90d7fd3.png

    Ordered. Looks awesome.

     

    Will Knight & More or Muncher Mouse become available again at some point in the future?

     

    Thanks!

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    7 hours ago, Philflound said:

    Episode 4: Colecovision

     

    I mention in the comments that at the end of the video, I have a photo of Xmas 1983 when I got my CV.

     

     

     

    I've been watching and enjoying the videos. The Christmas picture at the end was pretty cool, not only for the Colecovision but also for that time period in general.

     

    You mentioned Oil's Well. It's one of my favorite games from back in the day. I used to play it on my Commodore 64. It's quite a bit different than the game you described (I know you weren't describing Oil's Well). Oil's Well is more of an action game, very similar to the Aardvark game released for the 2600 in the Atari Age store.

     

    Also, just out of curiosity, my wife wants to know what type of room you're in (she watched less than 30 seconds of one episode lol). She thought it was a basement because of the air register in the ceiling and what she's assuming is a utility/sump pump/etc closet at what she thinks is the bottom of your basement stairs. I pointed out that there's what appears to be access to storage or something in the ceiling and that I've seen background light in other videos that makes me think you're not in a basement. Clearly you're in a basement, upstairs or somewhere inbetween lol.

     

    Keep the videos coming. Really enjoying them.

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    4 hours ago, JayAre said:

     

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    Looks like there are 6 different games on the standee between them. Boxing on the left and Skiing in the middle. I can't make out the others but I'd guess maybe Bridge in the middle behind Skiing, Checkers in the upper right corner andFishing Derby in the upper left corner. The game in the front on the right is a mystery to me which is odd since we can see the front of the (blurry) box. Based on the artwork, I would think it's Laser Blast but Laser Blast was released in an orangish box. Maybe the color of the box was changed or it's a different game.

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  24. Posted

    Fun read. Thanks for sharing. I remember my mother taking me literally everywhere to try and buy Donkey Kong when it was released. After going to sold-out after sold-out store, I spotted Atari games for sale in the window of a Lowery's Music Center and we snagged their last copy. Pianos, sheet music and Donkey Kong. Makes total sense.

     

    BTW - I loved it then and still love it now. Reading Mr. Kitchen's story just makes it that much better.

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