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  2. Posted

    Personally, I like the following:

     

    Frostbite

    Space Invaders

    Pheonix

    Tron: Deadly Discs

    Ms. Pacman

    Seaquest

    Missile Command

    Chopper Command

    many more I haven't thought of yet

     

    The best part about collecting for the 2600 is that common carts are the most fun to play. Rarer carts are rare for a reason, they generally blow.

     

    Here is my observation that will probably infuriate all 2600 collectors. After playing Quadrun, I realized that the game was a real stinker! All that money for a piece of plastic. Personal advice: Collect for the gaming fun, not for the trophies.

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    And this is the kicker:

     

    One of the reasons that this game is so hard to find is that Purina destroyed any copies of this game that was not redeemed in 1983, and there was only a very limited number that were redeemed because this was before Atari got huge and very poplular

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    I often bid on several auctions at once. Since my max limit is fairly low, my bid often gets topped. In the end I usually win one of the auctions. Sometimes I do as desolate one if I get pissed because I really wanted the item. I know it's petty and all, but I'm sure the seller is appreciative. Also, BIN killing is acceptable if the BIN set rediculously high. Just my thoughts on the issue.

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    I think the reason a lot of us collect is to make up for the fact that we gave or sold our systems and regret it now. The only system that I still have now that dates back to the 80's is my ADAM computer and a bunch of games. Since then I have reaquired a 2600, about 70 games, and a handful of colecovision stuff. The Atari I had, I actually acquired in a garage sale around 1988, long after its popularity faded. I was really a coleco kid more than anything.

  18. Posted

    I'll probably give my atari & coleco stuff to one of my sons. Or maybe give it to a museum! :D . Anyhow, as for collecting values, I have a coin that is probably worth more than my whole video game collection ever will be worth! Speculation rarely pays off in collectables. I still stand by my theory that Atari prices will go down in the future. If you want to speculate, try land, you'll get a better payoff

  21. Posted

    I started collecting to play the games. After a while I realized that many of the games stank royally. I would say my primary aim is to collect. I think it is in my nature. When I was a kid I collected baseball cards. I still have the whole collection, although it has been inactive for over a decade. Same with coins. There is an intangible thrill to collecting things that are no longer in production, knowing that there is only a limited number of said items and having one of them is quite fun, even if it is one of say six million! Also, as a parent of young children, I have little time to play my various titles. I will be doing some arranging soon to maximize the aesthetic value of it all.

  24. Posted

    I guess I have about 75 Atari cartridges in total, about 8 of them are duplicates. I have about 30 Colecovision carts. Small potatoes really. My rarest is Gremlins. I also have about 2 5's (Rampage and either laser volley or dragontreasure, I forget which one is the 5) and about 5 4's. the rest are 1's 2's and 3's .

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