Captain_Combat

February 1

4 minutes ago, atari181 said:

When I was first collecting, I remember finding a couple of these in the bottom of the box from a lot I purchased off Ebay. I also remember throwing them away because I didn't now what they were. 😱😱

Oh no, do you have any of these suckers now?

February 1

11 hours ago, masschamber said:

beyond the fact that the gatefolds are so nice to begin with, I've collected atari for years and I've never actually had a hex disk despite owning a few dozen cx10s, wild score

Almost all of them fell off the controllers and the majority of them were thrown away. Don’t fret not finding any, one day when you’re not expecting it will happen. I think Bill has 2 Atari and 1 Sears. If you have boxed games go through each manual , look at your consoles, controllers front and back. Keep looking I’m sure you’ll strike Atari gold.

January 31

Hanger tab star ship gatefold a holy grail within a holy grail. Two Atari hex discs were stuck on the manual and if it wasn’t for atari Bill I would have never found them.

January 31

15 hours ago, Atari_Bill said:

I was searching completed eBay a bit and stumbled across the sell. I didn’t buy it but whoever did got an amazing deal. Besides having the original sleeve (which is unbelievably rare) check out what’s stuck to picture 6! This is one incredible pickup!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ATARI-Star-Ship-Game-Program-Cartridge-CX-2603-TESTED/154201344086?hash=item23e71dc856:g:zLEAAOSw0Z1ftU23

I picked the game up awhile back just for the hang tab. I only looked at the first picture and if it wasn’t for you I would have never found those Atari hex discs. I owe you now thanks! Maybe I should start looking inside my boxed games lol. Now I have both Atari and Sears sets. I’m going to keep both the Atari hex discs on the manual instead of a cx-10 sort of an 80s time capsule. Do you go through every page of your manuals? I’m guessing yes.

January 30

Sealed subterranea for the 2600

January 30

1 hour ago, Atari_Bill said:

That’s nice!

Yeah this sob Tony told me if I put a like on it he would send me the game. This one continues to elude me so Tony feel free to ship and I might pay for shipping lol.

January 23

A couple mint sealed Nintendo games.

January 2

A minty Super Nintendo chrono trigger, I think it’s cib but not really sure it reminds me of swordquest waterworld with all the different pieces.

December 27, 2020

I might open a sealed dig dug maybe 50/50, but yeah sealed games that have historic value shouldn’t be opened. Maybe we can meet up at a game convention post COVID and have a couple beers and talk collecting.

December 26, 2020

I had one shrink wrap telegames that was squeezing my box like an anaconda. I had to open it to protect the box lol. I’m glad my sealed condor attack and others have been good no squeezing.

December 26, 2020

1 hour ago, stupus said:

Man, cant be many sealed copies of that left! Its pretty hard just to get a box period!

Yeah you’re right you never see them sealed and rarely cib, it’s definitely a museum piece. I bought it off eBay yrs ago and didn’t realize it was sealed until I looked at it today.

Personally I would buy sealed if I could than cib. Loose carts I didn’t care about unless they were super rare like air raid etc.

December 26, 2020

Sealed cosmic commuter and a home brew game in the background.

December 13, 2020

One of a kind collection congrats, I doubt anybody else will be able to match you going forward.

December 13, 2020

On 11/12/2020 at 2:07 PM, Tony587327635498 said:

Out of curiosity, is your goal to get a complete Sears collection or just some specific titles?

December 13, 2020

Atari did it right in the beginning with the heavy sizer, hex discs and neat gatefold boxes. As time went on they quickly started cost cutting because high growth is expensive and they needed to tap public markets . So yes, I also believe the glossy gatefolds probably came first.

December 13, 2020

Flying high with a sealed copy Into the eagles 🦅 lair for Atari home computers.

December 5, 2020

A couple sealed omega race for the 2600 and my boy daring someone from seal team 6 to take his ball.

November 21, 2020

5200 cib meteorites. Also does anyone know why the side of moon sweeper box is red and all the other imagic titles boxes are silver ?

November 21, 2020

I saw your speedway 2 and that’s a holy grail unto itself with maybe just a handful in existence. You don’t find very many Sears sealed games and the hangers on 99.99% of the gatefolds were probably torn off and trashed. I have one also.

Is your Atari hex disc a reproduction looks pretty bright? You’re Sears one looks right.

November 20, 2020

I’ll take one if still available

November 20, 2020

On 11/18/2020 at 4:21 PM, Shawn said:

Assuming it's 500 of each (which it's likely not) of the 3 main NTSC titles, I don't think you could quickly find that many people to buy them at a price anyone would be happy with as a seller looking for a return on a $15k investment. I could easily see someone getting stuck trying to break even on a pile of leftovers by the time you sell a few hundred sets at most. The market would flood and not recover for years before you could sell them for a decent amount again when offering up 500 copies of 3 mid range rarity titles. Best thing going for them is they are naughty games. The novelty of that never wears off.

With all the risk involved I wouldn't see this as a wise purchase for anything more than $5k to $7k tops.

You’re spot on!

November 20, 2020

Fabulous game room and collection congrats! I like the 2600 kiosk marquee over the lights really cool. Is your holy grail cubicolor or Sears Superman or something else?