Scooter83

I know where Im doing my christmas shopping this year.

SOLD

I try to when they are less than 5.00 people expect 10 or 15.00 here in Jersey and thats just crazy. I only have 1 so far but its when i can find them Ill add them . Not gonna be paying alot of money on them Just not worth it to me.

a little white light is the puck and when working properly it bounces from one end of the screen to the other. On this unit the bracket for the gyroscope is broke so it needs some repair work but outside of that it lights up and should be fully functional after i get it fixed. Its cheaply made but at the same time its complicatedly made.

I came across this cool item today and wanted to share it with everyone here. After 38 yrs, most everything works on it. The light works ( the puck lights up ), the gears for the controls and scoring work, No chips cracks missing pieces of plastic on the field. Does have a missing batt cover but thats to be expected on something this old at a flea market. Heres a little back round on this cool little unit ( from: http://www.grandoldtoys.com ) By 1974 the Marx Company was on its way out. It had been purchased two years earlier by Quaker Oats and in two years following it would be sold off in bankruptcy to a holding company. The same year was a turning point for the toy industry because it marked the beginning of the revolutionary home video market with the introduction of PONG. To capitalize on this quickly growing market, Marx produced their own version of the super selling PONG....well, soft of. For a number of reasons, mostly financial, the Marx version of PONG did not use any digital technology. Contradictory to the current trend it was completely analog. In other words it was a battery operated mechanical PONG with gears and lights. It also was completely styrene plastic. Since the toy was not a digital system which connected to a TV, Marx built their toy to resemble an entire television set complete with tube, screen and housing. It had no electronic components except for a motor and a light bulb. It used a delicately balanced cantilevered plastic lever tipped with a glowing light bulb. The bulb represented the tennis ball. A small battery powered motor moved plastic gears which, in turn, moved the position of the lever and the light bulb. As the motor changed the position of the "ball", players controlling the paddle's would hit the bulb when it approached their side. The bulb would bounce off the paddle and return it in the opposite direction. If the lever made it past the paddle it would physically strike a bell signaling a goal. Score was kept manually with a rotating wheel on the top of the set. It couldn't have been more simple. It was also big, bulky, and difficult to move without breaking unless you reinserted the shipping bolt which locks in the cantilever mechanism. The bolt was the first thing to remove when it was unpacked for the first time and was probably the first thing thrown away. The box for this toy looks very spectacular with staged color photography and caricature illustrations drawn by Mad Magazine's Jack Davis. It gave the toy a more polished appearance, but the problem was that inside the box was still an analog system. No wiring (except for the batteries), no electronic boards, no chips, no technology. A couple of gears and a well engineered system was all it took to make it possible, but it was not PONG.

I think this was the basis for the ST line of computers, but with the weird PC connection what other units would hook up well to it? What adapters can be bought to adapt it over to other inputs ( regular 15 pin PC, or RCA cables )?

I did 2. ( one more cause i thought maybe the first one didnt go through. A8GH and A8Scooter

Well now im Still waiting on my approval for the site. :/ How long does this process usually take the admins to do?

Im happy with the size of my collection so far. I love gaming, I love hunting and finding, but I wont hoard or keep stuff i dont need. If i have duplicates I will sell off. Let it fund new items. But for me it takes both gaming and collecting to make it work here. Long as I can pay my bills and its not hurting anyone then my more is more mentality will continue. When I need to stop buying i have the ability to stop and wait til i can go back to it again. With the more is more when you stop you got more stuff to play. The great titles , the good ones and others just to fill the time till you find something you want to play.

Anything that says pre-release is usually a good thing but leaves so much to ponder ( what stage of development, what purpose did it have, etc... ) Just waiting on an account approval before I can post on there and hopefully find out more. Price I assume its what anyone is willing to pay. Not really looking to sell these. Id rather gather info on them and a value ( if there is any info on that ) and do a little write up and add them to my collection.

I came across these with a friend today $1.00 ea. I havent been able to find much online about them nor did I see much on ebay ( besides someone selling one like this for 3,999.99 BIN ). I figure you guys might have a clue.

none of my collections are as great as my first time around collecting. ( besides the atari 8 bit ) . its slowly coming along and I hope a few years ill be back to where i used to be on things.

arkanoid also was a good breakout kinda game. I remember playing it as a stand alone but if my memory serves me it also made it out on the NES Game boy also. I think breakout games can do quite well as pad controllers as well as with paddles. I guess it depends on how authentic you want to get with it.

GameBoy Games

Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES )

Below you can see my full collection of Atari 8 Bit Cartridges ( the other items will follow but I wanted to get at least the carts up on the site here for everyone to check out. Atari 400 Brown Label Series Carts ( Complete Set ) Atari 800 Brown Label Series Carts ( Complete Set ) [/url] Atari Silver Label Series Carts Atari XE Label Series Carts 20th Century Fox Anderson John Activision Carts Br0derbund[/b} Big Five Software Carts CBS Carts Dorsett {b]Eastern House{/b] Epyx Carts FirstStar Fisher Price HES IDSI Imagic KBYTE Koala OSS PPI Parker Brothers Carts ( Complete US Set, Minus the Canadian Mr. Do's Castle Release ) ROMOX Carts Roklan Scarborough SEGA Sierra OnLine Sirus Spinnaker Carts Synapse TG Software Tigervision Thorn Emi

2013 Scooter's Gameroom Galleria Atari 2600 Carts Atari 5200 Atari 7800

Updates for 11/10/13 with many more in the future. Including a new update on the Atari 8 bit line of games, Complete Game system photos and other interesting items.

Updated for 11/10/13. Condensed down to whats left.

I think I have things up to date

Damn.....

If I was close I'd get the monitors and the c64. Sigh

Ok , slowly catching up on this and will make a more formal update to the ad soon enough. 2 Atari 800 bundles + 1 800 board sold paid and shipped out as of today. ( youve been emailed about this ) a 3rd one was sold and paid for as of today with a 850. prepping for shipping. a 1200xl, 2 boxed 1050s and an Indus GT with disks ( i believe ) are pending for me to find a box and get a weight for shipping before paying So this gives me 4 Atari 800 bundles spoken for. 2 left. an800xl lot available 1 atari 1050 loose available 1 atari 1050 happy available 1 atari 850 available 1 atari 1020 available a parts 800 available Not sure if Im missing anything but if something is a miss let me know. Jay