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  1. Very fair trade with Keir, I feel I got the better end of the bargain. Prompt shipping and good communication, I hope we can trade again.
  2. Updated version It bugged me that I couldn't match the proportions of the original, so I traced over it. I also recreated the "mathematical symbol border" around the Light Cycle grid from the movie and added it. I like the effect. Full version available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uRRJbU6R1EMZDSUMFm-1N_pf5uscRAV1/view?usp=sharing
  3. I've always liked this ad for Discs of Tron and Adventures of Tron, but never cared for the bright yellow and pastels color scheme. So I rebuilt it using more accurate Tron colors and assets: Download the full size image here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wc4ojfhrsExPH5qPsESFhxQzJjFVlY2h/view?usp=share_link I got the Recognizers using this 3D model. The perspective of them in the original is off, so I distorted the model to make it fit better. If you look carefully you'll notice some of the lines curve a bit. It was the best I could manage without directly tracing over the original, which is a lot more work. Haven't ruled out going back and doing that though. I got the Tanks from this 3D model, which I recolored to make them closer to the movie. The Tank fire is pieced together using captures from the movie. Tron logo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Tron_(Disney)%2C_Logo.svg/10560px-Tron_(Disney)%2C_Logo.svg.png M-Network logo: https://seeklogo.com/vector-logo/86577/m-network I'm not really an artist but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
  4. I recently picked up a Nintendo Popeye tabletop. I actually got one as a birthday gift in the mid 1980s. They are expensive nowadays, but I had a lot of fun with mine back then and had been wanting to get one again, and finally found one at a not too crazy price. It runs on two C batteries and doesn't have a power jack. I don't need C batteries for anything else and don't want to buy them just for this, so I've been looking for replacement options. I've found a few things online but they seem kind of cheaply made, not sure if these are really safe to use on vintage electronics like this. https://www.amazon.com/Replacement-Eliminator-Flameless-Decorative-Electronic/dp/B0829466Y3/ref=sr_1_2?crid=WYO1NMR7RMKY https://www.amazon.com/S-YUWEN-Eliminator-Electronic-Replacement-Batteries/dp/B08TLZ69VN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WYOW7KM5ACH3 I know about the old Coleco Perma Power battery eliminators too, but I think those are only good if you're replacing four C's, not just two. At least, that's what it looks like to me, I've never actually owned one. I've also seen adapter spacers like these that use AA batteries inside of a C-shaped shell. I have plenty of rechargeable AA's already so this would be a good solution if they work. But from what I've heard they aren't super reliable. Anyone have any recommendations for good battery eliminators?
  5. Oh interesting, I didn't realize these arcade titles got board game adaptations. I knew of several others -- I have Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Zaxxon -- but not these. Might have to track down Turtles... the Odyssey2 version was one of my favorites growing up and I love the original arcade as well.
  6. I just picked this up and couldn't like it more. A sales circular for Zayre that have would shown in up mailboxes before Christmas (1982, I believe). There were no Zayre's stores in my area growing up, but this brings back a lot of memories of looking through old Kmart ads and daydreaming about buying all the games they advertised. I'm probably going to frame this and hang it up in my game room. The other side advertises three Entex handhelds (identified as board games for some reason) and other electronic games like Comp IV and Electronic Detective. I uploaded full-size scans of the whole Atari side and the electronic games portion of the back. Links below if anyone wants them (warning: really big files). Scan of Atari side Scan of Electronic/handhelds ad
  7. I saw this on eBay for just a few bucks and had to buy it: This cart must have meant a lot to someone in their childhood. We can guess the label got damaged or fell off a long time ago (since it's a Parker Bros. cart I'm guessing it fell off), so the owner drew their own and affixed it with a heck of a lot of scotch tape. The artwork is all in colored pencil, and it looks like a kid's effort, but not bad -- better than I would have done as a kid. The colors don't exactly match the game, but they seem appropriate, and the appearance of Spider-Man and the guys in the windows is pretty accurate. The artist even included the lives indicator (the brown spider) and web fluid bar at the bottom of the screen! The artist embellished the end label a bit with yellow crisscrosses that I assume are meant to be webs. Impressively he even got Spider-Man's name fully correct by including the hyphen. I especially like how he misjudged the space available and had to cram the letters in "man" to get them to fit. I remember that happening every time I tried to draw stuff as a kid. On the back we have a name I assume to be the artist's. The silver ink bled and has faded a bit, but I make it as "Property of Carlito S." (or possibly "Carlton", but I think I see a faded letter i). I'll just call the artist Carl. Carl must have loved Atari 2600 Spider-Man enough to want to draw an accurate label. He either looked at the game screen while drawing it or had played it enough to draw from memory. He fitted it to the cart really well and protected it with a layer of tape. There's no way to know how long ago Carl did this, but if it was during the "Atari era," his little love letter to this game has survived three decades or more now. It's a great addition to my collection. I haven't been able to test the cart yet but assuming it still works, I plan to use it to try for a high score. I think Carl would appreciate that.
  8. Did the Parker labels fall off back then too? I wonder if the warranty covered that...
  9. Aha, I figured something like that had to exist, but I've never seen pics of one. Given that there are communities of both Atari collectors and Kool-Aid collectors online, I'm surprised. Would love to know what it looked like. I have that comic issue. I think I found it in a thrift store or in a comic shop's cheapie bin. I didn't realize it was a mail-away promo, nor did I realize until just now that Kool-Aid Man has doomed those kids to a horrible death via explosive decompression. I know he's committed to his busting-through-walls shtick, but sometimes it's just not appropriate.
  10. My best friends (two brothers) growing up had Kool-Aid Man. I remember them sending Proofs of Purchase and waiting for it to arrive in the mail. What I don't remember is how they knew about the redemption offer in the first place. I know it was advertised in comic books, but I wonder if Kool-Aid ever made mention of it on their drink packages or store displays. I don't recall seeing pictures of anything like that online though.
  11. Very interesting, I wonder if they didn't stick with this oversized packaging very long before swapping over to the Phaser Patrol pack-in. I expect most who bought the big box trashed it, it's so big that I can't imagine anyone hanging onto it unless they were already a collector. It's funny you mentioned the RGVC seller... that's how I got my original Supercharger (plus Phaser Patrol, Communist Mutants and Killer Satellites). I forget who the seller was, but I recall he bought a huge surplus of shrinkwrapped Supercharger stuff at an estate sale and sold it in lots on RGVC for quite some time, at great prices. I should have bought more.
  12. That's got to be it. Fedco went out of business before I moved to California so I'd never heard of it before, but that article tells me I live within walking distance of one of their former locations. Thanks for digging that up. Interesting that article mentions they would purchase directly from wholesalers, I wonder if they acquired their Supercharger stock that way. Would be cool to check out their catalog archives at Cal State LA sometime. This cost me $50. I almost didn't buy it because I already have a Supercharger, but since I'd never seen this box in almost 30 years of collecting I couldn't pass it up.
  13. Apologies for resurrecting such an old thread, but I thought it was warranted in this case. This thread is one of the few places I've seen online to mention this box variation. I recently found one at a retro game store in Southern California. All that came with it was the box and Supercharger unit (and a Video Touch Pad for some reason, but no games or manuals). The Supercharger has a regular blue label, not the rainbow one pictured on the box, unfortunately. I haven't had the chance to test it yet to see if it's NTSC. Here's some more pics of the box. Lighting in my house isn't very good, but I can try to take better ones if anyone wants them. That last pic is of a store price tag stuck to the box that has been partially removed. The remaining letters look like "EDCO" but it's nothing I recognize. I'm curious who sold this. Front Back Side panel Top flap Supercharger Partial price tag
  14. Had an excellent transaction with Ben, good prices, good packaging, good communication -- great all the way!
  15. I'm clearing out some miscellaneous videogame and nerd stuff I had lying around. Buyer pays shipping, minimum order $5. I'm also selling a bunch of games (mostly PS2 and later era) if you're looking for that kind of thing. Pac-Man Stickers I've been building out my collection of Pac-Man sticker cards and have ended up with many extras. I pulled all cards in this post from nearly 40-year-old unopened packs, so most cards (except for the ones stuck to the ancient gum) are in very good condition. Everything is from the original (yellow wax pack wrapper) release of the set, except for a couple of French Canadian packs listed separately. Pac-Man Cards Lot #1 - This is a near-complete set, missing 5 out of 54 total cards. There are handful of cards included that had gum stuck to the back, which I removed as best I could but there could be some staining. Most cards are in great condition. The lot includes several wax wrappers, a stack of unscratched Rub-Off Game Cards, and a vending box. - $50 Pac-Man Cards Lot #2 - This is the most complete set I could put together from what was left over after building Lot #1. It's missing a dozen or so cards and has more gum-stained ones than Lot #1. I will include some wax wrappers and a stack of Rub-Off Games cards. No vending box. - $25 Pac-Man Cards Lot #3 - A stack of stained and damaged cards -- not great for card collecting purposes but the stickers themselves look pretty good. I'll toss in a few undamaged Rub-Off Cards as well. - $10 2 French Canadian packs - $10 for both Rub-Off Game PSA 8 (Pop 3, 1 higher) - $25 #43 Pac-Man Report Card PSA 8 (Pop 2, 1 higher) - $30 Commodore 64 Disk Lot (untested) - $20 Video Game Tchtochke Lot (please read) - The Super Mario and Zelda tins, and the Atari stickers are commercially-made items. Everything else was part of posters that were printed for local retrogaming events. The posters themselves were damaged, so I cut out the salvageable bits. Thought I'd check if someone wanted them for crafting or decoration purposes before I tossed 'em. They are printed on quality paper - $10 Non-Working PS4 Controller (for parts or repair) - $10 Non-Working PS2 Controller (for parts or repair) - $5 All Game Guide magnet set - AllGame doesn't exist anymore but the magnets will live forever. Never opened. - $3 Star Trek Pez Dispenser set (no candy) - $7 The Simpsons Buzz Cola can - this came from a Kwik-E-Mart branded 7-Eleven store, as part of a promo for The Simpsons Movie in 2007 - $5 Far Side calendar pages from 2002 - I had these lying around and thought someone might like them. It's not 2002 anymore, but the comics are timeless - $5 "Weird" Al $100 bill - Someone was handing these out at a Weird Al concert I attended. I have no idea if it's official or not. The signature is just printed on it - $2 Cracker Jack and Cereal Prizes - The Tony the Tiger piece has a classic video game connection. The plastic base it originally came on (not included here) served as the game piece for the 1982 Kellogg's Video Game Instant Win Sweepstakes - $2 4-port AV and S-Video switcher - $10
  16. Have you been able to run these ROM files in an emulator? O2EM gives me a blank screen with some zeroes on it, and I haven't been able to get Odyssey2 emulator working at all in MAME.
  17. A friend of mine is moving and found a few loose C64 disks while cleaning out stuff. I offered to sell them if they are worth anything, or at least find them a good home if not. I don't know much about C64 disk game values though, so I'd appreciate some help. These disks are untested by the way. I think if anything they have has any value, it would be Ultima I. I researched prices online a bit but couldn't find many recent sales. Boxed copies seem to sell for good prices but I'm not sure about loose ones. This has a 1986 copyright if that matters... I think that means it's from the first C64 release. Any idea of a fair price? The others don't seem too special. Some decent games like Space Harrier but they don't seem too hard to find. I'm thinking this lot wouldn't be worth more than $20-$25, does that sound reasonable? Would like to do right by my friend.
  18. After years of collecting Odyssey2 I have ended up with way too many extra consoles and games. Time to clear some out! Console Lots Five console lots numbered A through F for sale (lot E is already gone). All consoles come with two hardwired joysticks, hardwired standard RF cable, power supply, Speedway/Spin-Out cart and choice of games (see list below). No RF switchboxes included. All consoles and joysticks were verified working last week. Lot O2-A - comes complete in an original Odyssey2 console box - $75 Lot O2-B - has some water staining on the console's silver parts - $50 Lot O2-C - comes complete in an original Odyssey2 console box - $75 Lot O2-D - has some water staining on the console's silver parts - $45 Lot O2-F - does NOT include original console box - (tested, I just don't have a photo of it working) - $60 Lots A and C come with original console boxes. I have a third console box that has a very worn bottom. If you want it, I'll include it with lot B, D or F for an extra $5. Each lot comes with EIGHT (8) games of your choosing from the following list. First come first served: (CIB unless otherwise noted) Alien Invaders Plus #1 Alien Invaders-Plus #2 Alpine Skiing #1 Alpine SKiing #2 Armored Encounter/Subchase Attack of the Timelord (box worn) Baseball #1 Baseball #2 Blockout/Breakdown Bowling/Basketball Computer Golf #1 Computer Golf #2 (box has light crushing) Cosmic Conflict #1 Cosmic Conflict #2 (box taped and loose flaps) Football Freedom Fighters (cart only) Hockey/Soccer Invaders from Hyperspace I've Got Your Number KC Munchkin (CIB, has original Caldor price tag for $27.70!) KC Munchkin (cart only) KC's Krazy Chase (CIB, box taped, with Toys R Us tag... it still exists in our hearts) KC's Krazy Chase (cart and manual) Las Vegas Blackjack #1 Las Vegas Blackjack #2 (box has light crushing) Las Vegas Blackjack (loose cart) Match-Maker/Buzzword/Logix #1 Match-Maker/Buzzword/Logix #2 Math-A-Magic/Echo #1 Math-A-Magic/Echo #2 Pick Axe Pete (box has light tearing) Pick Axe Pete (cart only) Pocket Billiards Showdown in 2100 AD #1 Showdown in 2100 AD #2 (box has loose flaps) Speedway/Spin-Out/Crypto-Logic Take the Money and Run (loose cart) Thunderball #1 (Service Merchandise price tag of $14.97!) Thunderball #2 (box has light crushing) UFO #1 UFO #2 (box is unglued) Volleyball (has original Caldor sale price tag for $17.70!) War of Nerves Uncommon games (sold individually): Conquest of the World complete set - $30 SOLD Quest for the Rings complete set plus flyer - $35 SOLD Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt (complete, but copper token has lost its plating and is now just black) - $20 SOLD Quest for the Rings - mostly complete, cart/manuals/most tokens/board, box lid separated - $15 Turtles (box light creasing) - $20 Videopac 39+ Freedom Fighters+ CIB - $20 Lastly I have an Odyssey2 Christmas Gift Guide, complete with all original insert flyers (not all are shown in the photo). It wasn't stored flat so everything has a bend, but otherwise in good shape. I'm not sure how to price this. Make an offer (trades welcome, especially O2, 2600 and NES), Contact me with questions. Buyer pays shipping.
  19. Pictures available on request. All games for disc-based systems are complete with disc, manual and case unless otherwise noted. Most of these are original releases (not "Greatest Hits" versions - those that are GH are noted). Buyer pays shipping. Minimum order $10. I'm selling most of these for a friend, the only items I might be able to accept in trade are a few NES boxes. If you have boxed NES for trade, let me know. For orders under $100, I'll accept payment through PayPal (friends and family) or Venmo. Orders over $100 must go through PayPal (goods and services). PM me with questions or offers. Thanks! PS1 Fear Effect (case and 4 discs, no inserts/manual) - $15 Final Fantasy Anthology (black label, complete in case with 3 discs and manual) - $20 Final Fantasy Chronicles - contains FFIV and Chrono Trigger (black label, complete in case with manual and 2 discs) - $35 Final Fantasy VII (case, manual, 3 discs, cover of manual is a bit wrinkled) - $30 Final Fantasy VIII (black label, complete in case with 4 discs, manual, mini-walkthrough booklet) - $17 Final Fantasy IX (Greatest Hits - shrinkwrapped, but front of jewel case is cracked pretty bad) - $20 Medal of Honor (Greatest Hits) - $4 Medal of Honor: Underground - $9 Resident Evil 2 (black label, with "Win a Part in the Movie" starburst) - $50 Sim City 2000 (includes case and manual, one disc) - $10 Twisted Metal (Greatest Hits) - $22 PS2 Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies - $4 Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (black label) - $8 Dark Cloud - $15 Dark Cloud 2 (case insert has Blockbuster and Gamestop stickers, no manual) - $20 Final Fantasy X-2 - $5 Grand Theft Auto III (black label) - $7 Grand Theft Auto Vice City - $7 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (case and manual only, no disc) - $5 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - $6 Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup - $8 Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - $5 Katamari Damacy - $13 Killer 7 - $28 Kingdom Hearts - $7 Lara Croft Tomb Raider Anniversary - $10 Mafia - $10 Max Payne - $7 Medal of Honor: Frontline - $3 Persona 4 (no bonus disc)- $25 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - $5 Psychonauts - $38 Red Dead Revolver - $11 Red Faction - $9 Rule of Rose (good condition, some minor dings on back of case) - $625 Shadow of the Colossus - $17 Silent Hill 3 (no soundtrack) - $110 Silent Hill 4: The Room (complete with soundtrack, good condition) - $160 Silent Hill Origins (case insert has light wrinkles, manual and disc in good condition) - $130 Silent Hill Shattered Memories (good condition, manual cover has minor wrinkle) - $275 Spider-Man 2: The Game (disc only in generic Gamestop case) - $3 The Getaway - $6 The Punisher - $33 The Simpsons Hit & Run - $40 The Warriors (includes warranty card and receipt, has Gamestop sticker on case insert) - $40 We Love (Heart) Katamari (black label) - $20 PS3 Castlevania Lords of Shadow - $20 Catherine - $14 Farcry 4 (disc only) - $5 PlayStation Move Game Demo Disk + sleeve - $3 Or take all PS3 for $38 PS4 Nioh - $7 Starlink Battle for Atlantis - $4 Or take both for $10 Gamecube Super Mario Sunshine - $25 XBox Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (Microsoft employee copy sold from MS Company Store, "Not to be Sold" sticker) - $11 Dead Man's Hand - $6 Fight Night 2004 - $5 Halo 2 - $5 Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (case and inserts only, no disc) - $10 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 - $4 Silent Scope Complete - $10 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic - $8 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II - $10 Steel Battalion (case, manual, disc) - $95 Thief: Deadly Shadows (Gamestop cover, no manual) - $7 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 - $3 Timesplitters 2 (no manual) - $8 Or take all Xbox for $170 Sega Saturn Myst CIB (CIB, warranty card removed, some damage to manual cover) - $11 Sim City 2000 (CIB, includes registration card, back of case cracked) - $20 Or take all Saturn games for $25 N64 Memory Card Plus - three memory cards in jewel case, includes stickers - $25 Controller Pak - $15 Rumble Pak - $10 Jumper Pak - $5 Or take all N64 memory cards + control paks for $45 NES NES toaster console (bare console only, not tested) - $25 Famicom Disk System Lot of 8 disk insert cards (no games, see photo) - $15 Nintendo DS Aliens: Infestation (case and manual only, no game) - $35
  20. I picked up this Cosmo Genesis (JP version of Star Voyager) cart yesterday. I'm guessing it's a pirate/Famiclone cart, but I've never seen one with this design before. The label seems professionally printed but I notice there's no copyright info: The top of the cart says "Family Game", and there's a hole through the "grip" indentation: The back of it is the best part. Apparently you're not supposed to melt cartridges, hit them with gavels, hold them under running water spigots, or feed them to crocodiles! Good to know. Anyone seen a pirate cart like this before?
  21. Just something to share... I picked up this original photo of games for sale at Musicland, probably taken for a newspaper, dated Jun. 24, 1983. It's a trip to see what games were on store shelves at that time. [Photo credit: Steve Zaffarano] High-res scan here Parts of the photo are overexposed so it's hard to make out everything on the shelves, but I gave it a shot. To the left of the Atari TV display are shelves of various components like the Grabber plastic joystick-topper knobs. I think I see some extension cables and TV/Game switchboxes too. The middle shelves (between the two TV screens) contain mostly 2600 games and joysticks, with the bottom shelf containing various boxed consoles. Top shelf: Joystick (Pointmaster?), River Raid, Pitfall, Vanguard? (on sale!), another joystick, Phoenix?, another joystick, unidentified Coleco game 2nd shelf: Defender, Demons to Diamonds, Dodge 'Em, Coleco game (maybe Mouse Trap?), unidentified, Carnival, Space Attack?, Frogger?, Star Wars: Jedi Arena, Kaboom!, Othello, unknown (obscured by screen) 3rd shelf: Laser Blast, Missile Command?, Venture, Megamania, Maze Craze, Checkers, unidentified, Amidar, Night Driver, unidentified Coleco game, Barnstorming, Asteroids 4th shelf: Reactor, Spider Fighter (marked NEW), Berzerk, unidentified, Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back, unidentified Atari(?) game, Space Invaders, Stampede, unidentified Activision(?) game, Swordquest Earthworld?, unidentified Atari(?) game 5th shelf: Ms. Pac Man, Bowling, Warlords, E.T., Gorf, Wizard of Wor, Tron Deadly Discs?, Astroblast? 6th shelf: Atlantis, Cosmic Ark, Demon Attack, Dragonfire, Fire Fighter, Riddle of the Sphinx, Star Voyager, unidentified Imagic game, Trick Shot, Boxed Driving controller, Boxed 2600 power supply Bottom shelf: ColecoVision console, Intellivision II console, Atari VCS console (with a partly torn off Megamania sticker on it), ColecoVision box of some kind (maybe for controller or peripheral?), Boxed Vectrex console on floor in front Looks like a Megamania bumper sticker on the VCS box maybe? To the right of the "Intellivision" display are shelves of Intellivision and Vectrex games. Top shelf: unidentified, Astrosmash, Beauty and the Beast, unidentified, Donkey Kong 2nd shelf: Dragonfire, Frogger, unidentified, Lock 'n Chase, Night Stalker 3rd shelf: NFL Football, Pitfall!, PGA Golf, Space Armada, Space Hawk? 4th shelf: Lady Bug, Mouse Trap, Venture 5th shelf: Space Battle, Star Strike, Triple Action, utopia, Venture 6th Shelf (Intellivoice games): B-17 Bomber, Tron Solar Sailer, Bomb Squad 7th Shelf (Vectrex games): Berzerk, Rip Off, Star Trek 8th Shelf (Vectrex games): Solar Quest, Cosmic Chasm Now, the displays themselves. The Atari display is a 4-switch unit playing Activision Checkers. I'm having a hard time identifying the joysticks attached to the console. One looks like it could be a Pointmaster but the other is strange. I thought it might be a CX40 with a Grabber ball, but the stick itself looks too narrow. Any ideas? On the 2600 table are also two contest standee displays. One is the Centipede Bug-Off Contest. The second is for something called Race-For-Riches that seems to be tied into Activision's Enduro. I recognize the "99 Days of Racing" poster included in the Enduro display, because coincidentally, I came across one of these a few months ago. I have since traded it, but here's a pic I still have. The items on the Intellivision display table are easier to make out... although it seems to actually be the ColecoVision DK on screen. The table has a ColecoVision console, Inty II, a boxed Intellivoice, a boxed ColecoVision Expansion Module #1 and a Vectrex console. I never had a Musicland in my area back in the day but it's still a treat to see a pic like this.
  22. Wow, I haven't been checking forums recently so I just learned of this today. While Marty and I worked together several times, I only met Curt in person once -- but communicated with him over email on a few occasions. His passion for Atari history always came through. This is just a terrible loss all around. Thanks for posting the GoFundMe link. I encourage anyone who can afford a contribution to make one. I am just so tired of 2020.
  23. PM sent regarding 8BitDo Genesis controllers.
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