SE Michigan Get Together (Sept. 12th)

[SE Michigan Get Together (Sept. 12th)]

I'm going to be in Toledo the weekend of the 6th. I seriously doubt the gathering will happen that weekend, with it being the Super Bowl and all... I'm sure I'll see some of you at MGC, though. I'm planning on selling again at the Beef Min Games booth and participating in general asshattery and drunken behavior.

[Any collectors in the Columbus Ohio area?]

I'm in Cincy. I've never really had any problem with competition as far as I know. Sadly, the Atari stuff in town has all but dried up and most of the flea market dealers that have/had decent loot in the past have "gotten smart" and started basing their prices off of 10 year old DP guides. Cincy has more than its fair share of game stores, though. The ones I know of are as follows:

 

CD/Game Exchange: One is on Short Vine in Corryville and the other is on Wall St. in Norwood (Vine St. is great for having your car broken into)

Game City 360: Newport on the Levee (Used to be a small indie chain, of which the Newport location is the only one standing)

Games Galore: Northgate Mall

Game Swap: Eastgate, Florence, Tri-County Malls as well as one in the east suburbs of Dayton in Kettering on Dorothy Ln.

The Game Place: Withamsville on SR125

Game Insane: US50 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Play n Trade: Milford Pkwy. in Milford

[Tooth Protectors Cart and Manual Selling Quote]

I would have a very hard time selling my Tooth Protectors with manual for less than $150, although $175 would be the ideal selling price for myself. Fortunately for myself, I was able to find TP w/manual in a boxed Atari lot at Goodwill a few years ago.

[Carey85's Collection]

I forgot to mention these when I first started this thread, but I have a decent set of Atari mobiles that I'd like to complete eventually.

 

 

 

 

 

[Are Atari commons not worth anything anymore?]

The way the 2600 market is tanking, people are going to be afraid to sell anything of value pretty soon.

[Are Atari commons not worth anything anymore?]

I was the high bidder on that RT1. That's been the 4th or 5th time he's listed it with a reserve that hasn't been met. At some point he's either going to have to drop the reserve or keep it.

[AGH'S ATARI 2600 REVIEW PAGE]

Most casual gamers are more interested in the Atari porno library than the other 99% of the library.

[sweet card reader ...]

Finally, a use for a 2600 Defender cartridge other than inducing an epileptic seizure with its flicker.

[HSC Season 7 Week 19: Skiing]

28.01

 

I think I have to agree that 27.51 is suspect as well. I can see someone approaching 27.90 or so, but I honestly don't think it is possible to break it. Someone call Bob Whitehead and get him in here .

[HSC Season 7 Week 19: Skiing]

28.06

 

I managed to trim a little bit off of my earlier time... still not good enough for 3rd . I ended up with 28.06 multiple times this morning, so I don't know if I'll be able to beat myself or not at this point.

[need ebay advice]

Tell him to use this as an opportunity to tell his child(ren) that there is no Santa Claus. Also, F that guy for A) pulling a switch and scam on you, and B) using his kid(s) as an example.

[HSC Season 7 Week 19: Skiing]

28.22

 

I'm hoping to better that and at least win myself an imaginary Activision patch .

[WTB Specific 2600 Games]

Hello, I've broken the 550 cart mark on my 2600 collection and I'm looking to expand that number a little bit more before throwing in the towel. Here is a list of mostly "easy" stuff I'm still looking for that I've not yet bought for some reason or another, typically because shipping is more than the cart is worth

 

Atlantis - Blue Label

Basic Math - Atari Text Label

Blackjack - Atari Picture Label

Canyon Bomber - Sears Picture Label

Deadly Duck

Fun With Numbers - Atari Picture Label

Gunslinger - Sears Picture Label

Infiltrate - Standard Label

Lost Luggage - Standard Label

Othello - Atari Text Label

Race - Sears Picture Label

Space Cavern - Apollo Blue Label

Thunderground

Tunnel Runner

Warplock

 

I am aware that some of these games are readily available on ebay, but I would rather have an opportunity to buy them here en masse if at all possible, so I'm asking that you not send links to ebay auctions. The Atari and Sears carts I still need are the high priority out of the list, so if you have copies with nice labels that you want to sell for a fair price, I'm liable to take them off of your hands. Below is a list of what I currently have to trade. It's mostly common fodder, but there might be something in there that someone would want to trade for.

 

Air Raiders – INTV

Air Raiders – M Network

Air-Sea Battle – Atari Text Label

Alpha Beam With Ernie

Asteroids – Atari Picture Label

Baseball – INTV

Baseball – Sears Text Label

Basketball – Atari Corp. Picture Label

Basketball – Atari Picture Label

Basketball – Atari Text Label

Crossbow – Red Label

Demons to Diamonds – Sears Picture Label

Donkey Kong – Coleco

Entombed – Bevel Cartridge

GI Joe – Standard Label

Haunted House – Atari

HERO (label damage)

Jr. Pac Man

Krull – Atari Silver Label

Mario Bros. - Atari Corp.

Math Gran Prix – Atari Picture Label

Miniature Golf – Atari Text Label

Moonsweeper – Silver Label

Mountain King

Oink

Phaser Patrol – cassette only

Pitfall – Picture Label

Q-Bert – Parker Bros.

Race – Text Label

Realsports Boxing

Realsports Volleyball – Atari Silver Label

Riddle of the Sphinx

Sprintmaster

Star Raiders – Sears Picture Label

Star Trek SOS

Steeplechase – Text Label

Stellar Track – Text Label

Title Match Pro Wrestling (label wear)

Track and Field (label wear)

Video Olympics – Atari Picture Label

Warlords – Atari

Wizard of Wor

[found thanks]

I don't have anything on hand, but I can take a look at the indie game store in the mall later today. I imagine a couple of said games on your list might be lurking amongst their games out on the shelf. I'll let you know if I find anything.

[WTB Commodore 64]

I have a CIB Commodore 64, a CIB 1541, and a CIB Datasette as well as an XE1541 cable, and a few loose disks with pirated software on them. I also have A/V and Chroma/Luma cables for the C64 as well. Everything is in good condition, although the serial number on the C64 and its box don't match, and I seem to remember having an occasional issue with the A key which is probably just a piece of debris under the key as the system is in nice shape. The 1541 has some yellowing towards the back of the unit as well IIRC. I'd probably sell the lot for $50 + shipping if you are interested. To be honest, I'd like to have the space back in my closet .

[found thanks]

Why would I want to ruin a perfectly good TSB cart signed by TSB Jesus himself?

 

 

I looked through my bin of wounded warriors and didn't find anything that can help you unless you can make use of Baseball Simulator 1000 or Dragon Warrior. Just in case you can, I opened them up and checked both batteries with a multitester and got a 3V reading off of both. Let me know if you need them.

[Nice Atari 8-bit lot in Cincy (not mine)]

Just saw this on Craigslist a little bit ago. Seems like a decent enough deal if one was buying it for themselves. I don't have enough interest in Atari computers to inquire about it. Here's the link:

 

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/vgm/1515908882.html

[shiller check!]

I wouldn't doubt it. Ebay doesn't seem to care about shilling, as it ultimately makes them money in the end. Masking of bidder names almost seems as if they're encouraging it, inadvertently or not.

[Interest Check: 2600 Controllers, Power Supplies, etc...]

I plan on opening my bin of controllers tomorrow and untangling and testing everything. I've got 2600 sticks in there with orange piping, 2600 "Vader" sticks, Video Touch Pads, OEM and Gemini paddles, a couple driving controllers, a few 2600 power supplies, a 7800 power supply, a pair of 7800 controllers, and a brick on a leash... dunno if it is for an Atari 8-bit or a 5200. If I price this stuff decent, will you take it off my hands?

[Nonner242 Collection]

What is that loose Activision-style cart in with your 7800 stuff, next to the Nuon DVDs? Homebrew/Hack of some kind?

[Portable Atari 2600]

A 2600 clone with a cartridge port would be a customer service nightmare... Could you imagine all of the people calling in complaining because their 30 year old copy of Combat won't work? Or better yet, people breaking the damn things by trying to force 7800 carts or the like into it.

[4-switch composite mod]

That's one of the drawback to the Heckendorn mod. I've used both the Paul Slocum Testcart and the Videosoft Color Bar Generator on my 2600 with the Heckendorn mod and have never been able to nail the color 100%. The mod also has a lot of issues with dot crawl, but for $5 in parts it is pretty hard to beat. May I suggest you swap that mod out with Longhorn Engineer's mod kit? It is $40 I believe, and pretty damn hard to beat.

[HSC Season 7 Week 17: Dumbo's Flying Circus]

3690

 

Remind me to never play this game again. There's a reason that some games were never released

[Spy Hunter Dual Control Module]

That Robotron coupler is really nice, and infinitely better than the turd that came packed in with Spy Hunter. I'm surprised that no hobbyists have devised a professional twin joystick solution for the 2600 as of yet. Would certainly make playing games like Solaris, Radar Lock, and Stargate less of a pita...

[MagiCard on ebay]

I don't think that it violates Ebay's rules. If they did make any noise about it, you could just say that it is an in-person exchange like for vehicles or other high-value items. They're already going to take a big, wet bite out of his ass on seller fees as it is.