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  1. man Spanish post is super slow

  2. might have come across a us 2600jr shipped with the euro 7800 pad

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    2. masschamber

      masschamber

      Eurobox and controller, us psu, ntsc system. Looks new and the guy said he bought it at jaymart in the early 90's and never used it. Given atari's amazing quality control in the last years, is it that surprising. Plus it was only 10 bucks anyway

    3. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      He only wants $10 for it? Wow, or is that what he paid?

    4. masschamber

      masschamber

      it was a garage sale, the guy was just selling all sorts of things, I also bought about 70 2600 carts from him for 20

  3. I think magic carpet ride is better than born to be wild (though I do like it)

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    2. masschamber

      masschamber

      never heard of twilight zone, but think radar love is sold so going to go and compare

    3. masschamber

      masschamber

      wow twilight zone is WAAAAAAYYYYYY better than radar love

    4. carlsson

      carlsson

      Magic Carpet Software made some fine C64 games!

  4. found a mac plus at garage sale

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    2. 7800fan

      7800fan

      Have keyboard with the correct cable? Looks same as land line cable but wrong cable will fry the keyboard.

    3. masschamber

      masschamber

      Yep keyboard cable is thete

    4. GoldLeader
  5. There were at least 4 aussie 7800 pad amongs in the moving sale stuff I found, I'll be selling 2,

    1. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      Was this at a yard sale you found them? You found a honeypot.

    2. masschamber

      masschamber

      ridiculously good moving sale, guy in his 70s going south so he had mountains of good classic game stuff

  6. hit a moving sale, lots of atari and other classic stuff . including a very nice 7800, maybe I should try and knock jin back off the wagon

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    2. masschamber

      masschamber

      hey, I needed that fat zimbabwe cash

    3. Skippy B. Coyote

      Skippy B. Coyote

      That's phat with a "ph", and I'm afraid I need to save my cash for... umm... yeah, nevermind.

    4. GoldLeader
  7. trying to decide which pre nes console I think is best the 2600 or the intellivision, 2600 has a fuller library and better easier to deal with controllers, the intellivision has better exclusives and more feature rich controls

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    2. BydoEmpire

      BydoEmpire

      I had the Inty first growing up so it has a special place (and I also have no problem with the controllers), but I play the 2600 far more. More great arcade-style games, larger library, etc.

      They're both great but if I had to pick one it'd be the 2600.

    3. doctorclu

      doctorclu

      Atari VCS might be cool, but can you call a BBS with it? :P

    4. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      Don't forget that there's M-Network games that are 2600 ports of INTV titles. The game names are different but they do play the same way...

  8. My wife need to sleep and my baby decided it was time to practice her singing voice, so we went to visit so friends. We brought a 2600 and about 70 different games. We probably played 30 different games during the 3 hours there reporting as such Frogger:hit, crystal castle:flop Pacman: hit(really it isn't that bad, yes ms pacman is way better but 2600 pacman vs nothing I'll take 2600 pac man) speaking of which Ms Pacman: huge hit, super challenge baseball:hit for some reason, spac...

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Which Tron? Must have been Adventures...Cuz Everybody loves Tron Deadly Discs Right?

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Anyway sounds great!

    4. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      It's always interesting to hear which 2600 games prove popular with uninitiated modern audiences. Space Invaders, Frogger, and Combat (especially in Tank Pong mode) are pretty reliable hits, at least in my experience.

  9. was working on a 2600 and got it to power up for the first time, and decided to try a few games. 3rd was a blank parker bros game, expecting frogger I booted it up and was treated to very strange visuals and music, took it out, I thought for a second is this an unknown parker bros game. Inserted it again and it was frogger, the graphics and sound were simply really messed up the first time

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    2. masschamber

      masschamber

      similar thing happened here. it was pretty cool

    3. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      I've tested plenty of blank Parker Brothers carts, and they *always* turn out to be Frogger, so I sometimes joke that Parker Brothers carts somehow change into Frogger after they lose their labels, even if they started out as some other game. Maybe your blank cart was still in the process of transforming..

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      ^ Yeah my unlabeled cart turned out to be Frogger too!

  10. mind blowing estate sale find: sc 3000 with baseball

  11. Anyojne want a brand new xbox one s 500 gb minecraft bundle 210 plus shipping

  12. anyone want a case to a kaypro 2, just pay shipping

  13. anybody want a 4 gb xbox 360? 1 wired pad, psu and av cable 40 plus shipping, only draw back is that either the wireless control I borrowed to try it was broken or it doesn't work with wireless pads, wi fi works fine though

    1. Jess Ragan

      Jess Ragan

      Sorry, I'm set for Xboxes. Tempting, though! Is it an S or an E?

    2. masschamber
  14. The dead intellivision I was going to pull the rf modulator from works just fine now (well save for the right side buttons not working, but dead to playing games fine is good for me), but now I need a new rf modlulator for the intellivision 2 I'm trying to fix, or I need to av mod it.

    1. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      If you still need one, you can purchase an Intellivision RF modulator (The ASTEC UM1285-8) from Left Turn Only:

       

      http://leftturnonly.info/

    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I like Everything A/V modded myself.

    3. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      The problem with Intellivision A/V mods (at least the designs I've seen) is that they introduce ghosting and don't produce video that is substantially better than RF.

  15. i put some ink cartridges in a drawer, my daughter being smarter than me found a better place: the floor

  16. I sold two games to two guys in brooklyn with the same exact name with similar address. I think it accidentally swapped them... fortunately they both bought the same game

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    2. BigO

      BigO

      Sounds like a Steven Wright joke.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      LOL. Was that story true? Haha...

    4. accousticguitar

      accousticguitar

      How would you know?

  17. my daughter keeps trying to stand. she cant yet but it is funny

    1. Bryan

      Bryan

      Don't worry, she'll sober up soon. :)

    2. masschamber

      masschamber

      yeah that baby formula is strong stuff

    3. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      She's doing "baby squats".

  18. fixed the dead coleco I bought from noah120 (great guy to buy from ), but after about 5 minutes of testing the chips that monitor the control port went (muted trumpet wah waaaaaaah

  19. watching the clarkson/may/hammond top gear , man that is good stuff

    1. adam242
    2. HoshiChiri

      HoshiChiri

      Yep!

       

      If you get amazon video, check out The Grand Tour. It's basically the same thing (except the American is terrible & no replacement for the Stig.)

  20. Really good day at the garage sales today cib colecovision, mario bros for the atari xe, water ski for the 7800, mario bros nes and tatsunoko v capcom all at great prices. Remember everyone don't give up on garage sales there is still tons of great stuff out there waiting for you

  21. Really good day at the garage sales today cib colecovision, mario bros for the atari xe, water ski for the 7800, mario bros nes and tatsunoko v capcom all at great prices. Remember everyone don't give up on garage sales there is still tons of great stuff out there waiting for you

    1. zetastrike

      zetastrike

      Wow, good score. I'd love to find a Mario Bros XE for less than a fortune.

    2. masschamber

      masschamber

      Well, only way to do is keep at garage sales flea markets thrift stores and rummage sales,

      they are there you just have to keep trying and get there before me

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Wow! The ColecoVision is CIB?? I was always bummed my mom kind of suggested I throw out my CV Box to make some more room...Really regretted that one...

  22. taking my brother to robot city games for his birthday. over 100 arcades and pinball machines probably going to spend an hour 1cc'ing house of th dead 1 and 2

    1. Skippy B. Coyote

      Skippy B. Coyote

      Awesome, and impressive! I've never managed to beat House of the Dead 2 on less than 7 credits, and it's been probably a decade since I played the original. Ah to have a Sega Saturn...

    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Robot City Games? Love that name! Sounds like somewhere you'd see in Blade Runner!

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Or in a Judge Dredd comic...

  23. Can some one explain why the logitech k520 wireless keyboard has a super sharp edge all the way around? only made worse my daugther's love of pulling it down towards my wrists while I type.

    1. PacManPlus

      PacManPlus

      Writing this reply from the exact same keyboard.

      Yeah, that's kind of dumb design. :(

  24. Shocking revelation, I like atari 2600 games.. in other new found a copy of mr.do's castle for it for a buck, very happy about that

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    2. BydoEmpire

      BydoEmpire

      You can now join the exclusive club of millions and millions of other people that also like 2600 games.

    3. masschamber

      masschamber

      what an honor

    4. Papa

      Papa

      Now the test is whether you play them because they make you use your imagination or because it's 'cool'. I'd invest in the secret weapon of most VCS/2600 users: A SEGA PAD!

  25. anyone need a working 2600 vader+18 games? 30 plus shipping check the marketplace for details

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