Stupid Things You Hear Collectors Say

[Stupid Things You Hear Collectors Say]

Also sold my small collection of laserdiscs because of bitrot. I really loved those big shinny discs. The artwork on those covers is just amazing. I kept a few disc to frame in. Makes great wall art.

[Theft-proofing consoles,etc for conventions?]

Expensive, but something like this maybe? http://clearpc.ca/store/products/category/video-game-console-security-cases-and-accessories/

[Stupid Things You Hear Collectors Say]

if it's about film preservation and archiving, VHS tape is just about the worst medium possible. Magnetic Tape has the shortest lifespan of any storage medium.

Nope magnetic tape is one of the best storage solutions. Hence al the tapestreamers for backing up.

If handled correct and used in a good deck, vhs isn't bad.

I find it strange that a collector would say that collecting vhs is crazy. Some would say collecting videogames is crazy, and yet we do collect.

[Stupid Things You Hear Collectors Say]

Some seem to forget that there is also a culture difference in using a credit card. A lot of European people haven't got a credit card. A lot of people over here are used to the fact, that can only buy something, when you got the cash at hand. It's starting to shift a bit because of the internet, but there is still a hugh difference.

So that's why they may ask if you would hold on to an item until they get paid.

For me that still doesn't make sence, if i want something, i only check adds and the internet, when i do have money for it. If i know i cannot spend extra cash this month, i don't look.

[Stupid Things You Hear Collectors Say]

Well the hobby is far from dying. While some resellers may buy multiple copies of a game to drive the price up, fact is most people who cry and bitch over what prices are, are the same people who wouldn't pay the going rate anyhow. I mean if they would the resellers wouldn't be buying them all. Think about it, if you are not willing to pay going rate now you don't want it that bad.

 

Just buy it if you want it, stop complaining about it. Resellers are not killing the hobby. Fact is more people want these games than before and people are willing to pay for them. It's plain and simple. If the price is bad it will not sell. If the price is right they will sell. If you want to blame anyone blame Tim Berners-Lee for creating the internet.

 

Prices are not going down anytime soon. These games were available for purchase over the past 20-30 years and now people want to complain over not buying them back when they were $5.

Oke let me be a bit more specific. There are a few "collectors" in my neighborhood that buy everything up, have a few guys that go to all the local fleamarkets and pick all the nice stuff, and resell or trade with other collectors for ebay prices and lowball you.

I also trade stuff with other collectors, but i trade them for fair prices, that are way beyond the usual going rate.

Maybe i'm stupid for doing so, but i hate it to lowball people.

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

You could download netflix from the Nintendo store, so why was it released on disc. If you cannot download the files, you also wouldn't be able to watch online content.

[Stupid Things You Hear Collectors Say]

Indeed resellers are killing the hobby.

 

I also hate it when they say the NES saved computergaming, without the NES we wouldn't play computergames any more. It may have had a big impact on the US market, but not in Europe.

[New to Amiga]

With plays almost all amiga gamea i mean the classic ocs games. These are the games most people think of when talking about amiga games. The 1200 never had a great impact, most people by that time started to switch to pc. So very few exclusive games are available.

I play most of the games on my cdtv since that is what i have setup. Just a plain cdtv, modded to accept normal atari style joysticks, and a switch to disable the cdrom bios to free up a little extra memory.

I sometimes use my cd32 with a disk full of a500 games and a hacked a500 keyboard.

I have a few 500's but i almost never use them. My 1200 sadly is broken.

[New to Amiga]

Still recommend the a500 with 1mb. Plays almost all amiga games.

[Yard Sale Purchase]

The deal on the Voice is that it only works with the later Odyssey 2 titles, so not all of them, actually more than 90% or so, don't have the Voice feature built in. A popular game that does have the Voice feature would be K.C.'s Krazy Chase. Another one is Attack of the Time Lord.

If you're interested in homebrew games, there are a few games that support the voice module.

[Yard Sale Purchase]

SWEET deal. Have fun.

 

There are a few options for rewritable cartridges like:

The c7030 by Rene7400

Then there is the Mateos rewritable cartridge.

the multicart to get is the c7060 by Rene7400, but i don't know if it is still in production.

 

Screenshots can be found on sites like www.videopac.nl where you can find info on the multicart and new releases.

A other good site on the odyssey2 would be www.the-nextlevel.com/odyssey2/

[What made you choose to collect for certain systems over others?]

To keep my collection within reasons, i only collect systems that came on the market in my country. To futher keep my collection from expanding to much, i try to collect anout 10 "must" have or exclusive titles that came out on those systems, complemented with the odd to good to not buy it offers.

So i don't collect to complete. I also rarely buy homebrews, because i can spent money only once, and for 1 homebrew title i can buy a few other games. I'm aware that developers need to earn some money back from releasing homebrews, but i want to keep my collection "small" and time period correct.

But i do have a softspot for late 70's early 80's homecomputers. My favorite homecomputer to collect for is the msx computer. Love the Konami games.

I also have a softspot for underdog systems. Really love to collect for the cd-i, one of my favorite systems.

[What Is the Most Under-Rated Console?]

I also think the o2 is a bit underrated. Look at a few of the colorfull games Revival studio has put out, if the programmers back then had dived more into the hardware i think it could have been a bigger player on the market.

More 3th party support would have been better for the console.

[Ed Averett games -- which ones? Got a list?]

Don't know why i put it as homebrew. Must have been a typo. I have corrected it. Thanks.

[Ed Averett games -- which ones? Got a list?]

Because the text is all stuffed together it's hard to see where the colums are, but Terrahawks the second assault should read company/person that released the game. This was Dieter.

 

The pink panther prototype should have been Sam Overton, source Ed Averett

[Which computer/game company did their best to welcome you?]

For the UK, i guess that would be the Sinclair brand with their lowcost computers and very good manuals.

[10 nes facts you did not know...]

So the NES is not swamped with awful games? Of course it is.

 

 

Console in a TV, well Nintendo wasn't it, Atari VCS/Sanyo 1983

 

 

Not even Atari/Sanyo was first. I also guess that neither Magnavox is, but they had the model 4305 in 1976 that had pong build in.

[Ed Averett games -- which ones? Got a list?]

Here is a list of all know programmers for the odyssey2/videopac

 

 

List of videopac programmers

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Videopac Programmers V2.1

 

Videopac No. Videopac Name U.S. Part no. U.S. Name Company Year Notes Programmers

 

1 Race / Spin Out / Cryptogram 9400 Speedway! / Spin-Out! / Crypto-Logic! Magnavox 1978

2 Pairs / Space Rendezvous / Logic 9407 Matchmaker! / Buzzword! / Logic! Magnavox 1979 Ed Averett

3 American Football 9402 Football! Magnavox 1978

4 Air-Sea War / Battle 9403 Armored Encounter! / Sub Chase! Magnavox 1978

5 Blackjack 9401 Las Vegas Blackjack! Magnavox 1978 Sam Overton

6 Tenpin Bowling / Basketball 9404 Bowling! / Basketball! Magnavox 1978 Sam Overton

7 Mathematician / Echo 9405 Math-A-Magic! / Echo! Magnavox 1978 Ed Averett

8 Baseball 9408 Baseball! Magnavox 1978

9 Computer programmer 9406 Computer Intro! Magnavox 1978

10 Golf 9410 Computer Golf! Magnavox 1978 Sam Overton

11 Cosmic Conflict 9411 Cosmic Conflict! Magnavox 1978 Sam Overton

12 Take the money and run! 9412 Take the money and run! Magnavox 1979 Ed Averett

13 Playschool maths 9413 I've Got Your Numbers! Magnavox 1979 Ed Averett

14 Gunfighter 9416 Showdown in 2100 A.D. Magnavox 1979 Ed Averett

15 Samurai 9421 Dynasty! Magnavox 1978 Ed Averett

16 Depth Charge / Marksman Philips 1979

17 Chinese Logic Philips 1980

18 Laserwar 9414 Invaders from Hyperspace! Magnavox 1979 Ed Averett

19 Catch The Ball - Noughts and Crosses Philips 1979

20 Stonesling 9441 Smithereens! Magnavox 1982 Robert L. Cheezem, U.S. Version

21 Secret of the Pharao's Philips 1981

22 Space Monster 9428 Alien invaders Plus! Magnavox 1980 Ed Averett

23 Las Vegas Gambling 9426 Casino Slot Machine! Magnavox 1980 Ed Averett

24 Flipper 9415 Thunderball! Magnavox 1979 Ed Averett

25 Skiing 9418 Alpine Skiing! Magnavox 1979 Ed Averett

26 Basket Game 9425 Pachinko! Magnavox 1980 Ed Averett

27 Electronic Table Football 9423 Electronic Table Soccer! Magnavox 1980 Ed Averett

28 Electronic Volleyball 9422 Volleyball! Magnavox 1980 Ed Averett

29 Dam Buster 9427 Blockout! / Breakdown! Magnavox 1908 Ed Averett

30 Battlefield 9417 War of Nerves! Magnavox 1979 Ed Averett

31 Musician Philips 1981 Jon Shutleworth Peter van Twist

32 Labyrinth Game / Supermind Philips 1982

33 Jumping Acrobats 9443 Jumping Acrobats! Magnavox 1982 Jim Butler

34 Sattelite Attack 9430 UFO! Magnavox 1981 Ed Averett

35 Electronic Billiards 9424 Pocket Billiards! Magnavox 1980 Ed Averett

36 Electronic Soccer 9420 Hockey! / Soccer! Magnavox 1979 Ed Averett

37 Monkeyshines 9432 Monkeyshines! Magnavox 1981 Ed Averett

38 Munchkin 9435 K.C. Munchkin! Magnavox 1981 Ed Averett

39 Freedom Fighters 9436 Freedom Fighters! Magnavox 1981 Ed Averett

40 4 in 1 Row 9444 (Never released) Philips 1982

41 Conquest of the world 9431 Conquest of the world Magnavox 1981 Ed Averett Ronald Bradford Stephan S. Lehner

42 Quest for the Rings 9429 The Quest for the Rings Magnavox 1981 Ed Averett Ronald Bradford Stephan S. Lehner

43 Pick Axe Pete 9437 Pick Axe Pete! Magnavox 1981 Ed Averett

44 Crazy Chase 9442 K.C.'s Krazy Chase! Magnavox 1982 Ed Averett

45 Morse Philips 1982

46 The Great Wallstreet Fortune Hunt 9434 The Great Wallstreet Fortune Hunt Magnavox 1981 Ed Averett Ronald Bradford Stephan S. Lehner

47 The Mousing Cat Philips 1982

48 Backgammon Philips 1982 Mick Rouse

49 Turtles 9446 Turtles Magnavox 1982 Jim Butler

50 Super Bee GST Video 1982 Mick Rouse Mic-ro

51 Terrahawks 9445 Attack of the Timelord! Magnavox 1983 Ed Averett

52 Killer Bees 9447 Killer Bees! Magnavox ? Robert S. Harris

53 Nightmare Philips 1983

54 Looney Balloon Philips 1983

55 Neutron Star Philips Special Projects 1983 Graham Thomasson GT

56 Norseman GST Video 1983 Andy C. Eltis Jake Dowding

57 Blobbers GST Video 1983 Andy C. Eltis

58 Air Battle Philips 1983

59 Helicopter Resque Philips 1983

60 Trans American Rally Intron AB 1983 Göran Öhman

Verkehrsspiele 1 CSV ?

Verkehrsspiele 2 CSV ?

V Kinder im Verkehr 1 Philips ?

A Newscaster 9433 Keyboard Creations Magnavox 1981

9439 Nimble Numbers Ned Magnavox 1982 Robert S. Harris

9438 Sid The Spellbinder N.A.P. 1983 ? Sam Overton

9440 Type & Tell Magnavox 1982 Robert L. Cheezem Robert S. Harris

9419 Out Of This World! / Helicopter Rescue! Magnavox 1979

9448 Power Lords Philips 1983 Ed Averett

VXT A08 Chez Maxime Jopac 1983

JFT D03 Des Chiffres et des Lettres Jopac ?

JXT C05 Exojet+ Jopac ?

JFT A10 Le Tresor Englouti + Jopac 1984

JXT E05 Moto-Crash + Jopac 1984

VXT A07 Syracuse Jopac 1981

Mission Impossible / Programmed Trip Ectron Eletronica Ltda. ?

Night Fighter Comando Noturno! Philips ?

720076-1A Atlantis Imagic 1983 Jeff Ronnie Dennis Koble

720075-1A Demon Attack Imagic 1983 Dave Johnson Rob Fulop

981502 Frogger Intron AB 1983 Göran Öhman

981519 Popeye Parker Brothers 1983 Gil Williamson Nicolas Willamson (graphics) Charles Dear (Amazon Systems)

981517 Q*Bert Parker Brothers 1983 Gil Williamson Nicolas Willamson (graphics) Charles Dear (Amazon Systems)

981505 Super Cobra Parker Brothers 1983 Graham Thomasson GT

Tutankham Parker Brothers 1983 Prototype Gil Williamson Nicolas Willamson (graphics) Charles Dear (Amazon Systems)

 

61 Interpol Prototype Mick Rouse

62 Clay Pigeon Intron AB Prototype Göran Öhman

63 Flash Point Philips Prototype Rex Battenberg

64 Shark Hunter GST Video 1984 Prototype Graham Thomasson GT

65 Spider Man Parker Brothers Prototype

67 Martian Threat GST Video Prototype Jake Dowding

68 Melrep Prototype

69 Play Tag Prototype

Robot City Philips Special Projects Prototype Graham Thomasson GT

Pink Panther Prototype Ed Averett

Pinball! Prototype Ralph H. Baer

Sherlock Holmes Prototype Ed Friedman Ronald Bradford Stephan S. Lehner

Baseball+ Magnavox

 

66 Route 66 Homebrew Rafael Cardozo René van den Enden

70 Terrahawks: The Second Assault Homebrew Dieter Koenig

Amok! John Dondzila 1998 Homebrew John Dondzila

KTAA+ Xype 2003 Homebrew Sören Gust

Pong Pack Rat 2004 Homebrew René van den Enden

Calculator! Pack Rat 2006 Homebrew René van den Enden

Planet Lander Ted Foolery 2004 Homebrew Ted Szczypiorski

Mr. Roboto Ted Foolery 2006 Homebrew Ted Szczypiorski

Puzzle Piece Panic Ted Foolery 2007 Homebrew Ted Szczypiorski

Pinball! CGE Services 2000 Homebrew Don McGuiness

J.G. Munchkin! VpaC 1998 Hack VpaC

38 Munchkin + Revival Studios 2008 Hack Martijn Wenting

RS-VP001 Astrododge Revival Studios 2011 Homebrew Martijn Wenting

RS-VP002 Mayhem Revival Studios 2011 Homebrew Martijn Wenting

RS-VP003 Colorclash Revival Studios 2012 Homebrew Martijn Wenting

RS-VP004 Mage Revival Studios 2012 Homebrew Martijn Wenting

RS-VP005 Cavity Revival Studios 2012 Homebrew Martijn Wenting

RS-VP006 Stairrunner Revival Studios 2012 Homebrew Martijn Wenting

RS-VP007 Air Assault Revival Studios 2013 Hack Martijn Wenting

RS-VP008 Mage II: The Dark Mirror Revival Studios 2012 Homebrew Martijn Wenting

CR001 Fatso Marc Verraes 2012 Homebrew Chris Read

CR002 Gosub 2600 Connection 2012 Homebrew Chris Read

RC002 Hot Love Marc Verraes 2012 Homebrew Rafael Cardozo

RC003 Piggyback Planet Marc Verraes 2013 Homebrew Rafael Cardozo

DW001 Jungle Girl Marc Verraes 2012 Homebrew David Weavil

SCRC001 Sea Rescue Marc Verraes 2012 Homebrew Rafael Cardozo

 

Source

The giant list of classic game programmers by James Hague

Interview by Ed Averett

Paul Johnson

Janzl

Grgh

Rene_G7400

The Odyssey2 Homepage

Dieter Konig Classic Consoles Center

Martijn Wenting

 

Please let me know if you got new info.

 

Last update 16-2-2014

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

 

Incredible find! Congrats!

 

So, what exactly is kingsday?

Well in the Netherlands we have the Royal family as our head of state. So every year we are celebrating his birthday. We all dress in orange cloths, do all kinds of old Dutch games, go cycling and have a lot of fleamarkets.

Have a look here http://stuffdutchpeoplelike.com/2014/04/25/no-58-kings-day-koningsdag/

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

Today it's kingsday. A great day with lots and lots of fleamarkets.

Usually i go to a few of them because it's the best day in the year to score great stuff in the wild.

Today no exception. I wanted to visit 2 since we are on holiday, but the weather on our island was bad, so we traveled to the other island because it was dry there.

Although there where only a few people putting stuff out because of the weather i got very lucky.

One stand had a lot of cd-i stuff, and i finally got Zelda Adventure for 1 euro. All games where a euro. Sadly arcade classics is case only. But the rest is complete.

[my first zx spectrum]

45 is high for sure, but you don't see them that much. Here in the Netherlands you see a lot of c64 and msx stuff, hardly any cpc464 (my first computer). The speccy did oke, but you don't see them very much. I could have had a better deal, but shipping or gas to pick the stuff up would make the difference less. I thought the case would also be a nice bonus. Couldn't find any info on the web about this one.

The printer was included, the system works, looks like new. I think it is one of the 48ks with defective memory sold as a 16k. There is some poke test and the result of that test gives 127, a number related to those units.

The microdrives where brand new and empty. Typed in part of a program and saved it to the drive. And it works without problem.

 

I only have one problem. I was typing in a listing and there is a END statement that i have to type in, but i cannot find the right key combo. So any help with this is great.

[my first zx spectrum]

Today i went to a local thriftshop and i noticed a nice plastic case with a very destinctif rainbow patern on top.

I opened the case and there was a zx spectrum with interface 1, and a microdrive with 5 tapes inside. Picked it up for 45 euro.

[MSX, or Not To MSX?]

Living in msx country. Hardware isn't very hard to come by. But games, espescially konami rom games, are expensive.

But konami games alone are worth owning a msx. Most konami games started there live on the msx. The msx version of metal gear is beter then the nes version imho. Also castelvania, started on the msx as vampire killer.

[British STE question]

Found this keyboard today at a local thriftshop. Sadly no system, could use a atari st. Picked it up since you hardly see any atari st stuff here.

[Classic FLIGHT SIMS Collection & Favorites]

I was really into flightsims back then. Played knigts of the sky heroes of the 357th and a10 for hours. Added a quickshot masterpilot to my pc when i came accross it back int the day, together with programmer and extra rom pack. Made me feel like i was really flying.