WTB: Tac-2 joystick

[WTB: Tac-2 joystick]

I seem to have misplaced mine.

 

Somebody want to sell me one? I don't need a box or anything, as this is purely for day-to-day playing.

[EBay - "If you only watch I'll make it more expensive!"]

Oh yeah - I'm watching it.

[Got my first E.T. Re release 1986 version ever]

I can't find here on AtariAge anyway a list of Atari Re release games with rarity besides the ones done with red labels. Why no rarity guide for siver label re-releases?

 

Probably would drive Al crazy! Label variations is a very messy business.

[Got my first E.T. Re release 1986 version ever]

There are three E.T. variations that I'm aware of. None of them are hard to find. Kinda surprised that in 100 carts you didn't have one of those already.

[How rare is the rarest game you own?]

Atlantis II

 

Ultravision Karate

 

Pepsi Invaders

 

MagiCard (x2) - both labels (Commavid & Computer Magic)

 

VideoLife CIB

 

Various rare or unique label variations.

[Cool little blog - Wil Wheaton on the 2600]

http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/wil-whea...ed-atari-today/

[Anybody completely switch to emulation and not look back?]

I like emulators, but there's nothing like physically plugging in a cartridge. It's a part of the experience, much like the sound & feel of a coin going into an arcade machine.

[Quadrun for the poor man!]

Wow, who knew you could use Quadrun as a scouring pad?

[Air Raid Let the Battle begin.]

The second one I won (a little over a year ago), I paid $2,000.

 

I remember it - you sniped me out of it when you already had one.

 

[The "I believe that Air Raid is from Latin America" Thread]

As far as it's rarity goes, I don't really care where it was made. Being a non-US release would make it no less desirable for me.

[Atari 2600 Related Patches]

Imagic released some patches <snip>

Any proof of this? I've never seen/heard of these, and a quick search of the forums yielded no real results.

 

I have a couple Imagic posters and the Numb Thumb newsletters, but I've never seen patches. I'm trying to recall that seller from ebay that had all the promotional stuff last year with buttons, and ribbons, among other things, if he was selling any patches, or if any were Imagic titles. I don't think they were thou.

I thought I had heard about Imagic patches, but I can't recall seeing a picture of one. I should go through all the various game manuals to see if any were offered. Interestingly, the wiki entry on Imagic mentions patches - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagic - and even the AA page on Contests has an entry for them - http://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/contests.html - although it's blank.

 

Maybe you're thinking of the CBS medallions?

[Video of my collection]

Nice collection!

[Flag Capture poll...]

^ I was under the impression that only the one had been found.

[How much would you pay for an Eli's Ladder cartridge?]

Damn, I missed that one!

[Commodore 128D]

I still have mine from back in '87. There were a few bug fixes and a couple of minor changes from the 128, the only one I remember off hand was the video RAM upgrade from 16 to 64k. I remember some of the Kracker Jax copiers took advantage of it (even in 64 mode) as a swap space for single drive disk copying. Basic8 would also allow 640x400 graphic commands that you couldn't do with a plain 128.

 

I JiffyDOS'd mine, put switches up front to change the drive number from 8-11, a dedicated drive reset button, moved the system reset to the front, had a battery-backed RAMLink and SuperSnapshot 5.0 for which I also moved the enable button the front.

 

I don't remember ever having any incompatibilities with 64 mode software, and I had a ton of it! (still do)

[PS3: Difficult to Program For on Purpose?]

Damage control. That's like saying "we designed our new car to be horribly uncomfortable and a real bitch to keep control of. That way we're sure to get only the best drivers behind the wheel of our new beauty"

[The 2009 Atari 2600 collector Hall of Fame vote]

Wonder007.

[Wanted: SuperChip-based Atari 2600 Carts]

^ One of the ones I sent in was a PAL cart - Al said it should be fine.

[What Variaton(s) of the 2600 do you own?]

Atari

Heavy 6sw (junky)

Light 6sw

4sw (several)

Vader

Short Rainbow Jr.

Large Rainbow Jr.

5200 CX-55 (does that count?)

 

Sears

Heavy 6sw (boxed - hex discs & all )

Light 6sw

4sw

V.A. II

 

Coleco

Gemini (junky)

Colecovision Expansion #1 (does that count?)

[Does this seem weird? Crazy Climber box with the cart left out?]

I got this reply regarding the shipping rape:

 

Insurance and signature confirmation is included. That alone is 7 dollars.

[Do you have an Odyssey 2?]

I picked one up cheap with a bunch of games several years ago, but I've never even hooked it up.

[My wife made some fridge magnets.]

Me wants!

[I fixed a Paddle controller with a York mint tin]

Very Frankenstein - I love it!

[Your favorite non-Atari, non-Activision & non-Imagic game]

Probably Fast Food.

[Replacing insertion tabs in later Atari carts]

I don't fix the cartridge - I rig the console instead. I keep a couple of small screws nearby and wedge them into the slots on the console for just such broken cartridges. Simple & stupid, but it works.