Is 2600 collecting destined for doom?

[Is 2600 collecting destined for doom?]

When the sun uses up most of its nuclear fuel/gases and starts to expand towards the Earth, then, and only then, will vidio games be DOOMED!

[Worth $1000?]

http://cgi.ebay.com/16-Ultra-Rare-Atari-26...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

So is it worth it, or should the seller have split it up and made more money?

[what games are theese?]

Donald Ducks Speedboat was released by Atari2600.com a while back as a limited reproduction run, and is fun to play.

[You ever feel like a dork....]

I don't have to play Vidio Pinball to be a dork, but it helps!

[do you have a personal website displaying your atari collection?]

If you are interested in seeing the Tripod error page, then check out my dead site!

But seriously what would be a good host site to display my stuff?

[Do you still have your original collection from childhood?]

I have everything from my original collection except the game boxes. I saved them for a long time, but they got thrown out when I moved once. This was prior to my joining Atari Age though, maybe around 1994.

 

I thought I threw out my games boxes too, but in the last year my dad found them above his office at our business.

[Time to eBay to require sellers to attend packing school?]

Well, the dumbest packing I've ever gotten from a seller is fiberglas insulation -- the kind you put in your walls. That surprised the hell out of me -- but I would rather have that than nothing at all.

 

Thats horrible!! Unless you got a wall you are insulating!

[Holy Moley ?]

I bought mine at the CGE02, but just had to have the signed copy I got off of e(vil)bay for $45.These late release games really do have supurb graphics.Road Runner still blows me away.

[negativity]

I'm going to say Atari Pinball was pure crap, too easy, and way too boring.

 

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I'm hurt.

 

The problem with Vidio Pinball is that the "ball" is way to big,so the ball would get stuck in predictable repeating patterns that sucked any pinball fun right out of the game.

[How long has it taken you to put your collection together?]

Got some stuff while in high school(1 year)+started bidding on stuff and buying stuff online in 2000(6 years)=7 years total, and since I mostly collect 2600 stuff, it will be many years more;there is just so much stuff out there.

[Whohoo & oh F#@k!]

A while back I found a seller on ebay that fixed the 5200 controllers, so I had six fixed just for future use(and tantrums).

[AtariAge Spring Homebrew Sale!]

OK, I'll be the first to ask it...

 

If I order items (over $50 worth) from the sale this time, will you ship the items that I'm still waiting for (due to the Adventure II delay) along with that batch?

 

I'm excited about Adventure II, but I'd really like to get my last order before I go ordering anything else. At this rate, I might not see Reindeer Rescue until NEXT Christmas.

 

Ditto! This summer is going to be like x-mass when the package does arrive.

[When Do Homebrews "earn" Rarity?]

There is also the rarity of all those games made by Hozer Vidio.Although a lot of the titles are still made,even by AA, you just do not see these old titles very often on ebay.Then there is all the special edition numbered items, those ought to be pretty rare.

How rare would my (paper)boxed copy of Ebivisions release of Allia Quest be?I guess it depends on how many people have the item.We would have to continue, or start to do the rarity polls on the homebrew items.

[Has anyone dealt with Atari2600.com?]

When I get sick of looking at e(vil)bay and I have tucked away some money I end up shopping at Atari2600.com.They accurately describe what you are buying.The only way I am getting the items I am missing for my 2600 collection is through these guys.I will second that they are a bit pricey, but sometimes it ends up being cheaper than some crazy auction on ebay.

[Does anyone know what games were released without boxes and/or manual/instructions?]

i believe that dog food mail order game can't remember it might have had a box not sure. prototypes have no box. it would be hard to beleive atari would sell a game without a box at retaile stores. it would have to special order i would think.

 

Chase the Chuckwagon had a box, I believe there was an auction on ebay in the last week.

Tooth Protectors just came in a stryrofoam shell.

Most homebrew games and hacks,, until recently, were cartridge only or with just a manual.

[this is actually quite funny]

Usually the toilet seat is cleaner than most peoples kitchen counters(info from Mythbusters), so I do not see much of a problem with this set up.

[Want to play classic games, go to jail!]

The real catch is that the prisoner has to first use their low wage prison labor to buy a $300 TV, then they can get the $35 game controller.

[Want to play classic games, go to jail!]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4818128.stm

Oregon state prison system has incentives, one being the purchase of the $35 classic game system to play while in prison.

[Best atari game ever made]

My top two games are Jr Pac-Man and Millipeed.

[Trading "tapes" - Old schoolers need only apply]

I traded 'tapes' as well, but mostly remember going to different friends houses to play Atari.Each friend seemed to have a different collection of games by different companies,so that helped to be able to play something different.

[OPERATION: TAIWAN]

I know this info can get confusing,with that in mind, could you somehow put on the website which of these games are 'original' and which are just 'pirates/rip-offs'.

[Questions about Amidar]

Demolition Herby is the other game that you 'capture' areas of the playfield.

[Cool Blue Joystick]

This is what happens when you buy the cheapest, ugliest plastic available to do the job!

[Finished ACTIVISION!]

I only need a boxed copy of Cosmic Commuter to complete my collection.

[havin a good time]

Good luck!

 

I hate to be too much of a downer regarding the classics, but I find that the more complicated games for the 2600 (and other early systems/computers) -- I'm talking things like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Riddle of the Sphinx, and others where you basically need to keep notes, draw maps, etc. OUTSIDE of the game itself -- are practically impossible for me to get into nowadays. I'm just too spoiled by the built-in maps (not to mention all of the other features that just generally make things less inscrutible) in modern games.

 

For me, the 2600 games that hold up best are the simplest... the "twitch" games. I will NEVER get tired of games like Kaboom!, Yars' Revenge, etc.

 

 

Unlike back in the day when I used pencil and grid paper, you can now "cheat" and go online and find these maps.