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I voted for Pac-Man, because my father made a big deal out of buying it for my brother and I ,back in the day,and we both did not have the heart to tell him the game sucked ass. At least there is an alternative to Amidar; Demolition Herby

Luckly I already have my boxed copy of Megaforce.I agree that it is much harder to come by than MASH.I'm still on the look out for boxed copies of Spacemaster X-7, Crash Dive, Earth Dies Screaming.I've seen them on e(vil)bay, but have not bid agressively enough to win them.

Cool item.I have never seen it before.Picture #3 shows it is made in England,that must be why I've never seen it in the states.Not quite as big as the Imagic selector, but the same concept.

It would be cool to have Save Mary on cartridge. I guess we just got lucky getting Saboteur on cart before Atari Interactive took the rights away from everyone.

So this Easter Egg is two years before the Adventure Easter Egg.Looks like the Adventure info page needs to be updated... Some of these old games are just so simple and bizzare that they are good to play. Keep on "Chronographing"!

Random Terrain wrote; I got my first Atari 2600 on March 27, 1982, so I didn't have too many games during the period you mentioned. By the summer I know for sure that I had Combat (came with the Atari), Pac-Man, Yars' Revenge, and Defender. If August is still summer, I know we got Berzerk when it was fairly new. I think we also bought a few cheap games, but I'd have to spend more time going over the list of games to remember. I also got Berzerk when it was new,but pissed off the clerk at toys-r-us by paying for it with loose change!

Welcome aboard! Your story is heartbreaking. At least you did not throw away boxes of stuff like I did, in my dumb 20 something years. Enjoy the games--again.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then your picture of your Odyssey hardware is worth $1700! I really enjoyed reading the Odyssey entries.It is amazing what they did with only four elements on screen. Keep up the good work!

I'm going to wait until my backorder is sent,and also wait to see what else is released in December.The option to make multicarts is great.

You are right..How about Empire of the Ants

I second Logans Run and The Jerk.("I don't need money,fame,or women, but I need this stapler")There should be a bonus for catching his dog, named 'shithead',because it always ran away from him. How about Mad Max?A driving screen and a thunderdome screen?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Qb-Special-Edition-Rar...1QQcmdZViewItem Not my auction and I already have my copy.Pretty cool collectors item with the replacement chip and literature.

I'll give a second vote for, Allia Quest. Alfred Challenge and Power Off are both platform games,but are very "unforgiving" when jumping or using ladders;so they are both good but not excellent.

It aint original unless its got cocaine in it! Voted for the original symbol, although I do like the ST rip off too.

I can't find a good boxed copy of Tunnel Runner.Got one off of ebay that had writing on it,and was a bit beat up. Also having a hell of a time finding Beany Bopper,Deadly Duck,Fast Eddie;these games in the box get pretty high in price on ebay,and since I do not sit on the computer trying to win them,I don't have 'em yet.

The arcades died just about the time I(and the rest of the people my age)started high school,bought home game systems or computers,got too lazy to go out/and or did not have the time, had to grow up and get a job.Still enjoyed going to movie theatres arcade every so often,but by then the arcades were gone.As far as the arcade owners being taxed out of business--Imagine that!Typical govt,"Look this is making money ,lets tax it more."Later,"Hey where is our tax base?""Hey, why is our state 200 billion in debt??" After checking the classic arcade game location list, I found the theatre I use to go to;there are less classic games than the last time I checked ;The slow sad death of the arcade continues...

I just got a HDTV a few weeks ago, do not see any problems.Maybe I will get one of those s-vidio mods and plug it into the front of the unit,that would probably look even better.

you and a LOT of people! i'm still looking for the 1st newsletter by Atari AGE.. sorry No extras Rick 939141[/snapback] Also missing the first newprint edition.Saw it once on ebay,but it sold for over $200!I also got other copies of the AA magazine just to get the complete paper inserts,since I had sent then in to buy games.

Great site! Between this site and one of your competitors site, I will not be using ebay much.Just sick of getting things that look good in the pics, but are crap when I recieve them.

I'd pay $85 for it,but maybe $100,just because it is unique. I like this Anti-Auction that has a price that just keeps getting lower.

Cool item. What about the Phillyclassic edition sitting next to it??

I have the silver label games in one plastic box & the red label in another box and the older games in yet a larger box.So, I usually play whichever box I have out that day. Some days I really like to play the silver labels, because the most arcade conversions are in this lot. Enjoy

That is a cool site. What the heck are these titles?; Hole Hunter Advertisement Cartridge Duck Shoot(pal?) Gran Prix--what is the diff between old and 16k version? IQ 180-what is the premise?(is my IQ that low?) Multi-Sprite Demo SALT Diagnostics(using the 2600 to verify your enemies nuclear missile reductions?) Virtual Pet

E.T. - If you thought E.T. was futile before, wait 'til you play the fried version. The only zone that appears is the "Call Elliot" zone, which means you can never summon the mothership, and eventually poor E.T. will die, alone and stranded. Truly heartbreaking. Not much different than the regular "un-fried" game.