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  2. Posted

    Wow; two Quadrun auctions in one week!Too bad I can not afford either one...The only way I will ever get this one is to find it in the wild from someone who does not know what they have.It will be fun to watch how expensive the auctions will get though.

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    90% of what I have purchased in last year in a half has been from ebay(the rest from best electronics and hozer vidio, and a couple of other places),and every auction has been successful.I don't sit there and try to 'snipe' auctions anymore, just bid and see if I get it.I plan on trying garage sales this spring and summer just to see if there is anything in this area at all...until then I will continue to check the 20 odd links to ebay every day.

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    I agree with StanJr, since I just paid $118 for combat 2 on ebay(that was the only way to get a CGE copy without going there).This Incoming project looks like a 'hack' of Artillary Duel,but unlike most it looks like the game is being made a lot better.Can't wait to get a copy down the road...

  7. Posted

    My Atari is always hooked up to the t.v.,ready to play;and only I know how to switch from the sat t.v. over to the regular antennae t.v.,then to the atari.These game setups can get confusing...

  8. Posted

    For some reason, it took me getting four copies of 'frostbite' for 2600 before I got one that worked sort of well in the VCS.Anyone else have this problem?,or was I just unlucky on ebay purchases?

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    MattyXB mentioned having no money in the bank--I did one better-the bank had to cover a $250 bounced check for an order from Best Electronics;it cost $15 more, but was worth every penny!I had gotten my first homebrew 'Alfreds Challenge' and some boxed red label games.That bounced check was before I started using ebay--I've been hovering above the poverty line since!

     

    "in debt for atari games"

  11. Posted

    "Who says you need hamberger in hamberger helper?"--Vacation

    If you can stand your friends or relatives, then eat there--it costs nothing.But seriously, a large pot of pasta can last all week.

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    Out of all the carts I've gotten from ebay only 4 have been DOA.Considering how old these carts are getting,it's amazing that most of 'em work.

    one ? concerning dead carts-shouldn't everyone keep them to reuse for homebrew games someday? or are they too far gone?Even the plastic cases can be reused,right?(O.K., so it's really three ?'s)

     

    never thought I would be part of a 'wake' for an old game cartridge...We will all in a small way miss your basketball cart.

  13. Posted

    Maybe writing this will break my luck, but I have gotten about 130 auctions from ebay without any problems..I am kind of picky with who I deal with-I do not use paypal or any electronic 'instant ripoff' transfer->I send a personal check--I also only bid on items that have a picture that I can tell is not a copy from a website.So I can not complain(yet).Not only have I got a lot of atari stuff,but also got very educational Beavis and Butthead vidios & books.

  16. Posted

    I think these homebrews would have sold well-

    Thrust

    SCSIcide

    Alfreds Challenge

    Oystron

     

    I like these puzzle games,but wonder how well they might have done back then-

    Okie Dokie

    QB

    Jammed

    Crazy Valet

     

    These unreleased games might have been good-

    Xevious

    Sinistar(if completed)

    Shooting Arcade(if Atari had really wanted to push the lightgun)

    LOTR

  20. Posted

    I've been watching ebay for two years now and can say that the price of game systems(with or without games)is going up,and I predict will cont. to go up--the same for boxed and sealed games and controllers of all types.Those of us on "fixed" incomes are just jealous that we can't afford to get stuff as it cont's to go up in price...I know I am.

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    Sounds like a great idea.Maybe the format could be split between 'dummy programming' & 'advanced programming'.Also,since we all are using the computer,maybe this can be on a cd-rom--I don't know which is cheaper;printing a book or burning cd-roms.I do know that Digital Press has a hell of a time getting their rarity guide printed on time,within budget.

  22. Posted

    Because Atari Games was not allowed to produce ports of their arcade games for several years after the Warner Bros. split up of Atari,they created Tengen(=the central point of the board in the game of GO)to become a licensee of Nintendo.They make 'Pac-Man', 'RBI Baseball' and 'Gauntlet', until Nintendo "claimed" a chip shortage to control their licensee's cart. output.So Tengen/Atari Games lawyers stole the lockout codes to the Nintendo system and sold their games with their own chips;and got sued.See page 241+ of 'Game Over,Press Start To Continue'

  23. Posted

    This discussion got me thinking back to 1983 or so, when I purchased a boxed copy of Slot Machine from a former classmate that I had known in elementary school.This purchase was what started me collecting these games for the 2600...even back then the game was somewhat scarce, so now you will be paying a bit..and, of course, like a lot of rare games, Slot Machine is lame-o.It's been a while but I think I paid $5 for this.

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