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    I don't think I've ever seen one of those around my area. I'm sure they were in place when I was a kid, but I don't remember them. All I was interested in was the games...this is just plain awesome. You have a mighty fine item there!

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    Hi all. I'm looking for a small collection of game manuals/catalogs from the Atari 2600. In particular, game catalogs from Activision and Atari. Doesn't have to be a huge collection (a dozen would be fine), but in fairly good shape. Seems I can't find ANY of my old catalogs and game manuals, and after a complete search, they seem to have vanished into thin air.

     

    Please let me know what you have either in this topic or in a PM with a price. I can pay concealed cash or a postal money order, whichever you prefer. Thank you! As a collector, this would be an essential part of my Atari 2600 collection, and besides...I love the old artwork! :D

     

    -Steve

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    Cool, next time, do it to a deserving cart like ET, or some other perpetrator of the video game crash :P

     

    Seriously though, that sucks, I got a few hundred and still haven't gotten one of these.

     

    But this does give me the urge to go throw out all my odyssey^2 crap and mow it MWAHAHAHAH!! :D >: Videos coming soon :x :o

     

    You know, if you're going to do THAT to your O2, I'll take it AND all the "crap" that goes with it!! :D

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    I'm kinda horrible about the games...I have the boxed/instruction/game stacked on top of my TV (I know, I owe you all a picture), and the carts are stacked next to the TV. I need to do some SERIOUS organizing of my man cave. :roll:

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    Wow, nice! If I had decent flea markets around here, my collection would be a LOT bigger. :roll: However, I have one flea market area, and they never have Atari 2600 stuff. Congrat's on a great find for a great price. How often does that type of thing happen, anyway? Does the average flea market vendor not know much of the Atari 2600?

     

    And how often do you all get a ridiculous price from someone selling Atari 2600 stuff? Like astronomical (let's say $20.00 for a cart-only...)?

  11. Posted

    I was shocked to learn that Space Invaders barely made the top ten (#10). Weren't people going out and purchasing the 2600 just so they could play Space Invaders at home. :ponder:

     

    We did, back in the day, just to play Space Invaders. That was my very first game in the late 70's/early 80's I had an "experience" with, and it's still well loved today in my household. Still need a boxed copy, though. I have the text-only version and love the picture art on this cart. :lust:

  12. Posted

    That was a great story, and got me to thinking...it might be time for me to do something similar. My console could use at least an exterior cleaning. It powers up and works fine, and I'm deathly afraid to go inside and ruin something (as I was 30 years ago). The "ridges" are particularly dirty and could use a good cotton swab and some cleaning solution.

     

    Thanks for sharing your story with us, and the pictures really helped tell the tale. :thumbsup:

  17. Posted

    It was strange that the Air Raid auction wasn't mentioned, or that I just missed that part of the broadcast. I thought that the demand for the 2600 had just gone up on it's own, but as you said, it's been pretty stable as far as supply and demand go. Thanks for the information.

  25. Posted

    I can't believe this, but I suppose I should. Recently, I heard tell (from a TV news show, no less) that the Atari 2600 has doubled/tripled in price recently in collectivity. I didn't hear about the games themselves, but by the news account the Atari 2600 has become a "hot item" to obtain and collect for, more so than recent years.

     

    Anyone experience a price surge in the consoles lately, or seen as they are out and about the Atari 2600 slowly increasing in value? :?

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