Crazy Climber

lol, saw this in an old mag I was reading this morning...

Ah gotcha. Guess it just threw me off that you were responding to a 6 week old reply that you didn't quote, immediately after someone else (bent_pin) had an inquiry about the games, and when he (rightfully) took a little offense to your jab and responded you still didn't clarify you meant "the facebook people" and not him but I get it now, just a coincidence, bad timing, etc I guess. Cmon man, I was just arguing about how patient and polite everyone has been. You're making me look bad 😄

Me neither, and for what its worth I thought his comment to you was pretty rude and definitely unwarranted... Just curious, who's "the whiners" ?

Lots of reasons, but one main one is nerds. Lots of nerds in the computer programming game back in the day and they get shit done...

@Jake Riley You aren't by chance friends with AA member @HardWork are you? Just curious...

Woodgrain sets are the most desirable in my experience...even more so if they have AV inputs. That Panasonic has a unique look, that ups the desirability. The little 9" trinitron sets sell pretty well too.

Splitting these up and selling in the $25 to $50+ each range would be in your best interest. Many people need one or two, 12+ at once is a pretty tough sale...

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Somehow I missed this, luckily looks like they are still available and not sold out. Just put my order in for the 2 new ones, can't wait!! Thanks man!

Much cheaper than the NES release 😄

Oh man, I placed mine the 28th so looks like I'm getting closer!! Basically once these arrive I'm instantly putting another order in for Penalt, EXO, ARTI, etc... Yeah, All of US know we will get our games eventually but we've been here forever...I mean it was almost 20 years ago I placed my first store order 😄 (I'm actually starting to have legit nostalgia for early homebrews lol) Now, a more casual collector though or even first time store order might be getting a little nervous...I have a feeling this sale attracted a lot of attention in the video game community (resellers, etc...) some of these guys might not even be forum members...

Possibly... If there actually is more than one and the ROM is dumped and ends up being released to public domain, etc could all have an effect on the value. But as far as I can tell (at least in this topic) nothing has really been proven. We don't even have a screen shot of the gameplay yet lol This one is pretty unique though having a production style label and all. Id bet it goes for more than just a bare board style one.

Woah...are you bulimic!??

10k "or more" is highly unlikely... Some questions need to be answered before its even worth 2k... - is it real/authentic? - does it work? - how complete is it? Again, screen shots and video would help this sale immensely... It "looks" real but I'm not really qualified to validate a proto. I do know if the game is near complete (or complete) and playable its worth a lot more than say just a title screen, or unplayable demo, etc...

Kind of surprised this topic isn't going nuts right now, this is a pretty impressive/rare find. Maybe add "found" to the title or switch it to the 2600 section. Also get some screen shots and videos of this playing/working immediately. If its legit you should do pretty well on the sale of it... I don't think damage to the label would affect the price much, if at all. Whats inside it is more important 😃

For me it was the Bubble-eez bubble gum commercial...the one with the astronaut on the moon. Went something like.... Bubble bubble eez... Bubble bubble gum... Repeat repeat, etc... In the earlier days of the internet this commercial was thought to be lost to time. (And it almost was!!) Many people, myself included, searched old VHS recordings hoping to find it and some people even offered a generous bounty for it. That dumb little jingle still to this day gets stuck in my head and I had to hear it again, if anything just to prove I wasn't nuts haha Many years went by and finally the guy who did the actual music for the commercial caught wind of the hunt, and he had a preserved recording of it! If not for him I think it would have been gone forever....unfortunately it probably does happen to some of them...

Nice score, yeah I cant add much on authentication that hasn't already been said... It looks pretty real to me. As far as it being stolen I kinda doubt it. I think there are still some of these out there...especially if there is any truth to this story! In the "Air Raid" topic where the first boxed copy was found a guy claimed to have the original mold used to make them. He said his Dad was contacted to make a run of 25 and 1/2 cartridge shells and he used left over plastic he had from a run of blue baby bottles. He also said his Dad was known to make mistakes and the large handle was supposed to be much smaller... I know there is no evidence to support this and the guy could have just fabricated the entire story but I don't know, I have a feeling a few more are out there waiting to be found. I mean Red Sea Crossing had a run of like 300 (according to the programmer Steve Stack) and how many have been found? 5?

Yeah, I didn't get an email either. I haven't got any about this order for some reason. Could be my own fault though, maybe I unsubscribed accidentally or something (although I still get emails for DMs,etc...) I won't ask if anyone's got their games yet haha Serious question though... If I pre order some of the new releases will they ship together with my last chance order? Typically I'd just wait but Penault seems like a game I want as soon as possible 😄

Yeah 500 seems a little light... Its probably tough to guess how many/fast its going to sell though if you're not super active in the collecting scene. I'm guessing "Outlaw" took a little longer?

They're on the right track releasing this one. Anyone know how large the run was? 1000? 500? Seemed to sell out pretty quick...

If you've already got an AC adapter, controllers, etc you could probably get just a working deck pretty cheap...

I do (still play Asteroids) but strictly for nostalgia and rarely for more than a few minutes. Can't remember the last time I played a serious (full) game of it. Probably was the 80s... I like to pop in games I owned back in the day and remember the old days for a few seconds. Sometimes I'll eat something from the sad food groups and let the attract mode play. Not too often though, the past was great but the future is now

Video shows fine for me. Congrats on finding/keeping a very rare and valuable game. What really bothers me about it is I'm from Minneapolis too and I frequented all the same places and I also bought any atari game Id never heard of.... I COULD HAVE FOUND A RED SEA CROSSING!!! Oh well 😄

Okay, Im in!!

The listing shows a picture of it upright which has me thinking... How much would you trust this mounted to a wall? If this could be wall mounted and the carts won't fall out everytime someone shuts the bedroom door, etc I might buy a few of these... Original Wall mounted atari storage units are getting way too expensive lately.