found an atari at goodwill

[classicgamer24]

hey wasup guys i passed by the goodwill with my brother at 6:00pm and it was closed bummer then outside of the store in a box i had seen a joystick sticking out and i told my brother to go see what was in that box and he told me it was an

ATARI system and i was like what?????!! you gotta be kiding me so i told him to get the box and put it in the trunk of the car and we took off and when we got home we cleaned the daylights out of it but we haven't tested it yet but if it works would it be considered a HUGE STEAL???!!!

 

it's hard to believe that a system like that would just be abandoned outside of the store because it was in horrible condition when i brought it home the 1st thing i thought of was mentioning this story to my atari peeps and see what you guys thought

[classicgamer24]

it's the black one with the brown lines i believe it's the 2600 correct me if im wrong

[Artlover]

when i brought it home the 1st thing i thought of was mentioning this story to my atari peeps and see what you guys thought

Well, they haven't replied yet, but be prepaired for a bunch of people yelling at you for stealing donations.

 

However, I'm NOT going to be one of those people. From a legal standpoint, dumping donations outside after hours is illegal and gets the store the trouble and don't like it when people do that (most of the time, unless something is really REALLY good, anything abandonded infront of the store after hours like that goes straight in the dumpsters first thing in the morning). The nobility of people who do that is really misplaced and generally amounts to people not wanting to come back during business hours who just want to get rid of it.

 

That said, good find if it works.

[Lord Thag]

Wow. Going to hell for an stealing an Atari from homeless people! Awesome!

 

I bet they stick you right next to Jeffrey D and Charlie when you get downstairs.

 

Of course, maybe you'll luck out and get to challenge old Scratch to a game of Combat for your soul. At least you'll have some practice.

[nathanallan]

Sound sto me like a great score, and yes, it's illegal dumping when it is after hours. Legal garbage. What all came with it?

 

Nathan

[classicgamer24]

came with the joystick the ac adapter and 3 copies of pacman

[Artlover]

and 3 copies of pacman

[classicgamer24]

i take it that you like that right artlover?

[Technosis]

came with the joystick the ac adapter and 3 copies of pacman

 

The three Pac-man games are what "sumguy" left as a calling card after he lifted all the games like Stronghold, X-man, Boing, etc from the box ......j/k

[SINGLE TOOTH]

and 3 copies of pacman

[SINGLE TOOTH]

Yeah right. Even if Goodwill would have taken the Atari, no low income person could have afforded the price they would have slapped on it anyway. Probably $40.

[Brian R.]

Assuming it's a 2600...

 

That tells you something of what regular people think of what an Atari system is worth... not worth paying to have hauled away in the trash, not even worth taking to Goodwill while they're opening because they won't accept it.

 

That said, I think the only Atari system I found at a Goodwill was an 800XL computer. For $5. It works. And it looks great. Oh well. Woe is me.

[Texguy1968]

came with the joystick the ac adapter and 3 copies of pacman

 

Could've been ET.

[SRGilbert]

and 3 copies of pacman

Karma is a bitch!

 

[SINGLE TOOTH]

I still don't understand how people who had an atari sitting in a box for 20 years somehow has 5 pac-mans with it. Why so many?

[Brian R.]

I still don't understand how people who had an atari sitting in a box for 20 years somehow has 5 pac-mans with it. Why so many?

 

Probably saw those eBay auctions describing them as "RARE" and figured they needed to squirrel away a few as investments for their retirement.

[+FujiSkunk]

I still don't understand how people who had an atari sitting in a box for 20 years somehow has 5 pac-mans with it. Why so many?

 

20 years ago would be 1987. Nintendo was taking over the world, but you still had a few hold-outs (like me) who kept their Ataris instead. Some of these hold-outs (like me) would then get carts from friends who didn't want to play with that "old junk" anymore.

 

Said hold-outs (unlike me) might have later decided they didn't want to live in the past, and hid the Atari in the attic, to be rediscovered a couple of decades later.

Edited September 11, 2007 by skunkworx

[Brian R.]

I still don't understand how people who had an atari sitting in a box for 20 years somehow has 5 pac-mans with it. Why so many?

 

20 years ago would be 1987. Nintendo was taking over the world, but you still had a few hold-outs (like me) who kept their Ataris instead. Some of these hold-outs (like me) would then get carts from friends who didn't want to play with that "old junk" anymore.

 

Said hold-outs (unlike me) might have later decided they didn't want to live in the past, and hid the Atari in the attic, to be rediscovered a couple of decades later.

 

Sometimes I wonder about how many Ataris are out there, in hiding, forgotten in attics, basements, closets, garages, sheds. Just drive through a neighborhood, look at the houses, and wonder, "Is there an Atari in there somewhere?"

 

I know they're out there. Here and there.

[+Random Terrain]

Sometimes I wonder about how many Ataris are out there, in hiding, forgotten in attics, basements, closets, garages, sheds. Just drive through a neighborhood, look at the houses, and wonder, "Is there an Atari in there somewhere?"

 

I know they're out there. Here and there.

Old people are living too long these days. We need to kill these old bastards off so we can get to the good stuff in their attics! Death to old people!

[Brian R.]

Sometimes I wonder about how many Ataris are out there, in hiding, forgotten in attics, basements, closets, garages, sheds. Just drive through a neighborhood, look at the houses, and wonder, "Is there an Atari in there somewhere?"

 

I know they're out there. Here and there.

Old people are living too long these days. We need to kill these old bastards off so we can get to the good stuff in their attics! Death to old people!

 

At 36, I could be one of those "old people."

[classicgamer24]

you guys are funny i can't wait to test it out now i'll let yall know if it works

[Technosis]

I still don't understand how people who had an atari sitting in a box for 20 years somehow has 5 pac-mans with it. Why so many?

 

I think that in the NES or 16 bit era, people frequently passed whole Atari systems and games to someone who still played them rather than throwing them out, so it wasn't uncommon for someone to have multiple copies of games. 2600 games were like VHS tapes today, or the 8 track tapes of earlier days, people couldn't wait to get rid of them.......

[SINGLE TOOTH]

Since you are the newest member in this thread, you are obligated by law to send me the Atari system you found.

[SINGLE TOOTH]

I still don't understand how people who had an atari sitting in a box for 20 years somehow has 5 pac-mans with it. Why so many?

 

I think that in the NES or 16 bit era, people frequently passed whole Atari systems and games to someone who still played them rather than throwing them out, so it wasn't uncommon for someone to have multiple copies of games. 2600 games were like VHS tapes today, or the 8 track tapes of earlier days, people couldn't wait to get rid of them.......

 

I agree. Back then people were less greedy. My dad gave our 5200 away when we got the NES.

[Texguy1968]

Sometimes I wonder about how many Ataris are out there, in hiding, forgotten in attics, basements, closets, garages, sheds. Just drive through a neighborhood, look at the houses, and wonder, "Is there an Atari in there somewhere?"

 

I know they're out there. Here and there.

 

Just like the stories of elderly mothers of Vietnam vets who still had their son's mint condition Corvette/Camaro, we'll instead begin hearing about elderly mothers of Iraqi vets who have classic video game systems in mint condition.