Joining the 7800 club.

[[d2f]Iggy*SJB]

Well, thanks to E-Bay(Yeah, yeah, yeah....) I will be joining the 7800 owners club. I'm not counting my carts before they are played, but I'm looking quite well forward to playing some good 7800 games! I'm not getting anything beyond commons(I think...I haven't checked the guide yet), but for a complete 7800(with box) and 11 carts for just under $30 shipped.......unless none of it works, I think it's a good deal. I also won a lot of 32 carts, both 2600 and 7800(7800 carts have boxes and instructions). Nothing super special, but only a couple of them do I already have.

[shadow460]

Good deal. It's always a bonus to get some boxed games with a new to yourself system purchase. I got a few boxed games today for a system I've never purchased anything else for.

 

I'd check the homebrews in the AA store. I'd grab copy of Pac-Man collection! at the least. Heck, you can still score all five of them and get a Stella's Stocking thrown in free.

[8th lutz]

Congrats, it is a good deal. I recommand that you should get a couple homebrew games at least with them being Pac-man collection and Beefdrop.

 

I don't know what 7800 games you got from ebay, so I can't held you there.

Edited January 15, 2008 by 8th lutz

[mimo]

And Q*bonq, Space Duel and Asteroids DLX are all highly recomended

[[d2f]Iggy*SJB]

C&P from the auctions: (Colour me an idiot...I should have done this with the original post. lol)

 

Games included are Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Defender 2, Asteroids, Galaxian, Pole Position 1, Pole Position 2, Kung-Fu Master, Super Breakout and Backgammon. (This from the one with the system)

And from the carts only auction:

Chuck Norris/Artillery Duel with both manuals, Ghost Manor/Spikes Peak with both manuals, Krull rare original 1983 metallic label with 1983 rare folding color manual! (most Krull carts are the 1988 printing with a cheap non-folding printed manual and grey cart label). Eggomania with manual. Solar Fox with manual. Donkey Kong for 7800 with manual. Mouse Trap with manual. Defender with manual. Warlords with manual. Demons to Diamonds with manual. Super Breakout with manual. Donkey Kong Jr. for 7800 with box and manual. Ms Pac Man for 7800 with box and manual. Dig Dug for 7800 with box and manual. Scrapyard Dog for 7800 with box and manual. Mario Bros for 7800 with box and manual. and here are the carts with no manual or box, but all with very nice to superb condition, collector picky labels: Breakout, Night Driver, Miniature Golf, Golf, Space War, Maze Craze, Video Chess, Video Checkers, Canyon Bomber, Journey Escape, Bermuda Triangle, Missile Command, Fast Eddie, Worm War I, Carnival, & Fathom.

 

(I edited the format, so as not to make the post a mile long).

I noted that the Krull cart is the same one listed in the AA Rarity Guide as an R-4...but I was mostly interested in the 7800 carts anyway. Plus, only a few of the 2600 carts would be dupes for me.

Like I said, nothing super special....but lots of new games for me to play with. I'll look into the Homebrews, too. That Beefdrop looks fun as hell! I used to be addicted to Burgertime in the Pizza Shop it was in...and the 2600 version was a bit of a disappointment(not as bad as PacMan...but still).......Thanks for the info on the Homebrews! Always happy to hear about good games!

[FireTiger]

Pac Man collection.

[+HammR25]

Should we tell him about the initiation to officially get into the club?

[shadow460]

Yep. You gotta slave over the production line for one full year making Pokey chips for standard Beef Drop carts.

[[d2f]Iggy*SJB]

Slaving over it is much better than slaving ON it. At least this way I get to push people around and yell at them. WOOT! GO ME!

[[d2f]Iggy*SJB]

It just arrived. The box has seen better days, but it's mostly intact. No arguements/complaints from me, though. Something I noticed, is that on the back of the box, a lot of games are listed. Skyfox being among the bunch. However, I find no record of it in the rarity guide on here. Was it never released?

[+Allan]

It just arrived. The box has seen better days, but it's mostly intact. No arguements/complaints from me, though. Something I noticed, is that on the back of the box, a lot of games are listed. Skyfox being among the bunch. However, I find no record of it in the rarity guide on here. Was it never released?

 

No. And no prototype has ever surfaced (that I know of).

 

Allan

[[d2f]Iggy*SJB]

>.<

 

Figures! I saw that on the box, and got REAL excited! I love that game on my C=64, I just don't have one hooked completely up at the moment(I have 4 game systems, a VCR, and a DVD player hooked into 1 TV.....I need another TV.

 

(Or another C= monitor....)

[accousticguitar]

Centipede. 7800 Centipede. It's the best.

[MrBeefy]

I personally think Food Fight is a must have for the 7800. That by far is my favorite 7800 game so far.

[Flashback]

....I think Tower Toppler is a must have,too.

[solidus8]

As of this morning I am the proud owner of the fine Atari vintage that is the 7800. It was 12$ on ebay with a slightly cracked case, but other than that it works like a dream. Just waiting on my new set of eight games from

"gamesandstuff"! Nothing beats Xevious...except perhaps Galaga!!!!

[Atarifever]

Nothing beats Xevious...except perhaps Galaga!!!!

I want a T-shirt that says that. Well said.