QuarterArcade Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I'm getting back into classic console gaming after about five years of having my stuff sit in boxes due to limited space. I finally have a room dedicated to all of my console stuff and Atari 8-Bit game cartridges were something I was really into obtaining 5-10 years ago as they just didn't seem as common as the 2600 stuff. Anyway, I've got a what I consider a pretty good sized collection, about 140 cartridges (I only collect cartridges and primarily games). A few questions: - Are there many other guys out there collecting just carts? - Is there any way to gauge value on this stuff other than eBay? - Is the rarity list pretty accurate for these games? - Other than eBay, is there any other good marketplace for buying/selling/trading duplicate games? Thanks in advance, I'm glad I found this forum, really looking forward to getting back into the console genre (I'm a big coin-op arcade collector as well). Anthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I just collect carts for the XL/XE and have about 30 or so but I only collect arcade conversions for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosty Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 - Are there many other guys out there collecting just carts? I collect discs and cass games too but cartridges are very sepcial in my collection - Is there any way to gauge value on this stuff other than eBay? eBay is the best value meter. - Is the rarity list pretty accurate for these games? Atarimania and famous Andrew Krieg's cartridge list: http://my.execpc.com/~krieg/links/8bit.carts But it is very incomplete. - Other than eBay, is there any other good marketplace for buying/selling/trading duplicate games? This forum , other Atari forums, other auction services... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I collect disks and cassettes too, but mainly focus on the cart collection. AA member Callipygous used to have a website with a better rarity list than Krieg's, but he's not around right now, and his Geocities site is down. Atarimania is probably the only serious attempt at a rarity guide around just now. As for buying/selling/trading A8 carts, there's ebay, CTCW and AA marketplace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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