Valler Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Too bad airraid.com and air-raid.com are taken. atariairraid.com? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I'd bet who whom ever wins and however much, they will pay the highest price both now and for the future of this game. Almost certainly since the attention is going to cause others to surface, just like this one did as a result of the last big sale, the price may go down can't wait for that box full of unopened copies from Venezuela to pop up on eBay. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamerz Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) To anyone that can answer this, does this look like it was mass produced? Meaning that there should be more than just 12 - 20 copies to exist. Edited April 1, 2010 by gamerz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangest Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I'd love to see some of the side offer attempts on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnon Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I'd love to see some of the side offer attempts on this one. My offer stands. 2000 pesos. That's as high as I go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 To anyone that can answer this, does this look like it was mass produced? Meaning that there should be more than just 12 - 20 copies to exist. Take a look at that blue T-handle cart and tell me what you think. They certainly didn't have a mold made to make 50-100 cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I have to say when I last posted and finished reading, there were 6 pages of posts. Now there is 17. See what happens when you go out for the evening? Anyway, I'm waiting to see how this pans out. I have to say I practically pissed myself reading some of the posts here. I think the ass cheek to the face takes the cake. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericwierson Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I'd bet who whom ever wins and however much, they will pay the highest price both now and for the future of this game. Almost certainly since the attention is going to cause others to surface, just like this one did as a result of the last big sale, the price may go down can't wait for that box full of unopened copies from Venezuela to pop up on eBay. AX That would be so funny........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Friedel Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Checked out the auction today. Already over $4000 with 9+ days to go. This one is going through the roof. Probably 10 pics of it on there. Anyone got any guesses on what the end price could be? We should start a poll or something =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericwierson Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Checked out the auction today. Already over $4000 with 9+ days to go. This one is going through the roof. Probably 10 pics of it on there. Anyone got any guesses on what the end price could be? We should start a poll or something =) Read the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Hate to say it kids, but here is my take... Yes the box looks GOD DA**ED REAL! But, gotta be April Fools... Why? Well if you look at the auction, who doesn't post the BOX of all things if you hadn't planned on selling it? No where in his description does it say 'box included' it's assumed. No pics of box, doesn't show 'included' in text. I believe the AUCTION is real where this person really is selling their copy of AIR RAID, but that's it, just the cart. No box. So if you wanted to do an April Fools joke on us unsuspecting fools, no problem, auctions sells just the cart, buyer get's cart, seller get's money, no harm no foul. They covered themselves by NOT saying box included anywhere in the auction. Cmon, we've faked some ccol shit in our days! If I had NO IDEA Atariage existed, I would think I was buying ONLY the cartridge, it would be assumed you were getting the 'box' that this person speaks of in the actual auction. That all being said, you get to sell your cart in a legit auction, you can play a GODDA*M good April Fool's prank on all your fellow AA buds, 2 birds, one stone. Hell at the last moment, he could pull the entire auction and just say, 'no longer for sale' and STILL no one is out anything, other than a few blown egos. If this guy REALLY wanted, he's already edited the auction at least twice, he could have said ANYWHERE HE WANTED, BOX INCLUDED. But didn't... Why? That's my 2 cents anyhow. Would love to see it be real just like the rest of you. But for the other '12' owners of this cart, don't feel bad, I'm sure your non box owning ass will still be like everyone else when you wake up in a day or so. Later! - D Still say Happy April Fools! The auction can still mysteriously end on 04/01 and no harm no foul. God I hope AL I'm wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) Damn! log off for 1 day and it takes you 45 minutes to read the subsequent 10 pages of posts! Ok. Here's my 2 cents. Al is Tanman, Tanman is Al. However - If it is genuine - one of two things will happen. 1. It will get overbid by jokers, or 2. Wonder will get it for a semi-reasonable price (i mean is there seriously anyone else with over $7000 to spend on an atari cart and genuinely compete against Wonder?) Edited April 1, 2010 by nofrills100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) Protect yourselves on April the 1st!!!!! Edited April 1, 2010 by nofrills100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhwolfman Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I to, call BS. IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 The last two April Fools turned out to be legit to some degree, meaning that they had a useful outcome. This could certainly be both a joke and for real. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 How did the purported faker get flawless artwork to use for the box when every Air Raid label I've ever seen has various degrees of dark mottling from adhesive bleedthrough? How did they blow up the image from the cart label, yet get no resulting distortion in the box image? An enlargement like that is doable, all it takes is time. Have you seen the repro of the Activision Frostbite label that I posted a few years back? That's another one that I've never seen without glue mottling. All I did was scan and enlarge an original, and use that as the background layer to guide me to re-create a clean version of it. There are a few small mistakes in it, but you'd have to compare it to an original and study it for more than a few seconds to spot them. What I'd like to know is, since there are so few Air Raid carts known to exist, has anyone compared Bushie's, er, Tanman's cart to photos of the previously known carts, to see if the mottling is the same? BTW, I am also getting skeptical based on Tanman's eBay ID, "debut" on the box back, and the "707M" part number on the box side (= "LOL W"). But if it's a fake, it's a real work of art by someone who's not only an expert on things Atari, but also printing technology as it existed in the early 80s and today. However, I also wonder what would have inspired such a prank (if it is a prank) in the first place. Maybe finding a near-pristine vintage Tuesday Morning price tag on some thrift store or garage sale item, with a price that would have been reasonable for an Atari cart at the time? Or perhaps simply finding an Air Raid cart in the wild? Or both? To set the gag up would have taken weeks or months of preparation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 What I'd like to know is, since there are so few Air Raid carts known to exist, has anyone compared Bushie's, er, Tanman's cart to photos of the previously known carts, to see if the mottling is the same? I did. It doesn't match with any other I've seen pictures of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Anyone else see the "M707" on the side of the box? Part number? ooh i misstyped ... it should hava said 007 This has to be real, because if it's not, wouldn't the ebay ad be outright fraud? I really doubt the usual pranksters would take a prank this far, as they are all upstanding types. only if it is fake and you let the auction end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 The box insert looks alot like the ones Marc Oberhauser has but with a hunk of plastic thrown in to hold the T-handle cart right. It's a little to convienent that he lives in Austin also. Albert has a number of those box inserts from Marc so it's not a far stretch to think this is a setup. The insert is different than the ones Marc has created. Yes your right. I didn't notice before that this Air Raid insert has a full back also where as Marc's are fold over edges without a back. This Air Raid insert is more like a box within a box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 A little off-topic, but since there are no words on the cartridge, and no box has been found until now, how did everyone know all of these years that it was called Air Raid and was from Men-A-Vision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 A little off-topic, but since there are no words on the cartridge, and no box has been found until now, how did everyone know all of these years that it was called Air Raid and was from Men-A-Vision? An AA user by the name of Pitfall Harry had a friend who claimed to own the box to Air Raid. That was the first instance of the game having a name to go with it. Men-A-Vision is right on the screen at the bottom when you play the game. Whats kinda odd is that Space Jockey (the game Air Raid gets alot of it's code from) was released in 1982 also. Weird that they where able to disassemble Space Jockey, make a different game out of the code and release it as Air Raid all within a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchysuperman Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Even being April 1st, the fact that the auction exists finally convinces me. Yeah, a fake item could be pulled early & all that, but I don't think Al would go along with it that far. I say again - please make sure this thing gets thoroughly scanned before letting it out the door! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) An AA user by the name of Pitfall Harry had a friend who claimed to own the box to Air Raid. That was the first instance of the game having a name to go with it. Men-A-Vision is right on the screen at the bottom when you play the game. Whats kinda odd is that Space Jockey (the game Air Raid gets alot of it's code from) was released in 1982 also. Weird that they where able to disassemble Space Jockey, make a different game out of the code and release it as Air Raid all within a few months. didn't jerry g also claim to have seen it, or at least read something about it in the mid ninetees? Even being April 1st, the fact that the auction exists finally convinces me. Yeah, a fake item could be pulled early & all that, but I don't think Al would go along with it that far. that would be the best approach for a proper well-working hoax! i would have done it ... starting at 1$ it wouldn't cost any fees ... Edited April 1, 2010 by jahfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbite Bailey Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Question: If you stumbled across an Air Raid cartridge in a box of old video games and posted it on AA knowing that you might have the box for it would you wait 9 days!!! From the original post March 21st to March 30th, to post that you had found the box to Air Raid. Knowing what it was worth from all the hype it caused....I personally would have stayed up 24/7 to find that box and ripped apart everything video game box I might have in a closet,attic, or some storage area...would you wait 9 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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