nofrills100 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Show us a pic of Karate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) If you ebay anything - be sure to let us know! Edited March 8, 2011 by nofrills100 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Nice pics of the games, and nice list! When you get a chance, can you ask the mother-in-law to double-check all the titles again and look for the following: "RED SEA CROSSING" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 The OP does seem to have been a quick study in what is rare and what is not (to have posted up the original choice of most rare games), to have spelled everything correctly, to have mentioned text/pic labels (maybe they were looking up in the rarity guide too? Unlikely in just a couple/few hours), and to have matched up things like "Mogul Maniac with Joyboard" and the different manuals like "Fast Food with Cookbook" unless they were already physically attached. So, either leading up to a hoax, OR, just just a very quick study! (And yes, I mean a very nice long vacation) Wait, there does appear to be one "misspelling"... "Night Rider" LOL... I assume this was supposed to be Night Driver? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) Beam Rider is spelled wrong. All these great games .....and NO BOXES??? Edited March 8, 2011 by high voltage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I still call bullshit, it is a collector having fun with us, april fools/etc.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I still call bullshit, it is a collector having fun with us, april fools/etc.. He´s a Computer Wizard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbite Bailey Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Are you sure he's not a Pinball Wizard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I still call bullshit, it is a collector having fun with us, april fools/etc.. Agreed. Something's up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjrocco Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 So no one believes me again because I know how to spell? You people have already said that I should use this website to help me learn more about the games and then fault me because I know the difference between a picture and text only label? The Rarity Guide here has pictures of these things and it is not that hard to learn the difference. As far as to why the collection has so many rare games, my mother in law said that her father was a collector, and I guess I didn't realize how serious of a collector he was. Oh well, just one more time I end up looking like a dumbass. I'll keep working on it and try to convince you that I am not full of it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I still call bullshit, it is a collector having fun with us, april fools/etc.. Agreed. Something's up. That's true. I never considered that it could just be a collector having fun with us. The IP address doesn't match up with any known AA user though so it would have to be a lurker. Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjrocco Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Sad no boxes were saved. Phil Yeah I asked about that and all the boxes pretty much were tossed, although all the manuals were alphabetized and everything was very well organized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjrocco Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 The OP does seem to have been a quick study in what is rare and what is not (to have posted up the original choice of most rare games), to have spelled everything correctly, to have mentioned text/pic labels (maybe they were looking up in the rarity guide too? Unlikely in just a couple/few hours), and to have matched up things like "Mogul Maniac with Joyboard" and the different manuals like "Fast Food with Cookbook" unless they were already physically attached. So, either leading up to a hoax, OR, just just a very quick study! When she originally asked me about the games i used the mighty Google to search for "rare Atari games" I got a list and asked her if she had any on the list Video Life, River Patrol, and Out of Control were the ones she had that were on the top of the list, so those were the ones I included. I should have done a bit of research first to understand exactly how rare they were before I jumped in the deep end I guess. Everything else was very organized, so Mogul Maniac was with its Joyboard and Fast Food was with the cookbook etc. making it a bit easier to know what went with what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjrocco Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Beat 'em and Eat 'em Um...was your mother-in-law testing these games out herself, or relying on a pre-existing list to check which ones do and don't work? Because if it's the former... She and her husband I believe tested each to make sure that they worked. I don't think she was going for any high scores though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mother-In-Law Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Iam the mother in law and I can answer all you questions but I suck at typing so it might take awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Iam the mother in law and I can answer all you questions but I suck at typing so it might take awhile. WELCOME! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONEMAN Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I'm still skeptical. How were they able to test the games? They have an old TV with the two screw thingies in the back? And how old was you mother-in-law's father when he was collecting games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mother-In-Law Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 My father was obsessed with Atari, he died not too long after he collected these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mother-In-Law Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Yes I do have an old TV 1999 to be exact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mother-In-Law Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Anyone who wants pix of specific games just ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I still call bullshit, it is a collector having fun with us, april fools/etc.. Agreed. Something's up. That's true. I never considered that it could just be a collector having fun with us. The IP address doesn't match up with any known AA user though so it would have to be a lurker. Tempest Or a work/friend/library computer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Show us a pic of Karate! If it's a NTSC square case there is only a few known to exsist and would greatly reduce the amount of people it could be messing with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbite Bailey Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 If you were "really" a serious collector and had all these very rare titles, would you really discard all the boxes? I think not; just saying. Someone who cared this much for a collection and had the passion to buy all these wonderful games would most likely have kept the boxes. I would have anyway. Not saying this collection does not exist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWI Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I still call bullshit, it is a collector having fun with us, april fools/etc.. Agreed. Something's up. That's true. I never considered that it could just be a collector having fun with us. The IP address doesn't match up with any known AA user though so it would have to be a lurker. Tempest Or a work/friend/library computer... Or they are using Tor or some other proxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbite Bailey Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Anyone who wants pix of specific games just ask. Okay, I would like a picture of all of them together; front view and end labels view; please and thank you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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