CadaverKev #1 Posted March 28, 2011 Hello! Found you guys (AtariAge) about a week ago, and I have to say, this is one cool hang! I was very blessed with having the privilege of growing up during the height of the 2600's reign. Only one of my schoolmates was lucky enough to acquire one, but he was cool enough to invite some of us over and take a turn at defeating sinister aliens, or each other, in the hulls of our digital tanks. We couldn't imagine how technology could get any better than this (we said that about Pong too) ! All we needed was that 2600,h2O, and a steady supply of Pop-Tarts, and we were set to rule the rest of the 70's. (sigh) Life was great then. It was not until 1980 when my parents were able to scrape up some spare cash, and totally surprise me walking in one birthday evening with a four switch Woody! I was really blown away! Practically speechless, sitting there in our dated, paneled living-room, with everything I ever wanted at the time right in front of me. And now I'm 45... what a bitch! But I still love my Atari and my frigin' Pop-Tarts dammit! Actually, probably due to the onset of a "midlife crisis", I've dug out my old systems and recently gone fishing on eBay, to satisfy those classic wants. Beats spending money, I don't have, on a sports car. And it keeps the wife happy... I hope. I'm rambling. Here's some pics of my stuff, and things acquired recently. Nice chatting ! GAMES Adventure Alien Asteroids Barnstorming Battlezone Berzerk Boxing Chopper Command Combat Cosmic Commuter Defender Demon Attack Dodge ‘Em DonkeyKong ET Football Frogger Galaga Gyruss Haunted House Human Cannonball Joust Keystone Kapers Laser Blast Maze craze Millipede Missile Command Moon Patrol Moonsweeper Mousetrap Ms. Pac-man Pac-man Phoenix Pitfall! Poker Plus Pole Position II Q-Bert Raiders of the Lost Ark* Reactor realsports Football River Raid Robo Tank Seaquest Skiing Snoopy and the Red Baron Solar Fox Space Cavern Space invaders Spider Fighter Stampede Starmaster Star Raiders Star Ship Star Voyager Star Wars (ROTJ) Star Wars (TAG) Star Wars (TESB) Super Breakout Superman Tunnel Runner Video Pinball Warlords Winter Games Yars’ Revenge Video Olympics On The Way (from eBay) Steeple Chase Shark Attack (Apollo) Blackjack Gopher Frogs & Flies Space Attack 3D Tic-Tac-Toe Skydiver Bowling Dragonfire Crypts of Chaos Venture Solaris Indy 500 Outlaw 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow355F1 #2 Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) Wholly Molly nice collection!!! Im new here my self, and already learned a TON. That is quite a game list, I once had a sizable collection. But, I messed up dearly, and sold it all. Just won a light six switcher on ebay, and struggling to rebuild my collection. I can say the prices are quite a bit more than when I had my 2600 17 years ago even on the common games. Edited March 28, 2011 by Yellow355F1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Christophero Sly #3 Posted March 28, 2011 Welcome aboard. Pop-tarts rule! Frosted cherry, FTW! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gorfy #4 Posted March 28, 2011 Welcome aboard! I, too, am a 45 yr old embroiled in a mid-life crisis. I rediscovered ataritherapy a little over a year ago and I'm still going strong...... Enjoy your games and your poptarts (now i got the munchies) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldjd #5 Posted March 28, 2011 Welcome ! I do not get the pop tarts!My younger brother,use to eat those things To me they tasted like a piece of balsa wood with some awful flavoring,smeared on and in them. But,hey your into Atari,so all is not lost Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HatefulGravey #6 Posted March 28, 2011 Welcome CadaverKev and Yellow355F1. You'll find this place is pretty freaking great and amazingly addictive. If you are looking to expand your collections check out marketplace. There are collectors there sell doubles and rare items with the knowledge to know what they are selling works right. The prices can't be beat either. Enjoy your rebirth to Atari. I was not lucky enough to grow up in the Atari time frame, but I was lucky enough to be exposed to it young and grow up with a love for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pis #7 Posted March 28, 2011 Welcome home! You got an exelent collection of games there. This is definetly the place for you to be! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tz101 #8 Posted March 28, 2011 Welcome. Your situation is just like mine. I am 45 and got my first Tele Games 4-switcher in 1980, only for Christmas. Man, those were the days. Your collection looks nice. Are any of those your original 1980 system or game carts? I still have my 1980 Tele Games console, but broke it trying a repair and have many other VCS consoles to play on now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+wood_jl #9 Posted March 28, 2011 One of the most amazing things about AtariAge is - that I didn't discover it before I did. I think it's been here since 2001 (or something). Where's the 10-year celebration? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tz101 #10 Posted March 29, 2011 It existed prior to 2001 under a different name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CadaverKev #11 Posted March 29, 2011 Welcome. Your situation is just like mine. I am 45 and got my first Tele Games 4-switcher in 1980, only for Christmas. Man, those were the days. Your collection looks nice. Are any of those your original 1980 system or game carts? I still have my 1980 Tele Games console, but broke it trying a repair and have many other VCS consoles to play on now. If I remember correctly, my original 4 switcher died some time after the 7800 was still available in stores. Then I purchased the 7800 that's depicted in this posting. About half the games I have were originally purchased by, or for me many moons ago. I actually still have manuals for everything except the "Snoopy..", "Cosmic Commuter" and "Frankenstein's Monster"(not depicted) carts . The second 2600 console in the pic, I picked up off eBay with that nifty Game Center storage box there. Had to have that! I cleaned that console up, and am selling to a friend's wife to pay for the "Vader" model I snagged off eBay today. Next stop, "Heavy Sixer" when finances permit. I think I may have a "problem". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CadaverKev #12 Posted March 29, 2011 Welcome aboard. Pop-tarts rule! Frosted cherry, FTW! I'm more of a plain strawberry or blueberry guy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tr3vor #13 Posted March 29, 2011 Welcome aboard. Pop-tarts rule! Frosted cherry, FTW! I'm more of a plain strawberry or blueberry guy. Frosted strawberry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trinity #14 Posted March 29, 2011 Welcome aboard. Pop-tarts rule! Frosted cherry, FTW! I'm more of a plain strawberry or blueberry guy. Frosted strawberry No, no, no,,, Chocolate frosted fudge, FTW!!! Oh, and they gotta be toasted well done! (drool) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tr3vor #15 Posted March 29, 2011 Disgusting, chocolate fudge pop tart. Too much sweet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ravenxau #16 Posted April 11, 2011 Disgusting, chocolate fudge pop tart. Too much sweet. Here in Australia it was Saturday morning cartoons, Toast and Vegemite and video games........ ahh, good times Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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