Are These Actually Rare?

[TPA5]

Hey all,

 

Got a coupler diskettes for the Atari computer that are listed as 'rare' on atarimania.com ;

 

The first is "Andromeda", just the diskette. No case or manual. Here's what atarimania says: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-andromeda_268.html

 

The second is "Encounter at Questar IV", again just the diskette. Here's the atarimania page: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-encounter-at-questar-iv_1838.html

 

They both seem rare, but it's a bully of a time trying to find out exactly what they would be worth, if anything at all.

 

Some clarification would be nice.

 

Thanks!

[Tickled_Pink]

I don't know. Personally I think it's trickier to gauge rarity from disk software than it is with carts. Disk-based stuff was dime a dozen whereas there is a known list of carts and people in the know can often tell you the history of a cart title. I have a rarity 9 product but that's primarily because it was mail order only from the publishers and, beyond a few ads in the Atari press, it was never properly marketed - never even saw a review. I remember once writing a letter to the developer asking a question and got one back. All I remember is that he had a Polish-sounding surname.

 

A lot seems to depend on two factors with disk software - how it was sold and when during the life of the publisher it was published. What I will say is that rare disk-based software doesn't sell for as much as rare cart-based software ... usually.

[www.atarimania.com]

I have a rarity 9 product but that's primarily because it was mail order only from the publishers and, beyond a few ads in the Atari press, it was never properly marketed - never even saw a review. I remember once writing a letter to the developer asking a question and got one back. All I remember is that he had a Polish-sounding surname.

What is the name of the program?

 

A lot seems to depend on two factors with disk software - how it was sold and when during the life of the publisher it was published. What I will say is that rare disk-based software doesn't sell for as much as rare cart-based software ... usually.

Correct. Unless the titles are unbelievably rare and never show up on eBay, you probably won't get much for loose disks. Boxed, that's another story...

 

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[+orpheuswaking]

To give you an idea, I purchsed this rarity 8 Artworx release http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-hazard-run_2411.html

 

I paid $2.50 for it as it was just a loose disk, if it was complete I would have paid $20

 

Therefore I will pay you $5.00 for your disks