Atari 2600 "Loaner Cartridge"???

[Tempest]

ok thx ,thats not bad ,a guy was saying around 200$ ,could that be true?

I suppose it's possible. It all depends on how badly someone wants it. $150 isn't out of the question, but $200 would be a bit tough I think.

[karolizzz97]

I suppose it's possible. It all depends on how badly someone wants it. $150 isn't out of the question, but $200 would be a bit tough I think.

do you think i should sell it or keep it for longer?

[Tempest]

It's not really going to gain in value or anything. I'd sell it now if you're not interested in keeping it as part of a collection.

[freewheel]

Interesting. 2003 was a very different time in retro collecting - a lot more stuff existed in the wild, a lot more people sold Atari stuff in general at garage sales, and prices of most stuff has skyrocketed (at least when I think of the NES-SNES era).

 

Tempest, are lab loaners still in that $50-75 range for common, maybe $100+ for more rare ones? It kinda surprises me that there wouldn't have been some price appreciation given the rest of the hobby and how much harder it seems to find Atari stuff in general. At least in my experience, it seems like it's all been landfilled or picked up by overpriced stores ($5 Asteroids, etc). Not living anywhere near California these loaners and protos might as well be moon rocks for me.

 

Also another curiosity, and this is more of a wild-ass guess thing, but.. what kind of numbers do you think loaners exist in? Like say the most common ones - would there be a dozen copies extant? 100? A few hundred? Given the insane prices people pay for crap like Air Raid, I'd have to think it's in the 100s at least, if these things are only worth $100 or less. Obviously no one's doing a census on something semi-common like this, but just curious if you have any sense of actual numbers.

[lulrik]

Hello !

 

I found it in France

 

http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/18/60/22/92/atari_10.jpg

 

This cartridge is know ? thanks

Edited December 5, 2014 by lulrik

[Tempest]

That's going to be very close to the final if not exactly the same as the final version. 142 had about 5 lines of code that was different (some optimization changes) and 147 was the final.

[lulrik]

Thanks ! Indeed I have played on my atari 2600 SECAM, and I did not notice any difference !

For color I do not know, it difficult to see with 2600 SECAM (8 colors)

This model 145 is therefore already known?

 

NB : called me if my English is meaningless

[Tempest]

145 isn't the model, it's the date (145 days into the year) so that translates to 4/25/83

 

I haven't see a 145 before.

[lulrik]

Ho ! I did not understand ! thanks for brightening !

[Tempest]

It took me a long time to figure those codes out. Simple when you think about it though.

[lulrik]

Indeed

I thought it was a simple counting. such as 1, 2, 3, ... 14 ect ...

[nofrills100]

Interestingly the same as the one I used to own: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/159137-a-nofrills-collection/?p=2058816

[lulrik]

Yes ! indeed !

I wonder how my cartridge arrived in France . have tou see difference between the "145" and classic commercialized pole position ?

[Tempest]

The difference is going to be in the code optimization so you won't be able to see it unless it changes a timing or something (more slowdown or something of that nature). It's basically the same as the final.

[+arcadeshopper]

reviving this thread.. picked these two up wondering on their value

 

 

[+Wonder007]

It depends in what stage of programming each cart is in. The range would be from 150 to 225. Please let me know if you are interested in selling them.