Pioneer4x4 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I saw an add for a box of Atari stuff, $1 make offer. It was 25 loose carts, beat up paddles, 2 beat up sticks, Indy 500 controllers. I offered $15-$20 because I could use another set of Indy 500 controllers, and I couldn't make out some of the carts, and one looked familiar in the crappy pictures, but I couldn't place it. I met the guy early today, and gave him the crisp $20 straight from the mac machine. And the bonus cart was. "Chuck Wagon"! It is in decent shape, I haven't tested it yet. That is my FIRST decent find in the wild! I already got one at a great price via eBay because it was listed as not working (The seller didn't RTFM) so now I ahve one to sell/trade! I still didn't look at everything else in the box, but the only others I couldn't make out in the pictures were Atari text label, and M Network carts. What's the odds that any of them are rare or ones I don't already have? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 wow, great find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 excellent haul! That much hardware for only $20 and a Chuckwagon in there, too, nice!! Pics possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acelkin Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Nice find! I found a Combat in the wild recently-lol Seriously though, it's becoming harder & harder to find stuff in the wild. Best I've done lately is a CIB Spider Fighter, Road Runner (loose) and Adventures of Tron (loose). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krypton85 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 grats man, it's alwas rewarding to find shit in the wild, let alone a ctcw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer4x4 Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Here is the craiglist pics. Everything else was dirt common. I was bumming that the end labels wer crappy or missing on some of them. Mainly the Atari Text Label ones, since I don't think I have that INDY 500 version. Chase the Chuckwagon main label is kinda beat, but all there and decent looking. The labels on the driving controllers are loose, but they are intact, and there was also a Sega controller in the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF14 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Good find but do you have a link to the posting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer4x4 Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 No, he pulled it already, I assume so he didn't get more calls after it was sold. I got the images because I still had the page open on one of my PCs. It had a couple of typos in it as well, kinda funny, I think that is a prerequisite for an Atari ad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Decent purchase in PA from CL. Haven't found much around here lately, but I haven't been in the mood either. Edited January 20, 2012 by cybercylon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer4x4 Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 I seem to find one good posting a year. This is my 4th CL purchase, 2 others were bigger and pricier but more less common cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polybius Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 great find! the rarest cart i found was final approach by apollo (5) for $1 at the agape house. and a Congo bongo (also at 4 rarity) at a flea market with several others for $5 I know that's not very rare, but its still cool to find uncommon games, especially for cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) I've found a lot of rare games in the wild over the years well R5's and R6's anyway. I guess the most rare would be my silver label Gravitar I found at a thrift store for $5.00. The same price they had on Pac-Man and Combat lol. Edited February 22, 2012 by kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Not too shabby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari2600Lives Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Great score ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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