Despina83 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I could never compete with you guys and all your R9s and pristine carts (R6 is my rarest and as you can see, there are some pretty rough labels pictured), but it's an okay little collection, especially for a 24 year old girl, haha. Up to 147 Atari 2600 games, and there's a handful of 7800 games pictured too. 2600 Ms. Pacman got left out of the photo because it was still in my 7800 console and I forgot it. Excuse my camera being stupid and blurry. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Don't worry about the R9s or wotnot, it's a bit overated anyway. Just collect and have fun, your collection looks excellent already. The cib US Games stuff is pretty rare anyway, especially Raft Rider. Keep it up..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 There's a lot to be said for quality of games, IMO. Chasing after rarities is fun, but you're likely to end up with pretty unimpressive games for your efforts. Your collection looks great to me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Nice Start,Especially for a 24 year old! looks like mine used too. As your income grows your collection and rarities will as well. If you have the "bug" that is. I only have the Entombed boxed, wish I had the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Not bad at all. Nice U.S. Games boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Not bad at all. Nice U.S. Games boxes. Yeah, no kidding. Nice collection if you ask me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despina83 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 The boxes were a surprise, the auction I won showed only the carts and didn't mention anything about boxes, but he sent them along. I thought it was cool how they have KB Toys stickers marked down from 29.99 to like 2.99. Nice little look into the big crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I only got Space Jockey so far, US Games collecting for me is in a further distance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yep, your collection is not too shabby. I only have about 170 carts myself and i don't really care about the rarity, it's more important that the games are fun to play. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Melville Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Nice collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jferio Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 You've beat my peak of Atari carts, it looks like... certainly, you have my current number beat by a large margin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Those are some good quality games there. Do you play them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despina83 Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Yeah, from time to time. My favorites are Dragonfire, Mario Bros., Ms. Pacman, Frogger, Centipede, Missile Command, Q*Bert, Dolphin, Space Invaders, Beamrider, Jr. Pacman, and Breakout. I play on a 7800 though, and it's a pain in the ass to get games to work in it, particularly Activision and Imagic games. Other carts like Atari, Parker Bros., and M Network usually work on the first try, though. But trying to get those Activision games to fire up is like pulling teeth. I like the 7800 because it's what we had when I was really little and what we always played on. But Jawbreaker is one game I'd really like to have, but I want a copy that's going to fit in the 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatohead Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 That's a perfectly respectable collection. Looks a lot like mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I could never compete with you guys and all your R9s and pristine carts (R6 is my rarest and as you can see, there are some pretty rough labels pictured), but it's an okay little collection, especially for a 24 year old girl, haha. Up to 147 Atari 2600 games, and there's a handful of 7800 games pictured too. 2600 Ms. Pacman got left out of the photo because it was still in my 7800 console and I forgot it. Excuse my camera being stupid and blurry. Wow, we're the same age. Good to see there actually are girls my age who liked collecting old games. The only one I met was a few years older than me and only collected SNES, PS1, PS2, Gamecube, and GBA RPGs. Strictly that and nothing else. I don't think I had quite as many Atari 2600 cartridges before I started selling stuff. Probably closer to around just 100. Probably because I branched out to other systems from the era. I still have a bunch of Atari 2600 cartidges to sell because I won't want to collect cart only anymore. I wonder if I have anything you are missing that you might want? I also have a Not For Resale promo 4-switch woody Atari 2600 console which is pretty rare. It has yellow trim on the system and controller markings instead of orange. It was unexpected as it was from a cheap ebay sale that had a stock photo of the system. I originally bought it for my uncle for his birthday but decided to keep it because it was different, and also because he didn't seem to be interested when I finally offered him one of my others as an early present. I also have some boxed games I might sell after I scan pictures of the boxes, manuals and cartridges of those. My goal is to just get that flash cart for this system and be satisfied with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendorien Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I will admit that seeing all those carts makes me wish I hadn't got rid of 75% of mine after I got the Harmony cart. It was a space issue, but still. Nice collection. I too joine the collecting thing a little later, though in my case it took til I was 30. Heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendorien Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Oops. Double post. Edited April 16, 2012 by Lendorien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARImarcus Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Great collection! Dont care about rarity, just collect and play, thats what I do too Showing my collection here too, just added new pics yesterday, today I will try to get my 2600 carts on some pics. Greets Marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quetch Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 i got a atari 2600 jr and 8 games 3 of them sill got there case. i also got a dobble ender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner73 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Collecting is over rated if you ask me, i love to play the games not hoard them away and never touch them. that is a great collection, keep going and most of the rarest games are god awful anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Very nice, you have me beat by a few games (just counted them last night) and that's after, oh, 30 years or so! Good start on the US Games collection there between the boxed and loose ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 You have Tunnel Runner. This is all that matters. Your collection is complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Next level Atari 2600 maneuver Despina83: Make your own game!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Is she actually still active here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Is she actually still active here? Nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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