Achievement Unlocked: CIB Imagic 2600 set

[Conrad Hart]

It took a lot longer than I thought it would, but I finally got the last game for my boxed Imagic 2600 set. So, first Activision, Then Imagic... I guess I go for the brutal remainder of Parker Bros next...

 

BTW, Subterranea was the killer for this one. Took me 5+ years. In that time three went on ebay. I didn't bid high enough on the first and I think it went fo $150+. So I bid $300 on the second and it went for $325... Finally got my sealed one for ....well... a lot.

 

Karmically, this means that all of a sudden there should be a ton of boxed copies showing up any time now at $50 BiNs.

 

Anyway, victory lap:

[CPUWIZ]

You are still missing 2 double packs.

 

Congrats.

[atari181]

I wanted that one as well, I was one of the bidders in that auction. Nice one been looking for awhile.

[DeusExMachina]

...and Atlantis II

 

 

Looks nice!

[Conrad Hart]

I'd already rationalized Atlantis 2 since it wasn't ever commercially available and technically, doesn't have a real box (other than a sticker)

 

I don't know what these double packs are though..They're not listed in the AA database as far as I can see...

[toymailman]

Congrats! In addition to being rare, Subterranea is actually a really fun game to play too.

 

Also, Parker Brothers will be more expensive than Imagic.

[Atari2600Lives]

Great stuff , great achievement !

[high voltage]

Shootin' Gallery and Wing War missing

 

Edited March 11, 2012 by high voltage

[+Midnight Synergy]

Oops about Shootin' Gallery (unless your picture just doesn't show it).

 

Shouldn't be too hard to find, though. My last one was Subterranea as well, I finally picked it up last year (at a decent price, considering how much it's going for now). I love the Imagic style of boxes so much, I branched out to their Intellivision offerings (and Wing War for the Coleco - I didn't care for the PAL box shown above).

 

(Actually - there's also Mark's Sky Patrol and ... (can't remember the other one now)... that he did in the same style. Not an official release, I know.)

[high voltage]

I only put up a pic of Wing War, not Shooting Gallery... a boxed WW is almost impossible to find nowadays. Yeah Sky Patrol is a proto and Cubicplor was also no official release. But you gotta get Shootin Gallery for completion.

Edited March 11, 2012 by high voltage

[high voltage]

Here's my Imagic stuff, just like yours really (well, I got two Atlantis, night version cover, day version cover).

Subterranea is cheap(ish) as a PAL version.

 

Edited March 11, 2012 by high voltage

[high voltage]

The 3 Double Paks are HES AUS releases right?

 

Anyway, I'm still 4 off the complete Activision/Absolute collection (Plaque Attack, Cosmic Commuter, Private Eye, Pete Rose), or 5 if you include Ghostbusters 2

 

Parker, still need 5 for completion: 007, Mr Dos Castle, Montezumas Revenge, Star Wars Arcade, QBert Qubes all not easy (cheap) for cib versions.

 

I think the last Shootin Gallery on ebay USA went for $150 cib (few month back). Here's the box:

 

Of course, if you don't collect Wing War cib, you never have a complete 2600 Imagic collection :-)

Edited March 11, 2012 by high voltage

[Conrad Hart]

BUT I will have the complete NTSC set. The new nagging question is what happened to my shooting gallery. I know I bought it... This isn't good.

[+Nathan Strum]

Karmically, this means that all of a sudden there should be a ton of boxed copies showing up any time now at $50 BiNs.

 

And we thank you for that.

[Glutton Boy]

Very nice pics. Like others here, I've got the Imagic titles cib with the exception of Subterranea. My favorite find was Quick Step, because I had found it at a local game store and had no idea at the time it existed. New Imagic title? Cool. New Imagic title with what looks like a gummi squirrel and kangaroo on the box? Total win!

[Gaztee]

So was Wing War only available in the lovely salmon colour box?? I had no idea it was rare! Nice to see that Subterranea got a good home, I did wonder who paid all the $$ for it! I just wanted it to be a distraction from the Fathom CIB that I wanted

Like many others here I just love all the 2600 box art, they sure don't make them like they used to!!

[atari5200dude82]

Nice Imagic collections. I have them all on carts, Except Atlantis 2 and Cubicolor, Just want to share my Ntsc Wing war, and Sky Patrol in the box, with the cart in side.

[atari181]

That's a hozer cart isn't it hope you didn't pay a lot for it,

[high voltage]

I was gonna say, WW as a NTSC?

[Rom Hunter]

Nice Imagic collections. I have them all on carts, Except Atlantis 2 and Cubicolor, Just want to share my Ntsc Wing war, and Sky Patrol in the box, with the cart in side.

 

You know these are repro's, right?

 

Edited March 13, 2012 by Rom Hunter

[Rom Hunter]

So was Wing War only available in the lovely salmon colour box??

Yes.

 

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-wing-war_7294.html

 

[Lord Helmet]

Nice pics. Man I love Imagic boxes. Some of the best IMHO.

[ferghead]

Conrad, that second picture of your bookcase is pretty, pretty, pretty.

 

Is that an Ikea bookcase? If so, do you have any old VHS tapes laying around that you're not using? Lay 4 of them down along the back and the boxed games will come right out to the front of the case. Not the weird boxes, but you can work around those.

[CPUWIZ]

That's a hozer cart isn't it hope you didn't pay a lot for it,

 

That WW is one of mine and I take that comment as an insult, Hozer's carts are crap.

[Dino]

That's a hozer cart isn't it hope you didn't pay a lot for it,

 

That WW is one of mine and I take that comment as an insult, Hozer's carts are crap.