Albert Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Greetings, I'm looking for common Atari 7800 cartridges that I can use for conversion into homebrew games. I will give $1.00 cash or AtariAge Store Credit per cartridge, and I'll pay for shipping. Carts should be in good condition, with no permanent markings on the carts (writing on the label is fine). I'll extend this offer to later model Atari 2600 carts that do not have the physical dust-cover mechanism (these are basically the same as 7800 carts), or have the dual-spring dust cover (you can discern these by looking at the dust cover, as it has one long slot the entire length, and you can push it up with your fingers, which you cannot do with the regular dust cover mechanism). Please PM me if you have some carts you can sell/trade me. Thanks, ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduecrum Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 PM coming your way... I just cleared out a local store for this effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 PM coming your way... I just cleared out a local store for this effort. Got it, thanks! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+McCallister Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Sent a pm also in regards to this effort. Hope it's for a cool new project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I pmed you yesterday, no reply yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymailman Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 PM comming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduecrum Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I was able to get a confirmation from Al on Friday when I offered up some carts. He mentioned being away for a few days and that I probably wouldn't hear back from him until next Friday at the earliest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Would games such as the frogger style be acceptable? I know the cart is a weird shape but it lacks a dust cover like a 7800 cart but no slots that label shows through. How about activision carts? Those don't have a dust cover either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Would games such as the frogger style be acceptable? I know the cart is a weird shape but it lacks a dust cover like a 7800 cart but no slots that label shows through. How about activision carts? Those don't have a dust cover either. no, no and more no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Would games such as the frogger style be acceptable? I know the cart is a weird shape but it lacks a dust cover like a 7800 cart but no slots that label shows through. How about activision carts? Those don't have a dust cover either. Unfortunately not, but thanks for asking. The circuit boards are designed to fit in Atari shells, and the labels would not fit properly either. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Does this mean common 7800 games are starting to get more rare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Does this mean common 7800 games are starting to get more rare? I'm not going through enough 7800 carts to make them rarer. However, they certainly aren't as common as 2600 games. I'm just getting low on 7800 donors and need to replenish my stock. Hopefully within the next year I'll be using new cartridge shells (that work for both 2600 and 7800 games) and this will no longer be an issue!! ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 So you don't care if they are silver (like 1986 - 1988 2600 games for example) I've got some with poor labels that I'd be more than happy to send. Are the new shells going to be in any colors? please please please please *holds breath* *turning purple* AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 So you don't care if they are silver (like 1986 - 1988 2600 games for example) I've got some with poor labels that I'd be more than happy to send. Nope, don't care if they are silver, please send them along. Are the new shells going to be in any colors? please please please please *holds breath* This is a good question, I don't have an answer for you just yet. I'd love to have several different colors available. Previously I've used clear, red and blue shells. The clear shells would work with just about everything. The blue and red labels worked well with many games depending on the labels. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Ok how about this type then? The top cart is a 7800, the bottom is a 2600 pacman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Ok how about this type then? The top cart is a 7800, the bottom is a 2600 pacman? Yes, those are perfect. Those are identical to 7800 carts. Thanks, ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmervine Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Incoming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Ok how about this type then? The top cart is a 7800, the bottom is a 2600 pacman? ...hold it... After burying millions of Pac-Man carts, they actually went out and made more of them in '86/'88? (If that bottom one is a Pac-Man cart, it must be an '86/'88 version because of the case used.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Pac-Man Jr. maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Ok how about this type then? The top cart is a 7800, the bottom is a 2600 pacman? ...hold it... After burying millions of Pac-Man carts, they actually went out and made more of them in '86/'88? (If that bottom one is a Pac-Man cart, it must be an '86/'88 version because of the case used.) That's a good question. I got a 1986 ET label cart. Not sure why Atari Corp made more ET carts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XavierGames Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Albert I sent you a PM. I have boxes full of Atari 7800 loose cartridges. So LMK thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Albert I sent you a PM. I have boxes full of Atari 7800 loose cartridges. So LMK thanks ! If Al doesn't take them all I could use a box or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 what is your trade in value per cart shawn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Hi, Sorry I was cleaning photobucket up deleted about 100 pics. The pacman is 1987. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I can get a handful of these tomorrow if you are still buying. Let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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