Loaner cartridges - worth anything?

[ThreepwoodMac]

I've got a box of these from Steve Morgenstern's house. Some are in plastic with hand-written labels, and some are just the microchip with a printed label sticker on it. No idea if they actually work. I've got no working Atari system to test 'em out on.

 

Centipede (chip w/o plastic)
Choplifter
Joust (chip w/o plastic)
Mario Bros.
Moon Patrol
Ms. Pac-Man (chip w/o plastic)
Pengo
Pole Position (chip w/o plastic)
Robotron (chip w/o plastic, x2)

[Hyperboy]

If you decide to sell any of these I would be interested in a Robotron depending on price

[pangasinan]

Can you post some pics ?

[ianoid]

Yes they are valuable. Chip on a board stuff has the least value (less than $50), unless it has a unique ROM, which is hard to know until dumped and compared. Lab loaner label cartridges with accurate labels have the best value, somewhere between $75 and $125, sometimes a bit more these days, depending on luck.

 

Actually if you have stuff that is just a chip, that has the least value in general unless super unique. I'd imagine those are worth less than $30 unless proven to contain interesting information.

 

2600 stuff is worth more than 5200 stuff in general. I was talking about 2600 stuff above. 5200 stuff is harder to sell, perhaps because for some reason there is more of it available.

[Defender II]

Which Atari system are they for? 2600? 8-bit? Pictures would be helpful.

[ThreepwoodMac]

Here's some pics. A Photobucket gallery here, and a few choice shots below.

 

http://s859.photobucket.com/user/cinqcentcoups/library/Loaner%20Cartridges?sort=3&page=1

 

 

 

 

 

[toiletunes]

I am interested. Let me know if you are going to sell.

[ThreepwoodMac]

Toilettunes- I will, certainly. The plastic ones are 5200 cartridges, right? Are the naked microchips too, or are they from another system?

[+Mitch]

Are the naked microchips too, or are they from another system?

 

Those are 7800 carts. I am interested in those.

 

Mitch

[toiletunes]

The plastic ones are for the 5200- I am mostly interested in Choplifter and/or Moon Patrol.

[Shawn]

I'm intrested in the pole position pcb.

[+Mitch]

I'm intrested in the pole position pcb.

 

Hey wait in line.

 

Mitch

[atari181]

Everyone will have to fight it out on Ebay. he is listing them

[ThreepwoodMac]

Listing them seemed the fairest thing, seeing as how I got a lot of notes from people interested.

 

Plastic-cased 5200 cartridges:

 

Choplifter http://www.ebay.com/itm/141287853649?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Mario Bros. http://www.ebay.com/itm/131190732593?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Moon Patrol http://www.ebay.com/itm/141287854930?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Pengo http://www.ebay.com/itm/131190734047?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

 

Naked-microchip 7800 cartridges:

 

Centipede http://www.ebay.com/itm/141287856000?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Joust http://www.ebay.com/itm/131190736967?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Ms. Pac-Man http://www.ebay.com/itm/131190735718?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Robotron 2084 http://www.ebay.com/itm/141287857411?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Pole Position http://www.ebay.com/itm/131190736390?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

[Tempest]

Some analysis of the 5200 protos:

 

Pengo - should be an early version, it's even earlier than the one I had. I'd like to see the rom for that if dumped.

Moon Patrol - Early version, but dumped

Choplifter - Missing the demo but other than that is the same as the final. Also dumped.

Mario Bros. - ? Need a date!

[ThreepwoodMac]

Tempest - sorry, but what does "dumped" mean?

[atari181]

Tempest - sorry, but what does "dumped" mean?

To "dump" a cart means to get the actual coding of the game. Earlier editions of games are most of the time different than the final version of a game. It is basically looking at the coding of the program.

[ThreepwoodMac]

Ah, cool. Thanks for that.

[Shawn]

You can have at that pp2 Mitch. I only $50 wanted it not $100 wanted it (current bid, 5 days to go!)

[+Mitch]

Well, I only ended up winning one of them. Anyone else have any better luck?

 

Mitch

[Shawn]

Well, I only ended up winning one of them. Anyone else have any better luck?

 

Mitch

 

 

I hope your got the PP2?

[+Mitch]

 

 

I hope your got the PP2?

 

No, I got outbid on that one.

 

Mitch