atari181 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 4 hours ago, stupus said: Look forward very much to a time this can happen If/when we get CCAG back up and running, you guys should meet there and include me! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 A minty Super Nintendo chrono trigger, I think it’s cib but not really sure it reminds me of swordquest waterworld with all the different pieces. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 A couple mint sealed Nintendo games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 Sealed subterranea for the 2600 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 Hanger tab star ship gatefold a holy grail within a holy grail. Two Atari hex discs were stuck on the manual and if it wasn’t for atari Bill I would have never found them. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 My complete pirate game collection consists of these three. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 #5 boys, catch me if you can! 3-Atari, 2- Sears. These hex discs are found in the weirdest places and up until a couple years ago I didn’t have any that I know about. These are mostly pure luck, you can be a long term collector with none or a newbie with a couple good luck!? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 Red Sea crossing aka “Moses cart”. In 2018 this cart walked into at least 3 video game stores in northwest Ohio. The first two didn’t have a 2600 to test it. Some people here heard about it from those game stores before being listed on eBay which is pretty cool. There was some discussion about it here when it was listed and at first I thought the cart picture was copied from atarimania website and was a fraud listing . Stupus thought it was real and he was right, I contacted the seller midway through the auction and that changed my mind to bid on it thx stupis ?. I refused to pay the seller via eBay and wanted to pick it up in person to be sure . They wanted to meet me in a cop shop but I thought it would be weird bringing a 2600 to a ?♀️ station lol. So we met in a video game store called flotsam in perrysburg Ohio he had a 2600. We tested it and it works great. I met the husband and employee at the store and paid via phone. They released the game after the wife checked her PayPal account. I spoke with the wife on her husband’s phone and she told me how they found it. She was in Vegas with a guy friend that she goes with 4 times a year lmao I almost erupted laughing sometimes it takes a village. Before I left I gave Brad the owner of flotsam $100 for letting us use his store. Of course I asked why he didn’t buy it, he didn’t have enough operating capital to tie up the money. If you’re in the area and know the store Brad can tell you more. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 So glad it worked out for you to get this and be 1 of the handfull that own this unique and interesting game! I have a friend who works for the magazine this was advertised in the 1 time. Sadly they no longer had any copy left of that issue or any details on it....it was a long time ago now! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Captain_Combat said: Red Sea crossing aka “Moses cart”. In 2018 this cart walked into at least 3 video game stores in northwest Ohio. The first two didn’t have a 2600 to test it. Some people here heard about it from those game stores before being listed on eBay which is pretty cool. There was some discussion about it here when it was listed and at first I thought the cart picture was copied from atarimania website and was a fraud listing . Stupus thought it was real and he was right, I contacted the seller midway through the auction and that changed my mind to bid on it thx stupis ?. I refused to pay the seller via eBay and wanted to pick it up in person to be sure . They wanted to meet me in a cop shop but I thought it would be weird bringing a 2600 to a ?♀️ station lol. So we met in a video game store called flotsam in perrysburg Ohio he had a 2600. We tested it and it works great. I met the husband and employee at the store and paid via phone. They released the game after the wife checked her PayPal account. I spoke with the wife on her husband’s phone and she told me how they found it. She was in Vegas with a guy friend that she goes with 4 times a year lmao I almost erupted laughing sometimes it takes a village. Before I left I gave Brad the owner of flotsam $100 for letting us use his store. Of course I asked why he didn’t buy it, he didn’t have enough operating capital to tie up the money. If you’re in the area and know the store Brad can tell you more. Great story! That shop’s only about 15 minutes from me. I didn’t realize anything that big went down around our sleepy area. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Atari_Bill said: Great story! That shop’s only about 15 minutes from me. I didn’t realize anything that big went down around our sleepy area. I’ll take small town quaint over crowded any day. That game store is tucked away and hidden next to railroad tracks and it’s hard to find. Nearly nil chance a rare game like this finds its way into a game store anywhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 hour ago, stupus said: So glad it worked out for you to get this and be 1 of the handfull that own this unique and interesting game! I have a friend who works for the magazine this was advertised in the 1 time. Sadly they no longer had any copy left of that issue or any details on it....it was a long time ago now! Periodically I have been looking for the magazine but no luck yet, I thought it might be neat to have them together. Thx for your help if it wasn’t for you I would have never inquired about it further and not bid. You noticed the crease in the end label was in a slightly different position than atarimania pictured one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 Finally able to get box protectors for different size games thx to a thread in the 2600 section. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 The return of Superman and his long lost wallet after a near death experience. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 A couple boxed picnic paranoia both cartridge versions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 Sealed 2600 silver gravitar within a few feet of the unattainable holy grail for the 2600! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 Pal bomb assault 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 On 2/27/2021 at 6:06 PM, stupus said: So glad it worked out for you to get this and be 1 of the handfull that own this unique and interesting game! I have a friend who works for the magazine this was advertised in the 1 time. Sadly they no longer had any copy left of that issue or any details on it....it was a long time ago now! If you have any interest in any of these boxes let me know. Most are in fair condition some with manuals but I didn’t look inside most of them. Some are in good to very good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 A cib scuba diver “the bears” in close proximity to king crown jewel of gaming. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 Apollo games founded by Pat Roper in October of 1981 and quickly went bankrupt in 1983 with the video game crash. Just bad timing I believe the company could have turned into a activision if it survived. Let’s just blame this on Howard the guy that wrote e.t. ? This is a letter from the company and I put a game next to it so you can compare the logos. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, Captain_Combat said: Apollo games founded by Pat Roper in October of 1981 and quickly went bankrupt in 1983 with the video game crash. Just bad timing I believe the company could have turned into a activision if it survived. I don't think so. The quality difference between Apollo games and Activision games is beyond words. I even believe Apollo was one of the reasons the crash happened in the first place. Garry Kitchen explains this very accurately in this video IMO: Edited May 31, 2021 by Rom Hunter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Yes bad games and they seemed to get worse as they went.....squooosh lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 I think once Activision won its lawsuit against Atari there was a gaming “Gold Rush” and all these small companies popped up wanting a piece of the pie. Roper saw that Activision made over 20 million in it’s first year and went all in trying to replicate it. He should have started small and put an ad in the Sunnyvale newspaper instead of Texas to steal one of Atari’s better programmers. Apollo did contribute to the crash with bad games and all that inventory probably ended up in the dump like e.t. If they survived the crash I think their games would have greatly improved with time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 13 hours ago, stupus said: Yes bad games and they seemed to get worse as they went.....squooosh lol No they went Pompeii ironically predicting their own demise. Still an intriguing company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 Sealed playaround gigolo finally completes my set. The rats at digital press in New Jersey are fast selling their sealed cases before they turn into a pumpkin ? in July on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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