What's the most insane thing you've done to get a 2600 game?

[Mind Master]

...I wondering what some of the more rabid collectors out there have done to get that rare game for their collection. Anybody?

[CPUWIZ]

I just hired a hitman to take care of Rick Weis so I can finally get Air Raid.

 

Well, maybe not.

[sku_u]

Boring reply to interesting question: nothing. If I can't get it, I can't get it.

[CThiesUGP]

i remember back in 6th grade trading some star wars micro collection playsets for a star wars :death star battle cartridge .yeah i know dumb trade isn't it this was 17 years ago

[King Atari]

Nothing really, though I did pay $40 for a sealed 7 off of ebay.

[Godzilla]

I just hired a hitman to take care of Rick Weis so I can finally get Air Raid.    

 

Well, maybe not.  

 

is that where the blood on the cartridge label came from....

[CPUWIZ]

[Godzilla]

what, no one has provided any sexual favors for a rarity 10? >:->

[MegaManFan]

what, no one has provided any sexual favors for a rarity 10? >:->

 

I think I'd rather pay for an Air Raid or an Obelix in cash; because at what they cost you'd end up doing a HELL of a lot of sexual favors!

[Pitfall Harry]

I once tipped over a wheelchair at the Goodwill in order to beat the guy to a loose copy of Frogger. I already had three copies of Frogger at the time, but I needed that one as a label upgrade for the copy I had in my back up trade bin, as it was beginning to show signs of label peeling.

 

 

Ben

[MegaManFan]

I once tipped over a wheelchair at the Goodwill in order to beat the guy to a loose copy of Frogger. I already had three copies of Frogger at the time, but I needed that one as a label upgrade for the copy I had in my back up trade bin, as it was beginning to show signs of label peeling.

 

 

Ben

 

I hope that was an EMPTY wheelchair.

[bcprs1]

The craziest thing I have done was to buy 40 7800 games in an auction to get Tank Command and Ikari Warriors. I figured I could just trade/sell the rest. I think I spent about $400, but those two games alone would have cost me $90.

[MegaManFan]

The craziest thing I have done was to buy 40 7800 games in an auction to get Tank Command and Ikari Warriors.  I figured I could just trade/sell the rest.  I think I spent about $400, but those two games alone would have cost me $90.

 

That's not crazy. I spent $250 on a 7800 auction just to get complete boxed copies of Alien Brigade, Basketbrawl, Commando, Fatal Run, Ikari Warriors, Motor Psycho and Planet Smashers; then sold off all the extras from it and made about $100 back.

[Pitfall Harry]

I hope that was an EMPTY wheelchair.

 

It was once the one-legged old woman and her baby spilled out of it.

 

 

Ben

[CPUWIZ]

[Krytol]

I once spent an entire day with a shovel in New Mexico trying to find a copy of ET..

[Joel D. Park]

I once babysat my friends 4 and 8 year old boys in exchange for Xonox Sir-Lancelot single ender. It was a total nightmare.. And a really long story.. But by the time the night was over, I had two kids hopped up on sugar, a foot chase though Aurora Colorado and me in the corner praying for death in the fetal position.

 

I can't honestly say that the game was worth it, but maybe the stories I can tell made it worth while.

[Ed Siegler]

Craziest thing I ever did was to snipe CPUWIZ on an auction

[MegaManFan]

Craziest thing I ever did was to snipe CPUWIZ on an auction

 

I tried that once on a KidVid, but then I realized I didn't have the resources to compete and gave up before I went nuts!

[Rick Weis]

I just hired a hitman to take care of Rick Weis so I can finally get Air Raid.  

 

Well, maybe not.  

 

 

[AtariDude]

I once spent an entire day with a shovel in New Mexico trying to find a copy of ET..  

 

That makes 2 of us. Maybe we can start a club

[CPUWIZ]

Craziest thing I ever did was to snipe CPUWIZ on an auction

 

That was an extremely excessive snipe as well might I add. I would have never won that in a million years.

[CincYnoTi]

The craziest thing I have done was to buy 40 7800 games in an auction to get Tank Command and Ikari Warriors.  I figured I could just trade/sell the rest.  I think I spent about $400, but those two games alone would have cost me $90.

 

That's not crazy. I spent $250 on a 7800 auction just to get complete boxed copies of Alien Brigade, Basketbrawl, Commando, Fatal Run, Ikari Warriors, Motor Psycho and Planet Smashers; then sold off all the extras from it and made about $100 back.

 

similar story. about five years ago, i paid about $300-400 for a big lot of 7800 games just to get a boxed copy of title match pro wrestling. i'm still making money off that lot which included: 7 shrinkwrapped tank command, 15 water ski, 2 pro wresting, 1 rampage, 1 pete rose, and about 30 other common games. the "other" pro wrestling sold immediately on ebay for $175. at the time i bought that lot, i was worried i might have overpaid

[Inky]

I once spent an entire day with a shovel in New Mexico trying to find a copy of ET..  

 

That makes 2 of us. Maybe we can start a club

 

I'm surprised nobody has created a new 2600 game based on that concept.

 

Heck, it could be done as a Raiders of the lost Ark hack as there's tons of digging involved in that one.

[hurt]

in most my local stores they pack games in groups of 3 so i sometimes buy 4 or 5 copies of combat just to get 2 games i want or need.