Cassidy Nolen #1 Posted May 20, 2003 I am as big of a box collector as I am cart collector, so this one is sad... I met a man at my yard sale about a year ago who said he had Atari for trade. I assumed 2600, and was right. The wierd part is, he waited almost a year before he called. So.... Last night he came over and brought his trade stuff. I was not "blown away" by any one thing (although he had a cool "old school" game pirate tool) he did have about 30 boxed games. All he wanted in trade was like common stuff that he did not have. Of course, I said yes. When I opened the big outer box, half of the game boxes looked like they had gotten wet. They stank something awful. Turns out his cat peed on the boxes. Some of them just stink, others are ruined. Today is the first time in 20 years I actually threw away Atari boxes. The carts inside were fine, but the boxes were trashed. No rare games, but its a shame that one incontenent pet ruined things that were 20+ years old. The shame. On the good side, I have more Coleco Adam stuff than I could ever want. This guy retrofitted a mini disk drive into the original 5 1/4, and had original schematics from Coleco. Wild. total take: Coleco Adam, complete with 5 games, tons of books, etc 2 2600's with all hookups 35 games, 30 boxed, 12 boxes I can actually say I will keep 20 of the saddest looking boxes, Coleco/Atari adaptor, roller controller, spare sticks 2532 ZIF socketed cart with like 35 pirated games Cassidy BTW, traded about 50 worth of games for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATARI TROLL #2 Posted May 20, 2003 I say you put the cat in a meat grinder. Lil pussy bastard! jk That is a shame! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mock #3 Posted May 20, 2003 I just got an ET boxed game that smelled like cat piss...i threw the whole thing out...another reason dogs are better than cats...I know of 2 people now at least who have games pissed on by cats but 0 who have games pissed on by dogs...lmao. Mock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeV0 #4 Posted May 20, 2003 I feel the pain,, I had a pile of intellivision boxes pissed on by a cat. I traded the games claiming i had no idea what the stench was Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
broncoman #5 Posted May 20, 2003 i have 2 cats i told them both piss on my stuff i piss on u lol !!! so far it has worked Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
z28in82 #6 Posted May 20, 2003 I'm sorry to hear about the umm semi-loss, I just wonder if the cat piss was recent or if he was giving it time to dry out which would explain the year wait Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cassidy Nolen #7 Posted May 20, 2003 The wetness actually curled the ink off of the boxes. I guess that is some nasty stuff. I would guess its been several weeks since the incident, but they have been together, molding. Nasty stuff. Cassidy BTW, my dog is only allowed around the basement when we are there. Hopefully, that will eliminate most of the fear of contamination. That of course, and her tendency not to pee on things. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg Zumwalt #8 Posted May 20, 2003 Worse I've had a dog do is to turn my atart controller into a chew toy. As I'm deathly allergic to cats, none have ever gotten close enough to my Atari things to be of concern... but I do feel the pain. Pitty. Slightly off topic... I lost an entire computer when a mouse, that is, rodent, pissed on it. Blew out the motherboard and the mouse as well! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CPUWIZ #10 Posted May 20, 2003 Today is the first time in 20 years I actually threw away Atari boxes. The carts inside were fine, but the boxes were trashed. No rare games, but its a shame that one incontenent pet ruined things that were 20+ years old. I hope you gave them a respectful burial. My condolences. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeerGnome #11 Posted May 20, 2003 cat piss.. very acidiic, and full of amonia. its also extremly concentrated. remember, cats are origianly desert animals and make very efficiant use of thier piss. thats just to explain the reason why the cats piss tore everything up as for the actual pissing incident.. cats are like tigers.. and only live in packs when resources are plentiful. you.. are the dominant cat in the pack, so thier natural tendency is to bury the waste as to not offend you by thier scent.. notice ina cat population, the only one that does not bury thier waste is the dominent one. simple way around this? keep the litter box clean so they don't look for other places to hide thier waste. of course sometimes cats, like children will act out just to get your attention. Dogs do it too so lets not get on a cat vs. dog debate based on this subject.. thats for off topic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atarigamer #12 Posted May 20, 2003 Interesting thread lol. I hate cat pee, ya can't get that smell out of anything! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Kay #13 Posted May 20, 2003 Perhaps the cat was mad because Garfield was never officially released... Cheers! Joey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeerGnome #14 Posted May 20, 2003 Interesting thread lol. I hate cat pee, ya can't get that smell out of anything! theres a story about my prefrence for hardwood floors as opposed to wall to wall carpeting......and it pertains to cats... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JankenTheGreat #15 Posted May 20, 2003 If I was the owner of that cat there would be "Strange Chunks" in the spaghetti that night... Reminds me of when my dog discovered Combat... I know it isnt a rare game but I only had 1 (Believe it or not.) and Me and this friend would play it all the time. Its a good game, Combat is... ...of course now I have about 17... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATARIPITBULL #16 Posted May 20, 2003 I keep my entire atari 2600 collection in my basement, in an area just for them and one day while I was back there looking over some new games I just received, my pitbull came over and started smelling the boxes, then when he looked up at me and saw the look on my face, he hauled ass out of there and has never gone back in, even when i'm back there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godzilla #17 Posted May 20, 2003 If I was the owner of that cat there would be "Strange Chunks" in the spaghetti that night... Reminds me of when my dog discovered Combat... I know it isnt a rare game but I only had 1 (Believe it or not.) and Me and this friend would play it all the time. Its a good game, Combat is... ...of course now I have about 17... It's all fun and testicles until someone loses a game. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeerGnome #18 Posted May 20, 2003 mmmmmm cat... the other gray meat! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NE146 #19 Posted May 20, 2003 I keep my entire atari 2600 collection in my basement, in an area just for them and one day while I was back there looking over some new games I just received, my pitbull came over and started smelling the boxes, then when he looked up at me and saw the look on my face, he hauled ass out of there and has never gone back in, even when i'm back there. Did you bite his ass? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atarigamer #20 Posted May 21, 2003 I keep my entire atari 2600 collection in my basement, in an area just for them and one day while I was back there looking over some new games I just received, my pitbull came over and started smelling the boxes, then when he looked up at me and saw the look on my face, he hauled ass out of there and has never gone back in, even when i'm back there. Yea, but it's hard telling those [email protected] cats who's boss! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATARIPITBULL #21 Posted May 21, 2003 NE146: If he had tried to see if my boxes were water proof, I would have given him my lock jaw. atarigamer: buy a pitbull, then see who your cats listen to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keir #22 Posted May 21, 2003 I have a dog who's part pitbull. My cats still rule the house. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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