+atari2600land Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 When was #26 Alien Invasion released? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 I believe it was 1981, the same time as pro football and casino poker. From what I remember one of the later numbers was out of sequence... Perhaps checkers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Football was listed as available in a 1980 Zircon press release; Casino Poker and Alien Invasion did get listed in their Christmas 1981 order forms though. Though for what it’s worth, the Feb 1982 Arcade Alley column says Alien Invasion was still upcoming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Dennis have been working on the time line for a long time, I'm guessing about 15 years or so, have a look: http://fndcollectables.com/CHANNEL_F_INFO/U_S_/Time_Line/time_line.html Christmas 1981 seems to be the release date for #26. I recall some carts could only be bought by orderform directly to the company and wasn't sold from any retail store. According to the information it's not surprising the #19 is unusual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashevent Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) FYI On Ebay right now, He is taking offers but I highly doubt he'd take my counter-offer of what I can afford right now which is only about $20, so i'll just post it here in case someone was looking for one. Also, love to hear any info you guys may have about these Evaluation Cartridges. *Edit, O.K. I feel dumb, just realized it's Efrog selling it..lol. Hey buddy, can you school me on these? Edited December 5, 2019 by Ashevent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 59 minutes ago, Ashevent said: *Edit, O.K. I feel dumb, just realized it's Efrog selling it..lol. Hey buddy, can you school me on these? XD yeah I saw it the other day as well. Its a difficult one, if you offer it on bids it would probably never get to its true value, and you open it up to upsellers. I'm fascinated by these things but ultimately I'm a gamer first collector second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) I needed some money for bills so I thought I should give it a try with a rather high price - who knows. Money issues are handled for now though, have forgotten to take it down again - apart from the mentioned bid of $20 (which would have been fine for a plain #4) there has been very little interest, 99 views, 4 watchers and no other offers. As far as I know it's the very earliest copy of the game from the assembly line, I think Sean Riddle dumped these way back and they're the same as the later ones. This one has a very worn label compared to my other two evaluation carts (another #4 and a #5). EDIT: Taking it off the market. EDIT2: @Ashevent, school_girl_in_a_short_dress ? Really? Edited December 5, 2019 by e5frog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 Has anyone seen eBay item #383291237246? (We really need the [ebay] tags back!) I'd get it but a.) it's too expensive and b.) It's in Tunisia (!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 A crappy of the crappiest SABA VideoPlay 1 cartridge? You can have a fresh one from me if they're so special, probably a complete set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 4 hours ago, atari2600land said: Has anyone seen eBay item #383291237246? (We really need the [ebay] tags back!) I'd get it but a.) it's too expensive and b.) It's in Tunisia (!) That seller seems to be slightly overpriced. The shipping is an extra factor too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I wouldn't be surprised for the console to be rare in Tunisia, so the seller adjust price for his market. I guess with shipping from Europe he's still competitive. Prices for Saba carts rose over the last years. On other news : The Nordmende and Pac-man had a great success.. as far as curiosity goes. I was sadly poorly placed so I think not everybody went and saw my stand. - FYI, the RGC welcomed 400 people, all retrogamers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 Almost a complete collection for almost $300. (No console, though.) Ebay #114006721110 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 54 minutes ago, atari2600land said: Almost a complete collection for almost $300. (No console, though.) Ebay #114006721110 And of course missing 19. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) Links are still possible. eBay auction Nice one, missing 6, 18, 19, 22 and 25 of original game releases. Very reasonable price! Not as alluring Edited December 8, 2019 by e5frog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Great auction, just missing the 3 I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masschamber Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Another nice channel f lot carts 1-21, except ha,ha you guessed it 19 On 12/8/2019 at 9:27 AM, CatPix said: I wouldn't be surprised for the console to be rare in Tunisia, so the seller adjust price for his market. I guess with shipping from Europe he's still competitive. Prices for Saba carts rose over the last years. On other news : The Nordmende and Pac-man had a great success.. as far as curiosity goes. I was sadly poorly placed so I think not everybody went and saw my stand. - FYI, the RGC welcomed 400 people, all retrogamers. that's a nice looking variation on the console 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Until lately I don’t think I realized just how rare 19 is. Seems to be one of rarest production games across many consoles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, masschamber said: Another nice channel f lot carts 1-21, except ha,ha you guessed it 19 that's a nice looking variation on the console Yes, thanks. I did a presentation post on this very topic, page 2, but since then the picture hosting method changed and all the pics are dead links. I guess I'll have to redo it here soon. Edited December 15, 2019 by CatPix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisismypassword Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Hi all! I was suggested you might find this interesting: a Fairchild Channel F emulator written for Pico-8, a minimalist fantasy console. (Running Blackbird's & e5frog's pacman homebrew by default, but all cartridges bar the multicarts can be loaded, if you have the ROMs) Link to webpage with emulator 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Looks cool. I was using 8bitworkshop the other day in my quest to learn assembly properly.. Maybe one day that site will have a running f8 simulator as well as 6502 for 2600 and nes..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 Just paid $50 for Pro Football. Even though I have all the games via Multicart. Please help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Doesn't seem that bad, I paid more for mine - once upon a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masschamber Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 If you need 19 here is shot at it https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1976-Fairchild-Video-Channel-F-Video-Entertainment-Computer-w-16-Videos/392626921035?hash=item5b6a635e4b:g:FYAAAOSwvvJeEy0k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, masschamber said: If you need 19 here is shot at it https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1976-Fairchild-Video-Channel-F-Video-Entertainment-Computer-w-16-Videos/392626921035?hash=item5b6a635e4b:g:FYAAAOSwvvJeEy0k Let the fun begin! I’ll be watching from sidelines on this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashevent Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Atari_Bill said: Let the fun begin! I’ll be watching from sidelines on this... I had already bid on it before I saw it here dammit! im sure I’ll lose this one but I saw it earlier and had to try. I’m sure I’ll lose now that this room knows...lol. 19 and 20 are all I need but I know once it’s seen 19 is up. Shit gonna get craaaaazy. Edited January 7, 2020 by Ashevent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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