cessnaace's Blog - My Atari Age Addiction: $500+ Since March 6th

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Last night I went and placed another order here at Atari Age for two home brews for the 2600. Typically I order one expensive game or two low to mid-range priced games with each order, although occasionally when money's tight one low to mid-priced game. The $500+ covers games only. I haven't bought any hardware that I can think of since March 6th. Why March 6th, I hear no one ask. Quite simple really. March 6th is when I purchased an Annual Atari Age Subscription, which entitles me to a 5% discount on all Atari Age Store purchases. I wanted to see if an Annual Subscription pays for itself, taking into account my spending habits (I'll renew it regardless of the out-come of this little experiment). Al will tell you how anal I am about maintaining records on my orders.

PRIOR TO PURCHASING ATARI AGE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
09.22.2010 thru 02.28.2019

SUB-TOTAL $1,436.61

This includes 2 orders still being processed at the time of purchasing the subscription, so they weren't eligible for the 5% discount.

Order 21876 $83
Order 21905 $83

ORDERS PLACED WITH ATARI AGE AFTER PURCHASING ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
03.06.2019 to the Present

Order 21928 $60.35 Pending
Order 21936 $52.85 Pending
Order 21960 $29.10 Shipped
Order 21961 $43.35 Shipped
Order 21990 $79.25 Pending
Order 21995 $74.50 Pending
Order 22010 $52.85 Shipped
Order 22036 $79.25 Pending
Order 22108 $52.85 Pending

 

SUB-TOTAL $524.35
GRAND TOTAL $1,960.96

Some of the orders are still Pending (although all have been paid for; so says Pay Pal) because of an unusual set of circumstances. The oldest, which dates back nearly 2 months now, is for the POKEY version of Bentley Bear's Crystal Quest. I had to order and pay for it, and then order and pay for a POKEY chip on eBay, which then had to be shipped to me, which I then had to ship to Atari Age. In the future, or as the English say, 'in future,' I will have any POKEY chips that I buy shipped directly to Atari Age now that I know which address to send it to. Secondly, one of the Atari 2600 Custom Reproductions that I ordered was of the extremely rare River Patrol, which is a port of the arcade game of the same name. I didn't stop to consider the fact that this game has music playing throughout, and thus requires a Melody board.

While I am now also buying Home Brews and Hacks from Packrat Video Games and Good Deal Games, I'm continuing to buy the bulk of such games from Atari Age. Speaking of Good Deal Games ...

Michael Thomasson of Good Deal Games and myself are working to give Home Brews for the Sega Master System physical releases. If you are at all interested in this I have posted info on this at SMS Power!

http://www.smspower.org/forums/17452-GetYourSMSHomebrewPublished

http://atariage.com/forums/blog/760/entry-15808-my-atari-age-addiction-500-since-march-6th/