+sixersfan105 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I just scored one at Trade-N-Games for only $5.95! Think it was their only copy at the moment, but might be worth bookmarking in case they get any more in the future. I also grabbed a $1.95 Asteroids cart just for good measure. Full online storefront; I don't live anywhere near their Missouri brick-and-mortar location. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommodoreDecker Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Not much in product selection but the prices are insanely low! (promptly bookmarks URL...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 Agreed re product selection. I couldn't believe it when I saw it. Guessing the 7800 is an afterthought to them and they'd rather just move inventory when they get it in. I know the owner has an account on here but I doubt he's Pokey-literate, if you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qrysdonnell Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 This does seem like a decent enough site to economically fill in some gaps without leaving the house. I might have to make a run through the listings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 It's worth going to the store, if you're in the area. Not everything makes it online. I snagged Planet Smashers there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 My $5.95 Ballblazer cart has arrived! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 6 hours ago, sixersfan105 said: My $5.95 Ballblazer cart Pokey chip has arrived! Fixed. ? 3 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiman99 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 On 11/19/2019 at 5:53 AM, save2600 said: Fixed. ? That's what I was thinking. The only reason I got this game if for the POKEY to fix my 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SearsRoebuck Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 (edited) We gotta stop killing Ballblazer carts. As a collector it makes me cringe to see that many of them get their guts ripped out. It's one thing if we were recycling a super common 2600 gameshell, but Ballblazer was never *that* common and it seems like at least several hundred (perhaps even 4 figures?) of them have been destroyed for homebrewing. I've already hoarded about 25 of them over the last 2 years (Protective custody?), mostly ones I have run into locally, just so I can release them into the wild once a (cheap) pokey solution has been found. Edited November 30, 2019 by dmaxwell 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 9 minutes ago, dmaxwell said: We gotta stop killing Ballblazer carts. As a collector it makes me cringe to see that many of them get their guts ripped out. It's one thing if we were recycling a super common 2600 gameshell, but Ballblazer was never *that* common and it seems like at least several hundred (perhaps even 4 figures?) of them have been destroyed for homebrewing. I've already hoarded about 25 of them over the last 2 years (Protective custody?), mostly ones I have run into locally, just so I can release them into the wild once a (cheap) pokey solution has been found. Uhh it's pretty common. So you'd rather Ballblazers sit with no one playing them then see them repurposed into a fabulous new homebrew game that someone can enjoy on a regular basis? Keep in mind that most everyone that "kills" a Ballblazer cart already has a personal Ballblazer cart. As in, everyone who wants to enjoy Ballblazer in all its glory is already able to do just that. Meanwhile, you're hoarding Ballblazer carts so no one can either enjoy the game OR turn it into a homebrew game? Your logic seems quite flawed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SearsRoebuck Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 22 minutes ago, sixersfan105 said: Uhh it's pretty common. So you'd rather Ballblazers sit with no one playing them then see them repurposed into a fabulous new homebrew game that someone can enjoy on a regular basis? Keep in mind that most everyone that "kills" a Ballblazer cart already has a personal Ballblazer cart. As in, everyone who wants to enjoy Ballblazer in all its glory is already able to do just that. Meanwhile, you're hoarding Ballblazer carts so no one can either enjoy the game OR turn it into a homebrew game? Your logic seems quite flawed. As a matter of fact, yes I do. Considering that we've managed to turn a formerly 5 dollar game into a 25-40 dollar game, I plan on holding on to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 On 11/30/2019 at 1:35 AM, dmaxwell said: As a matter of fact, yes I do. Considering that we've managed to turn a formerly 5 dollar game into a 25-40 dollar game, I plan on holding on to them. Oshea's smelting down tens of thousands of NIB copies by the pallet didn't cause that, nope, it was all the AtariAge Hater Brigade! P.S. There are folks out there still who still have full cases of Ballblazer (and other titles) from back when Oshea sold them for 40 to 90 cents each. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 9 minutes ago, Shawn said: back when Oshea sold them for 40 to 90 cents each. We need The DeLorean! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SearsRoebuck Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 12 hours ago, Shawn said: Oshea's smelting down tens of thousands of NIB copies by the pallet didn't cause that, nope, it was all the AtariAge Hater Brigade! P.S. There are folks out there still who still have full cases of Ballblazer (and other titles) from back when Oshea sold them for 40 to 90 cents each. I guess I'd have to see production numbers of Ballblazer + if anyone has any idea of how many have been sacrificed for Pokeys. If it turns out I am being too paranoid about them (it is true after all that the game is worth 30-40 bucks now loose), I can always just unload the ones I have. Still, I think as collectors we'd all agree that in the long run, it is better to stop having to 'borrow' the Pokeys from them entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 I can tell you, that I only made 700 POKEY 7800 PCB's and they are far from gone. If you want to point fingers, point them at the 8bit crowd, with their dual POKEY boards. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 It seems alot of rare games got killed for homebrews here at AA A7800 Commando and A2600 double ender carts. Isn't their a thread here at AA about someone using Comic Swarm carts for a homebrew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, roadrunner said: It seems alot of rare games got killed for homebrews here at AA A7800 Commando and A2600 double ender carts. Isn't their a thread here at AA about someone using Comic Swarm carts for a homebrew? Huh? No one kills Commando carts for homebrew. Never heard of double-ended kills, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Didn't CPU kill Commando carts for the pokeys years ago? R4 and R5 double enders are used to make the TCM / Halloween double enders. Correct me if i'm wrong CPU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 18 minutes ago, roadrunner said: Didn't CPU kill Commando carts for the pokeys years ago? R4 and R5 double enders are used to make the TCM / Halloween double enders. Correct me if i'm wrong CPU Some double-enders are worth $10 and incredibly common. Not seeing an issue there... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 31 minutes ago, roadrunner said: Didn't CPU kill Commando carts for the pokeys years ago? R4 and R5 double enders are used to make the TCM / Halloween double enders. Correct me if i'm wrong CPU You are 100% correct. But the double enders also exist in PAL, which I have killed plenty of. I have killed more double ender XONOX carts than carts with a POKEY in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 It's so funny to read how self important people think this tiny blip of people on this forum are in regards to the remaining quantity of a mass produced product that was made with the intent to be sold to as many consumers as possible when originally released. 99.999+ percent of the world doesn't give a shit about the Atari 7800 or any games for it. The perception of effected rarity on it's shitty little common games is so funny. We mean nothing to the numbers in total. The only time the numbers moved around was when Oshea's melted tens of thousands of them for their tiny amount of gold a decade ago. And then you have guys who are hording them thinking they are doing God's work "saving them" when in reality they are furthering the problem they think they are addressing. Humans I tell ya ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 Haha well put Shawn! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SearsRoebuck Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Shawn said: It's so funny to read how self important people think this tiny blip of people on this forum are in regards to the remaining quantity of a mass produced product that was made with the intent to be sold to as many consumers as possible when originally released. 99.999+ percent of the world doesn't give a shit about the Atari 7800 or any games for it. The perception of effected rarity on it's shitty little common games is so funny. We mean nothing to the numbers in total. The only time the numbers moved around was when Oshea's melted tens of thousands of them for their tiny amount of gold a decade ago. And then you have guys who are hording them thinking they are doing God's work "saving them" when in reality they are furthering the problem they think they are addressing. Humans I tell ya ? The issue isn't just this tiny blip of AtariAge people; my understanding is that there were others using Ballblazer as a donor on arcade boards or Atari 5200s. Again, you're probably right, but if I knew the numbers of these things that are out there vs. a pretty good guesstimate of how many have been destroyed, I'd probably stop worrying and learn to love to sell these things for people who might want them. I only need one copy for my collection after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 38 minutes ago, dmaxwell said: The issue isn't just this tiny blip of AtariAge people; my understanding is that there were others using Ballblazer as a donor on arcade boards or Atari 5200s. Again, you're probably right, but if I knew the numbers of these things that are out there vs. a pretty good guesstimate of how many have been destroyed, I'd probably stop worrying and learn to love to sell these things for people who might want them. I only need one copy for my collection after all. And again, those doing anything with the Atari 5200, Atari 800 or Arcade machines or any other project (even those crushing them up to snort pokey dust) mean a total of zero in addition to those doing anything with the Atari 7800 where Ballblazer is concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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