O'shea's Original Game List

[sylabyss]

Hey guys

Does anyone remember or have a Pic of O'shea's original Atari 2600 and 7800 games list ?  Im trying to Figure out some history here . Wondering also if Famous Brand Electronic Video Kits were Actually Material sourced from O'Sheas horde

Also i Had an Original Telegames Flyer from the 90's with their cart inventory but cant find it anymore.

 

[4ever2600]

Could try the internet way back machine if you have their old website addy...

[4ever2600]

Does this help?

 

https://web.archive.org/web/19970418142603/http://www.oshealtd.com/

 

It's from 1999.

[sylabyss]

yes that does help ? Many Thanks!

i was hoping for the original list from 1990

 

 

[masschamber]

.80 ninja golf, incredible

[sylabyss]

Pretty incredible .80 for any cart lol . I Cant even Get a snicker bar for .80 here in Manhattan =P

[spacecadet]

6 hours ago, sylabyss said:

yes that does help ? Many Thanks!

i was hoping for the original list from 1990

Were they selling these in 1990? Offline? How did that even work?

[sylabyss]

They had mailing List with list flyers. I remember them from Rec.Games.Video.Classic Boards . Like Jerry G and others.

Like this  1999 post

J.F.S.

4/6/99

We own 1,000,000 Atari 2600/7800 videogames, all games are new and in mint
condition with over 40 titles cost is $.80 each + shipping we accept
Mastercard and Visa, our site is www.oshealtd.com

Thank You
O'Shea, Ltd.

[jhd]

 

I do not recall how I became aware of O'Shea's and their warehouse full of games, but about 1990 or 1991, I contacted them about shipping to Canada. I ultimately ordered a handful of titles.

[sylabyss]

Wow you were one of the first buyers =) i didn't hear about them till late 90's .They usually sent a games list with the orders. Thats what i was hoping someone might have.

Did you ever order from Telegames or FBE ?

[Philflound]

I bought from O 'Shea back in 1997 I believe, possibly 1996. I paid 87 cents shipped for games and got somewhere around 600 games. I had my receipt handy a few years ago, but since I moved to Florida, everything is in boxes. I purchased at least 6 of every title he had, unless he didn't have sealed cases. I do remember only getting 3 Midnight Mutants. I still have a copy of each game I bought in my collection. The majority of the rest were sold at $5 for the commons. I still do have a considerable amount of the 7800 games sealed, though not too many titles. Haven't put anything up for sale though in a couple of months, again thanks to the move to my new house. 

 

I think it's crazy as to what is out there. I just read the Venezuela horde thread sylabyss posted. I can't imagine all these games just sitting down there. Anyway, it was great reminiscing.

 

Phil

[jhd]

On 5/31/2020 at 11:01 AM, sylabyss said:

Wow you were one of the first buyers ? i didn't hear about them till late 90's .

 

Did you ever order from Telegames or FBE ?

 

I may be off by a year or two, but I definitely bought the games from them before about the mid-1990s. In 1998, I was preparing to move cross-country for grad school, so I was trying to sell my stuff, rather than purchase more. 

 

I am not a big fan of mail order (and many firms will not ship to Canada), so I never bought anything from Telegames or FBE.