Defender1771 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Hi guys! So I recently purchased a 7800 and was wondering where the best place to purchase games is? I have purchased Xevious on ebay but I find the pickings to pretty slim for most games. Are there any good alternatives? Thank you in advance! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juansolo Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Other side of the pond pespective here (where the 7800 was pretty unheard of), I can honestly say I've never seen a 7800 title outside eBay. The good news is that other than a couple of titles they're pretty reasonably priced. I originally bought most things I wanted CIB/NOS and didn't pay a horrific amount for them. I sold those and am now re-buying a handful as bare carts with less of a regard to their condition and you can pick most things up surprisingly cheap. I just had one of those moments where I realised that the first thing I did with any game was break the seal, take it out of the box and chuck the box on a shelf never to be touched again. As with anything else retro, patience is the key. Set up watch lists on eBay. I've even bought consoles with game bundles to get games when they've worked out better after I've sold the bits I didn't want. I'm doing something similar with my 2600 games right now. I managed to get a handful super cheap early on, but am now just watching eBay and will slowly chew through them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Well if you're after some titles, I've got most of the third party NTSC 7800 games looking for new homes right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edladdin Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) I just took a road trip and visited a string of retail retro game shops in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and saw lots of the common loose 7800 games for cheap and a decent sprinkling of both more scarce titles and CIB/NIB. Edited June 16, 2021 by edladdin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I've had good luck at bigger flea market game booths, but I've also seen some in retro game shops here and there. Nothing at garage sales for many, many years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopy25 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Shoot retro game stores near me are more expensive than ebay. You want ANY Atari cart? Minimum $10. loose or not. You want a console? Jr will cost you $150. 7800? $250. One dude even lists his stuff from his retro game store on FB or offer up FOR FREAKING RETAIL. It's ridiculous. I occasionally get lucky or miss out. Recently saw 20 games for 2600 and one or 2 for 7800, plus a jr, plus a wood grain for $45 on FB with free shipping. I really should have jumped on it but I've already spent too much money this month. I hope someone picked it up for themselves and not resale. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MattelAquarius Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 If you're more interested in playing than collecting, you may also want to consider purchasing one of the in-production multi-carts: Concerto DragonFly With one of those, you can download Trebor's Pack, to play a huge list of the original retail 7800 games, hacks, homebrews/demos, and trial versions of for-sale homebrews. Of course, you can always buy latest homebrew games on-cart, right here at the Atari Age store. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I mean, I think the first thing is to figure out which games you want. Some, you'll simply have to pay up for at this point. Finding a cheap Ninja Golf, Commando, Scrapyard Dog, etc? Really unlikely. A Tank Command or Water Ski? Double forget about it. Some of the stuff is premium. OTOH, some of the best games should be (relatively) cheap loosies on ebay. I'd look for a lot with as many of the following as you could find: Joust, Robotron, Food Fight, (you already have Xevious), One on One, Centipede, Choplifter, Asteroids, Galaga, Desert Falcon, and Ms. Pac-Man. No bad games (IMO), and nothing that (IMO) should be crazy price wise. There are things I'd avoid in lots too as they add no value IMO, and those are even MORE subjective. But, for instance, why consider stuff like Touchdown Football or Jinks at all? JM2C, they bring the value of a lot DOWN! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 2 hours ago, edladdin said: I just took a road trip and visited a string of retail retro game shops in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and saw lots of the common loose 7800 games for cheap and a decent sprinkling of both more scarce titles and CIB/NIB. Hmm...a copy of RipOff by Pac-Man Plus. Always liked the vector look of this homebrew. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Depending on where your located, there are local stores that usually carry the common carts, such as Game Over Video Games. In northern NJ, there is Digital Press Videogames. They normally carry a nice amount of 2600/5200/7800 commons, as well as, a few AA homebrews. This is one of my favorite stores. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I gotta get to that Digital Press store at some point. At this point, it'd be nice just to be in a retro store, prices be damned. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 hour ago, GoldenWheels said: I gotta get to that Digital Press store at some point. At this point, it'd be nice just to be in a retro store, prices be damned. Its a really cool store. Lots of carts/classic consoles for purchase. I picked up my first Harmony cart from the store. Over the years I've purchased a new in box Starplex controller and quite a few carts, including homebrews (Atari and Intellivision). I used to travel to NJ quite often for work and made it a point to run by the original location whenever I could. They had opened a 2nd store...hopefully COVID didn't due them in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Atari Age Store Gooddeal Games Video 61 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender1771 Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 11:46 AM, sramirez2008 said: Depending on where your located, there are local stores that usually carry the common carts, such as Game Over Video Games. In northern NJ, there is Digital Press Videogames. They normally carry a nice amount of 2600/5200/7800 commons, as well as, a few AA homebrews. This is one of my favorite stores. I really liked Game over video games! However, I am in Canada and they do not ship here. Any Canadian recommendations? Regardless, thank you for your comment! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_q_atari Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Wow Game Over Video Games has really expanded. I remember talking to the owner many years ago in the north Austin store. Glad the whole thing really worked out for him. Seems retro stores have popped up all over the place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender1771 Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 7:06 AM, Mayhem said: Well if you're after some titles, I've got most of the third party NTSC 7800 games looking for new homes right now... Hi Mayhem, I must have missed your comment! Would you happen to have Ikari Warriors or/and commando? Honestly I eventually would like to get most of the 7800's line up. Thank you and let me know, -Ryley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 22 hours ago, Defender1771 said: Hi Mayhem, I must have missed your comment! Would you happen to have Ikari Warriors or/and commando? Honestly I eventually would like to get most of the 7800's line up. Thank you and let me know, -Ryley Unfortunately not. I’m in the U.K., so most of my silver box Atari games were PAL (now sold along with my HES and Salu sets). But I also have an NTSC 7800 so I have all the US only silver box titles (such as Summer/Winter Games and Robotron), plus all the third party titles (such as Rampage, Double Dragon, Tank Command etc). These are all still available. Couple are still sealed too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Collecting carts is fun, but TBH The Dragonfly (Think 7800 Everdrive) is Amazing!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 27 minutes ago, GoldLeader said: Collecting carts is fun, but TBH The Dragonfly (Think 7800 Everdrive) is Amazing!! Couldn't agree more? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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