SPRINGER - Tigervision

[SpendTooMuchOnAtari]

I bought a Springer Atari computer game not long ago on eBay for a VERY reasonable price. Is this game easy to find? Do many of you have this one. I have the box and instructions in nice shape also and it is neat. A rare game or maybe not?

[oesii]

Have you seen Callipygous' rarity list, it's numbered 1-10 like AA:

 

http://www.geocities.com/ejgnandt/Sept2003Carts.txt

 

from: http://www.geocities.com/ejgnandt/Cart_Collection.html

 

Springer is a 2 on his list, not too rare.

[SpendTooMuchOnAtari]

Have you seen Callipygous' rarity list, it's numbered 1-10 like AA:

 

http://www.geocities.com/ejgnandt/Sept2003Carts.txt

 

from:  http://www.geocities.com/ejgnandt/Cart_Collection.html

 

Springer is a 2 on his list, not too rare.

 

EXCELLENT! Not that Springer is a 2 but the "Math Encounter" game cart that I got at my local flea market with a 800xl and a bunch of other carts is a 5! That sounds cool! How many of you have a Math Encounter? I also got Choplifter with this lot which is a 4. I guess Springer is rather common then.

 

That site is great though! Thanks a lot I also found out about some of the Synapse and Dana games that I have. Don't see Alien Ambush often.

[Callipygous]

Springer was a virtually unknown title with high rarity. Then a large supply was discovered in Canada, iirc. Why is it always Canada? Andrew Tumber sold a brand new Springer on eBay every week for a couple of years. Must have sold several hundred. I kept lowering the Rarity. Now apparently have all the NOS have been sold off, it might be time to bump the rarity to a 3.

[SpendTooMuchOnAtari]

Springer was a virtually unknown title with high rarity. Then a large supply was discovered in Canada, iirc.  Why is it always Canada?    Andrew Tumber sold a brand new Springer on eBay every week for a couple of years. Must have sold several hundred.  I kept lowering the Rarity. Now apparently have all the NOS have been sold off, it might be time to bump the rarity to a 3.

 

Yeah, the guy was from Canada that I got it from. I guess most collectors have that one. If it wasn't for eBay though, I guess not many would have it. I wonder how much the first few went for. That would be interesting. It seems that eBay name "Poothacan" or something like that has a bunch of stuff with Synapse games. I got Claim Jumper and Slime from them....still need Chicken though!

[Albert]

That's exactly where I got my copy, which has been scanned for our 8-bit section..

 

..Al

[SpendTooMuchOnAtari]

That's exactly where I got my copy, which has been scanned for our 8-bit section..    

 

..Al

 

As much as I try to fit in...I am still new.

 

A 8-BIT SECTION

 

Sounds great but I had no idea. Maybe I have something to contribute, probably not but I have some computer stuff. Do you have both Dana games, I don't see Alien Ambush often, I have that complete. Was this one that someone had a lot of too?

[+davidcalgary29]

Don't forget that the XEGS was quite popular in Canada, and I think that quite a few distributors bought up old stock from the US in '87 and '88. I remember seeing (not just Atari titles) quite a lot of old 8-bit software that had "XEGS compatible" stickers in the Toronto area in '88 or so, and know that a few old titles were quickly put into distribution to capitalize on Atari's "new" game machine.

[Callipygous]

I keeping waiting for a similar "wharehouse find" for the other Tigervisions -Matterhorn, Espial. Five years ago, Springer was classified similar to what they are today.

[+davidcalgary29]

I can almost guarantee that there will be quite a few interesting items in the market once people in the Toronto area start getting rid of their Atari equipment. I think I've mentioned before that I distinctly remember playing "Commando" and "Midi Maze" for the 8-bits in the mid- '80s, and Atari Canada often brought weird stuff to TAF user group meetings. With TAF dissolving and people "moving on" to other systems, I'm sure we'll see a lot of unique items eBayed in the near future.