A good mid-week score

[Dolt]

I went to a book signing last night at Barnes & Noble's in NYC for Neal Stephenson's new one, "Quicksilver" (a hard but fun read). I got to chatting with people around me beforehand, and of course, I mentioned Atari at one point. This led one guy to say that he had one he was trying to get rid of with some weird controllers and 50 games. As he lived a few blocks away, I went and took a look at what he had for sale.

 

For 25 bucks, I got a Sears Video Arcade II with the bizzaro joystick/paddle controllers, driving paddles, 1 Atari Pro Joystick and an Omega Race booster grip. The box also had about 30-40 manuals, including a few for games that weren't in the box. The 50 games was actually 60 games, mostly commons, but there were Demolition Herby and Thunderground (both of which I needed) as well as Threshold (with manual), a Xonox Spike's Peak/Ghost Manor (with both manuals), the aforementioned Omega Race and a few other goodies.

 

So not only did I get my books signed by a brilliant author, I also got some cool stuff for cheap--it was a very good night.

[SS]

Sweet score!

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Luck-y!