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Cartridges as Currency


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Suppose you lived in a place (the Nation of Atari) where Atari cartridges were the medium of exchange for classic gaming goods and services. Although impractical, common cartridges like Combat, Pac-Man, E.T. and Space Invaders all had a value of $1. Slightly rarer cartridges may have a value of $2, then we have $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 carts. Even the commonest carts have some value in their casings and boards and everybody must have at least one of each (label variations included if preferred.)

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That means whoever finds that lot of buried E-T carts would be rich...

 

From the legends I hear, those are under Kmart parking lot. That would explain a lot... in the year since Kmart emerged from bankrupcities, their stocks have gone from pennis a share to over $60!II really wished I had more faith in Kmart instead of bashing them and preeching all that is evil on Kmart.

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Attention Kmart shoppers!

 

In aisle 9, we are selling the "buried" ET cartridges that were made by Atari. Each cartridge comes with a certificate of authencity that states that this was one of the buried cartridges. Don't miss out on this once in a life time opportunity to buy a classic item from Atari :)

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What a weird post---and yet you've actually got me thinking about it. Strangely enough, one of the first things that came to mind would be how much it would suck to be one of those poor bastards at a drive-in restaurant that wear coin belts for making change. That, and going to a casino and playing the Combat Slots.

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Suppose you lived in a place (the Nation of Atari) where Atari cartridges were the medium of exchange for classic gaming goods and services.

Homebrews would be illegal.

Graphic hacks would be legal for novelty purposes only.

EPROMs and EPROM burners would require a license to purchase.

Europeans would complain that all the cartridges are the same size and color.

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I thought Howard Scott Warshaw was the myth :ponder: :D

 

I guess no matter what someone says there is always going to be someone who will argue that Atari really did smash the cartridges and then bury them in New Mexico. Maybe that is why area 51 is off limits. This is where the military is hoarding all the E.T. cartridges :D

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Mcdonalds Menu:

 

Double McCheese Burger.............................c3

Chicken McThing..........................................et1

Apple McPie..................................................pm1

 

can you guess what the letters mean?

 

3 Combats, 1 E.T., 1 Pacman, all respectively.

 

Blackbird wrote:

That means whoever finds that lot of buried E-T carts would be rich...

 

I think that a cart's value would be based on rarity, and amount of fun, so combats and E.T.s would be worthless.

 

Also, what would prototypes be considered? The Tiawan coopers? What about multicarts? The spare change would really burn a hole in your pocket though. :D

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Random thoughts on this thread (forgive me for this...I'm in a lot of pain typing this):

 

Rolling up Combats to take to the bank would be a bitch.

 

Would a Xonox DOuble-Ender be called a "Twoie"?? Big ups to my Canadian friends :D (and forgive me if I spelled that wrong...)

 

My milkjug wouldn't cut it for spare change...

 

Every few years they would change the labels to update the look, and to deter counterfeiting.

 

"My God. The price of gas went from a 3D Tic-Tac-Toe and 2 Combats, to a Squeeze Box and 3 Circus Ataris."

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