Great Hierophant Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 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.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Well, I did play a game of poker with my Lynx carts once because I had so many of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 In such a world, hackers would have been prosecuted as counterfeiters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Even if that were to happen, the Euro would still be beating the new cartridge currency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cootster Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Whoa? Then I could trade this crappy Air Raid in for like 500 copies of Keystone Kapers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusjake Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 And Pac-Man could be a penny! But seriously, what have you been smoking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Actually I think E.T. should be a penny. Either that or Combat since one of those two will be the last remaining item for some far off civilization to find once people leave earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Pitbull pulls up to the bank teller and yells " PUT ALL THE 10 RARITY GAMES IN THE BAG AND NO ONE WILL GET BITE!!!!!!!! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 The bank teller replies "Sorry sir. We are fresh out of Rarity 10 cartridges. Would you care for an assortment of Rarity 9 cartridges? Here is a sealed set of Atari paddles for keeping you waiting in line" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I'll buy a MISB SQ:Air World for 10,000 Combats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbird Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 That means whoever finds that lot of buried E-T carts would be rich... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candiru Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draikar Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Put a Combat or Pac-Man in the slots and see if you win a 10 rarity game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 With my luck I probably get one of the crushed E.T. cartridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chairmonkey4406 Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Mcdonalds Menu: Double McCheese Burger.............................c3 Chicken McThing..........................................et1 Apple McPie..................................................pm1 can you guess what the letters mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantone56 Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 howard scott warshaw said that the whole E.T burial thing is a myth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 I thought Howard Scott Warshaw was the myth 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpddytim Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 So would cuttle carts be like credit cards? -Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbrit2 Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Hmm, so Thrust+ would be "play money," then. :-) I shudder to imagine a game of Monopoly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 I can see it now. Instead of the bank teller swiping your credit card, they would insert your cartridge into a 2600 to see if it was a homebrew or an orginal 2600 cartridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsukasa Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 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 (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." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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