atarimastermarty Posted October 25, 2001 Share Posted October 25, 2001 im sure this topics popped up before but whats the rarest item you have found in "the wild". the rarest item ive ever found in the wild was a plaque attack. i havent had much luck when i venture. i havent had much luck in the game either ( i know that joke was really bad). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videotwit Posted October 25, 2001 Share Posted October 25, 2001 I've found plenty of rarities on the wild. Lessee.... Chase the Chuckwagon / Kid Vid / all 3 Smurfs Save the Day Tapes / Raiders of the Lost Ark Proto / Boing! / etc, etc. OK... I'm done for now... [ 10-25-2001: Message edited by: twit ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted October 25, 2001 Share Posted October 25, 2001 mine would be condor attack - 9 and atari video cube - 7 oh and Xenophobe - 7 and out of those 3 i got 2 of them in the last 2 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian75 Posted October 25, 2001 Share Posted October 25, 2001 The rarest game I have found in the wild was Up N' Down. It was also the last game I have found in the wild in over a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted October 25, 2001 Share Posted October 25, 2001 Slim pickin's here in KY. The rarest thing I have seen is Mario Bros. (no copyright silver). My day will come, somebody around here has to have a Quadrun or something in their garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarimastermarty Posted October 25, 2001 Author Share Posted October 25, 2001 twit, those are some spamtastic finds! whats the condition on those carts. and the raiders of the lost ark protype, can yoou scan us a pic. thanx man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted October 25, 2001 Share Posted October 25, 2001 Yeah...the rarest thing In found in the wild here was a Track N Field. Granted that isn't a bad find. But sorta expected to find more with the plethora of Atari in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted October 25, 2001 Share Posted October 25, 2001 wowo Crossbow use the word Plethora in a sentence thats a word i never expected to see in writing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridenmy65 Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 I would say the rarest find for me is stargunner by telesys. I have also found Pengo, cosmic arc and tax avoiders. not too bad I guess. Of course it's no raiders proto!!!! Ridenmy65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 Hmm... I've found: Chase the Chuckwagon Pengo Track and Field (with the controller) Harbor Escape Roc N Rope (three of them) One of the rarer Xonox combos (Spikes Peak/soemthing) Skeet Shoot and for the Colecovision I found Zenji and Word Feud. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 Road Runner and Spiderman have been about the rarest I have found in the wild, nothing earth shattering yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 you just dont know how much i want to HIT YOU!!!! (lol you know im kidding...or AM I???? (no i am....(no im not gonna do that or am i again)(hmm too many subnotes in here(gets almost annoying doesn't it))) i dont even know if i had enough or too many end )<- things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videotwit Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 quote: Originally posted by marty: twit, those are some spamtastic finds! whats the condition on those carts. and the raiders of the lost ark protype, can yoou scan us a pic. thanx man. Some day maybe I'll post some scans... my scanner has pooped out on me and I haven't gotten to buy a new one. You've got to remember this though: I've been hunting games in thrifts since 1993 or 1994 -- so I've had quite a bit of hunting under my belt to for just a few really good trips. ...and then there's Ben. Good Lord! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 Harry, I can't believe you've found all those games in the wild! Over how long a period of time are we talking about here? And were they all found in the area of Glendora?? I don't think I've found anything of merit in the wild, most of my rare stuff has been the result of trades, kind souls giving them to me, or simply purchasing them on eBay. Certainly not as satisfying, but I started collecting when things started to dry up. And I've been fortunate to live in some pretty dry areas, apparently! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genki Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 Some of the rarest I found in the past includes sealed SwordQuest: Water World for $3, new Atlantis game with the sticker for Atlantis 2, a number of Telesys and US Games cart in both plain and fancy case style. Oh yeah and found a Glib that was later thrown out in the trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhindle The Red Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 Here's my best finds in the wild (since '97) 2600 Artillery Duel / Spike's Peak James Bond 007 (twice, once with instructions and back half of box) River Patrol (no end label ) Sir Lancelot Tapper Track & Field (three times) Up 'n Down Glib - instructions only Swordquest: Waterworld - instructions and comic only Super Breakout - Atari 2800 instructions only 5200 Frogger II: Threeedeep! (twice, once with instructions) James Bond 007 Star Wars: The Arcade Game 7800 Tank Command, complete Water Ski, complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 Combat Pac-Man Raiders of the Lost Ark (Not a proto) Video Olympics Asteroids (No end label) Pitfall Ummmm I need to search harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 my rarest : motorodeo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanD Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 My rarest find in the wild was walking into a Salvation Army and seeing literally 2 shopping carts full of loose carts. Ended up finding 3 Death Traps and 2 Chase the Chuckwagons in that bunch. $.50 each. I have also found CtCW one other time for 12.5 cents. It was half price day so I ended up getting 2 carts for a quarter. Others I have found are Waterworld, Crazy Climber, Glib, Sir Lancelot, Tomarc and both Atari Video and Rubik's Cube games. While it is not very rare from things I have heard none of the other collectors in the area have ever seen one, I did find Sunrise Quest for Quitana Roo in a thrift. Rest of my collection (no pics yet) is at my homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel D. Park Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 I found: Tax Avoiders (Boxed) Robin Hood Single Ender Tomarc Single Ender Sir Lancelot Single Ender Gremlins James Bond 007 That may be it for my rarest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickDBowlingo Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 This isn't rare but its a good deal. I was at a yard sale and this lady had 10 Atari cartridges in one of those cartridge holder type things and she had $1 on it. Myself being the tight ass I am asked "Will you take 50 cents for it?" which she replied "sure". So I got 10 games for 5 cents apiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG/Snyper2099 Posted October 27, 2001 Share Posted October 27, 2001 Well, I have been hunting now for over 6 solid years and have come up with the following "rarer wild finds"(as far as classics go): Atari 2600: Spy Hunter Pigs in Space Yar's Revenge (red label) BMX air master Enduro Prototype (Ativision) Atari 8-bit: Miner2049'er II Keystone Kapers Prototype Intellivision: Thunder Castle Dig Dug Chip Shot golf Colecovision: Do's Castle James Bond 007 Blockade Runner 5200: Do's Castle (w/instructions) wico control joysticks with cables (2 pairs of these!) Montezuma's revenge H.e.r.o. Nes: Operation Secret Storm (complete) Bubble Bobble Part II (complete) Pac-mania (complete) Fire n' Ice (complete) Tengen tetris All of the wisdom tree games excluding Exodus Two complete "Deluxe" systems with R.O.B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted October 27, 2001 Share Posted October 27, 2001 You guys are making me jealous... The best finds that I've found are: Mr. Basic Meets Bits & Bytes (INTV, with box, manual, and all overlays) Dr. Seuss Fix Up The Mix Up Puzzler (ColecoVision, cart only) Maxi 15 (Nintendo, cart only) As far as I know, all three of these are ER's or so. It's no Chase the Chuckwagon, but I think that's not too bad for little more than a year of collecting (Or has it been longer than that?). The crappy part is that none of my good finds are Atari games, so they never seem as important sadly --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickDBowlingo Posted October 28, 2001 Share Posted October 28, 2001 Two days ago at a local yard sale I found Laser Gates, Solar Storm, and Star Voyager all in the original boxes with instruction manuals for $1.50 each. I passed on a 5200 Beamrider but after looking at the rare game list on this site I wish I wouldn't have. It also had the box and manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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