Atari Charles Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 It would be great if someone had a winning game card or winning pop cap saying they are the winner of an Atari 2600. Imagine what McDonalds or Coke would do and the lengths they would have to go to furnish the winner with a new Atari 2600. I'm sure in a warehouse somewhere there are some new Atari 2600 units left. I do think McDonalds or Coke would honor the winning game card or pop cap if there was no expiry date on it. Anyone have a winner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Sorry for bumping, but I'm still looking for nice scans of these scratch cards. Unscratched would be perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodwill_gamer Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Sorry for bumping, but I'm still looking for nice scans of these scratch cards. Unscratched would be perfect. damn it! i'm clicking these links, and getting crap. then i see that the thread is 3 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Yes, I'm sorry for that. So, does anyone own these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l3ushwig Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 (edited) Heh i was just thinking about this since im selling off most of my collection soon. Ill have to find it and get a better scan up. Wont be any watermarks either, That was back in the day when i was young, immature, paranoid as shit that people would steal my images and such. Not sure if im going to keep it or sell it, Ive only seen a few pictures of them online. EDIT: Take a look here, http://cgi.ebay.com/McDonalds-Atari-Game-C...1QQcmdZViewItem Item number if link doesn't work:130204944543 IMO great deal! Edited March 18, 2008 by l3ushwig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Would be great to get some better scanned ones, l3ushwig. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Hey Rom, I know this is way off topic... but speaking of scans, it turns out I was wrong, and did have the January '83 Electronic Games. And with it, the "ad" for Gamma Attack: It's in the very fine print at the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Thanks: http://atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?MENU...ERSION_ID=20510 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l3ushwig Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Heres some 300DPI scans, I hope they arent too big. If they are i can redo them. I did a 2400DPI of one of the scratch off asteroids, kinda cool to see it zooooomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Added. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[d2f]Iggy*SJB Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Funny, this thread reminded me of the old Pac Man cards that I had in the early 80's. Anyone remember those? I might still have some of them around here, but I never left one unscratched. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcv Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I remember both of the series (the pac-man and asteroids). I look at them today and wonder, "How did I consider that fun?" And yet they were! They still are. I can't remember if I won anything, but I have to work to pay bills so I'm certain I didn't win much. Remember when McDonald's was called out for rigging the Monopoly games somehow? I wonder if these games were rigged... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 (edited) I've got the full set unscratched, plus another full set of scratched ones, plus the original place mat. You can see it in person next weekend at the Midwest Gaming Classic in the museum area. Edited March 22, 2008 by wgungfu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 No need for that: http://www.atarimania.com/zoom_frame.php?T...OODIE&ID=91 http://www.atarimania.com/zoom_frame.php?T...=PUB&ID=816 Can you scan the seperate Star Raiders and Missile Command? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 (edited) No need for that:http://www.atarimania.com/zoom_frame.php?T...OODIE&ID=91 http://www.atarimania.com/zoom_frame.php?T...=PUB&ID=816 Can you scan the seperate Star Raiders and Missile Command? Umm, excuse me, but I don't recall giving permission for my stuff to be put on your site, let alone without credits as to where it came from. I spent a sizable amount of time and money to obtain that whole setup for someone to just throw it up on their site like its part of their collection. My display at the MGC *is* advertised as being from the E2M, and all restrictions and permissions apply. I also updated the credits on my page to make it clearer if it wasn't: Edited March 22, 2008 by wgungfu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I'm sorry, wgungfu. It seems to be your display indeed. It's been on our site for quite some time now. It's not the same picture though. Can you please give me the link to exactly the same picture? I would like to know where it came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Found it: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...amp;hl=placemat Hence the confusion. Excuses accepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 (edited) Found it:http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...amp;hl=placemat Hence the confusion. Excuses accepted. Not sure what you're referring to with "excuses accepted". My sharing some photos from the collection in a website forum does not constitute permission to display them anywhere except where I released them, and certainly again not without credits. I enjoy having the material out for other people to see and enjoy, that's why I created the E2M rather than have it sit in my basement as a personal collection never to be seen by anyone. And why I shared them in that thread and others in the past. If I would have been asked "Hey, do you guys mind if I take these and put these up on our website", that would have been entirely acceptable and common practice. Its bad enough your cohorts endlessly snipe other established collectors on ebay, driving up the price for stuff like this, then to have it wind up in photos on their site anyways. That said, I don't have a problem with people using them as long as they put captions to either myself or the E2M under the photos. That's exactly the same licensing I use for photos I've put up for use at Wikipedia such as my signed Magnavox Odyssey used in the Magnavox Odyssey entry there, and was actually used by several news agencies as the license deemed ("Photo courtesy of..."). Edited March 22, 2008 by wgungfu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Clear enough. I will remove it asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 The main issue of the situation is - Rom Hunter's site is a wealth of information, however you don't have a tangible way of knowing and showing credit to the sources of the materials on your site. I had this same dilemma with you using materials that are sourced from me on your site, they are there, but there is no original source reference. I know you have a credit area or News Posting area saying "photo from such and such" but then as more News comes in, its bumped down and eventually off until such information disappears. If you are able to take the time to put in all of the wealth of info, adding one additional field [credit] into the database and having it display with the materials would go a long way to being able to know and trace back where you're harvesting said materials and for giving proper credit where do. Curt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elw00d Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 wgungfu, I am sorry but when you willingly post pictures of anything on a board like this and don't say...........do not disribute this photo.........it is fair game. Rom hunter is just gathering the information and distributing it. I am sorry you were offended by this, but Rom's great source of Atari information lost somthing my grand kids will never see. El Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Marty Said... Its bad enough your cohorts endlessly snipe other established collectors on ebay, driving up the price for stuff like this, then to have it wind up in photos on their site anyways. This I wont totally agree with your statement Marty - Ebay is free and open, if someone has the cash and wants something bad enough, its fair competition, if your outbid, its means more money then you were willing spend... However, I do feel there is a gentleman's rule.... Most of us know each other's handles on Ebay and if you see something you like, put in a min. bid so all others know it is something you are going for and as a gesture of respect, they pass on said auction for a sniping. I generally do this if I already see someone I know bidding on an auction, as I don't wish to fight with someone over it nor drive their final price up. If I do see something I really want and I don't want to back down, I will email the person and let them know that I intend to go for an item and I gauge to see if they wish to back off or if its a multi-item auction, we can split it or we put on the gloves and have a friendly competition. If you haven't put in a bid, no one sees you going for an auction, or you jump in at the tail end of the auction, well then others may have already seen it and setup a snipe for it, I've done that many times and if I forget about the auction until its over, I don't get to see if others I know are bidding and I may snipe them, heck Karl has sniped me and I to him a few times and we both work together, so these things happen. Bottom line, if you already see someone you know in an auction, take the respectful approach, contact them or pass on an auction. I've found that patience truly is golden and you may miss something, but sooner or later the same or better shows up again in another way shape or form, been doing it for over 25 years and it pays off :-) Curt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 (edited) wgungfu, I am sorry but when you willingly post pictures of anything on a board like this and don't say...........do not disribute this photo.........it is fair game. Completely untrue. You're making that based on assumption, and copyright law would say otherwise. There's no license here when creating an account that says you relinquish rights to anything you post, and there's no law that states that either. And to even add to the mix, everything posted on this site is also the copyright of Atari Age (there's an © at the bottom of the page), which would be the only other entity that would conceivably have dual rights to anything posted on this forum. The collection site (E2M) is included in all my posts and I very clearly stated it was from that collection. Anything at AtariHQ and ClassicGaming.Com also has the same policies posted. Rom hunter is just gathering the information and distributing it. Which requires credits, including for all the other people he gathered it from. Source material is always credited, that's a standard practice with *any* archive. I am sorry you were offended by this, but Rom's great source of Atari information lost somthing my grand kids will never see. El That was his decision, I clearly stated I'd give permission if credits were maintained. If they don't want to do the few lines of code to add credits to photo captions, that's not my problem. Likewise, don't get so melodramatic, its not like the item can't be seen anywhere else - which is the point on giving credit when you "gather the information and distribute it". Edited March 22, 2008 by wgungfu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Marty Said... Its bad enough your cohorts endlessly snipe other established collectors on ebay, driving up the price for stuff like this, then to have it wind up in photos on their site anyways. This I wont totally agree with your statement Marty - Ebay is free and open, if someone has the cash and wants something bad enough, its fair competition, if your outbid, its means more money then you were willing spend... However, I do feel there is a gentleman's rule.... Most of us know each other's handles on Ebay and if you see something you like, put in a min. bid so all others know it is something you are going for and as a gesture of respect, they pass on said auction for a sniping. I generally do this if I already see someone I know bidding on an auction, as I don't wish to fight with someone over it nor drive their final price up. Uhh....that's what I was referring to with my statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 (edited) If you are able to take the time to put in all of the wealth of info, adding one additional field [credit] into the database and having it display with the materials would go a long way to being able to know and trace back where you're harvesting said materials and for giving proper credit where do. Curt I agree 100%. Nobody is saying "hey don't create a big database of pictures and other content that people can look at in one location". More power to you, and people certainly like it. Its just give proper credit to the other people's work whose material it stands on. Its really not that hard to add a caption, if there are even larger databases than yours that can provide credit for other people's photos (and/or text) with the main item. I'm sure you guys can manage it. Edited March 22, 2008 by wgungfu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.