gamesnat #1 Posted February 2, 2005 After the great winter purge of 2004, the Gamesn'at staff decided to make a complete overhaul of some of our older stock systems and hardware. Ya'll will be happy to know that the world's supply of the following classic systems just decreased by: Odyssey 2 Decks - 5 units (on had an elbow dropped on it from the top rope) Odyssey 2 Voices - 3 units Intellivision 2's - 4 Units Intellivision's 1"s - 4 Units Atari 2600's - 6 Units C64's - 1 Unit (beat with a baseball bat) Colecovisions - 2 Units and for fun we trashed 60 combats and 45 pac man's (2600) just because we were sick of looking at them. We had been dragging them around for over five years and it was time for them to go. doing our part to increase the value of your collection Gamesn'at (giving back to the classic video game community since 1997) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost Monkey #2 Posted February 2, 2005 Your Video Game Collection Just Increased in Value I guess you just wanted to follow up by throwing your reputation into the bin as well? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CPUWIZ #3 Posted February 2, 2005 After the great winter purge of 2004, the Gamesn'at staff decided to make a complete overhaul of some of our older stock systems and hardware. Ya'll will be happy to know that the world's supply of the following classic systems just decreased by: Odyssey 2 Decks - 5 units (on had an elbow dropped on it from the top rope) Odyssey 2 Voices - 3 units Intellivision 2's - 4 Units Intellivision's 1"s - 4 Units Atari 2600's - 6 Units C64's - 1 Unit (beat with a baseball bat) Colecovisions - 2 Units and for fun we trashed 60 combats and 45 pac man's (2600) just because we were sick of looking at them. We had been dragging them around for over five years and it was time for them to go. doing our part to increase the value of your collection Gamesn'at (giving back to the classic video game community since 1997) This has got to be the strangest post on AA ever, by someone who sells vintage game systems and games. I am frightened. Moolder? ....Moooolder? ............Molder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gamesnat #4 Posted February 2, 2005 I guess i should have mentioned that the decks were all dead, stripped for any salvagable parts, and rather than leaving them on the side of the road (where we found many of them and apparently our reputation) we gave them a proper burial (along with our rep some how) in some Waste Management facility in Western PA. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JB #5 Posted February 2, 2005 I guess i should have mentioned that the decks were all dead, stripped for any salvagable parts, and rather than leaving them on the side of the road (where we found many of them and apparently our reputation) we gave them a proper burial (along with our rep some how) in some Waste Management facility in Western PA.Yes, that WOULD have been a good idea... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gamesnat #6 Posted February 2, 2005 Sorry about that, I got a little ahead of myself and it's a little late here on the East Coast and those southern comforts and lime juice are really starting to kick in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CPUWIZ #7 Posted February 2, 2005 It's okay Skully, don't worry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MegaManFan #8 Posted February 2, 2005 and for fun we trashed 60 combats and 45 pac man's (2600) just because we were sick of looking at them... Gamesn'at (giving back to the classic video game community since 1997) Umm dude, if you want to give back, you should have given those Combat and Pac-Man carts to Albert to recycle. Hell he'd have even paid you for the shipping. What a waste. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A.J. Franzman #9 Posted February 2, 2005 Gamesnat, what he said! You should have sent the ~100 cartridges here: AtariAge is Buying. You would have got about $50 for that lot that you didn't have before. Also, there *are* people like myself just (re-)starting collections from scratch who don't have those titles yet. Seriously! I checked about a dozen local thrift stores, and only one had anything. Interestingly, 1 of the carts in there was not very common (Coconuts handle case), and 4 of the 9 were CIB. This is now my entire Atari collection, I don't even have a console yet (one is supposed to be on the way but is past due): 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe blk txt lbl w/ ctrl type & © yr, CIB Coconuts "handle" case, cart only Freeway standard scrnshot label, CIB Haunted House blk pic lbl w/ correct ctrl type & lg logo, cart only River Raid standard scrnshot label, CIB Sky Diver blk pic lbl w/ correct ctrl type & lg logo, cart only Space Attack M-Network end label only, made in U.S.A., cart only Starmaster standard scrnshot lbl, CIB Surround blk txt lbl w/ ctrl type, no ©, cart only 1 Driving controller I think I have some Atari joysticks packed away with my Commodore 64 stuff but not confirmed or checked whether they work yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stingray #10 Posted February 2, 2005 Somebody surely would have paid the shipping to get that stuff before it was destroyed. -S Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gamesnat #11 Posted February 2, 2005 To further clarify. We did actually trash the carts, that was intended to be a joke. But in light of the responses, people don't have much of a sense of humor when it comes to the destruction of things. Anyway as for the decks, once again they were DEAD...we tried several times to bring them back to life to no avail. Pretty much what went in the trash were broken componets and deck shells. I mean think about it, we sell stuff...why would we pitch something we could sell??? Doesn't make much sense does it. Like Johnny Cochran said "If Chewbacca doesn't make sense, then you must accquit my client." -Gamesn'at Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gamesnat #12 Posted February 2, 2005 Ooops...I meant to say didn't actually destroy the carts. Settle down now. -Gamesn'at Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chickybaby #13 Posted February 2, 2005 I was probably just as lost after reading your post. Some members do modifications of cases and such for various systems so the spare shells might have been usable to someone, who knows. Next time if you get a chance, post in the Marketplace that you have a bunch of non-working parts & stuff to get rid of and just have a person pay for shipping if they want it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mechanized #14 Posted February 2, 2005 Well, I don't think anyone here would really suggest you take on any task you did not care to take on (such as taking the time to prepare and ship all that stuff) but those cartridges in particular could have been pretty useful. I guess I'd just advise saving cartridges from now on, since those are nearly universally useful to Albert and they help keep homebrews and such coming out of the shops. The consoles are certainly more iffy, since they're crappy dead things and finding that select few people who would be interested in them would likely be more hassle than it's worth (no offense, you select few!), but the cartridges... they're a different thing entirely. But that's just the advice from a stranger. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sku_u #15 Posted February 2, 2005 I'd just like to personally thank Gamesnat for contributing to the world's polution problem by destroying then discarding items that would have been of some use to other people out there. Future generations of mutated human beings owe their gratitude to people like you who assume once an item is away from them, be it thrown out a car window, or just put out on the curb that it magically disappears into oblivion. Keep up the good work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+RangerG #16 Posted February 2, 2005 You have to remember that at the heart of this message board are the thrift store hunters. Anything priced low enough looks good and with classic gaming stuff so hard to find, it doesn't sit well to talk about destroying vintage games when you could throw it all in a box and offer it here for anyone willing to pay shipping. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atari-Jess #17 Posted February 2, 2005 No matter how useless a gaming anything is, there are at least 500 people on this forum who will want it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Famicoman #18 Posted February 2, 2005 No matter how useless a gaming anything is, there are at least 500 peopleon this forum who will want it. Like me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gamesnat #19 Posted February 3, 2005 Did anyone actually read anything that we said??? "the decks were all dead, stripped for any salvagable parts" As for the games...I'll say it again so eveyone can rest easy knowing that no games were injured as part of this post. We still have a big old box of Pac-Man's and Combats. We also still have a plethora of broken systems...We got rid of these one's because we were out of space. So if any hero out there wants to buy some broken crap, we are all ears. People here need to lighten up and not take this hobby so seriously. I apologize to anyone that didn't find our post amusing...We like to have fun with this and feel bad for anyone who doesn't. Once again... The decks...dead and stripped The carts...unharmed and still taking up space Oh, Albert...we might be able to help you out with some carts...we'll talk about that another day. -Gamesn'at Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Draikar #20 Posted February 3, 2005 Ooops...I meant to say didn't actually destroy the carts. Settle down now.-Gamesn'at (not my page) http://home.centurytel.net/thundergod99/de.../destroymd.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stingray #21 Posted February 3, 2005 Some members do modifications of cases and such for various systems so the spare shells might have been usable to someone, who knows. This is exactly what I had in mind in my last post. I'm one of those nuts who do mods. I would have loved to have the empty shells. **shrug** But it's your stuff, junk it if you want to. -S Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sku_u #22 Posted February 3, 2005 We also still have a plethora of broken systems...We got rid of these one's because we were out of space. So if any hero out there wants to buy some broken crap, we are all ears. Why don't you just give it away for the cost of shipping next time around? What's crap to you might not be crap to someone else. I've gotten rid of a lot of stuff this way. I think the main reason people didn't find any humor in your first post because there are many people in this community who will use stripped system shells as kit boxes for other projects. Watch the G4techTV rebroadcast of Screensavers and pay attention to the part that focuses on Joe Grand to see what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Famicoman #23 Posted February 3, 2005 The decks...dead and stripped The carts...unharmed and still taking up space -Gamesn'at How stripped? Plus, someone would like a dead console. (Am I beating a dead horse?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A.J. Franzman #24 Posted February 4, 2005 If someone has a dead or stripped (but undamaged) Heavy Sixer console, I'd love to get one! I'm planning to build a portable using original case plastic, and don't want to destroy a working unit if I don't have to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgo #25 Posted February 4, 2005 ... and for fun we trashed 60 combats and 45 pac man's (2600) just because we were sick of looking at them. We had been dragging them around for over five years and it was time for them to go. doing our part to increase the value of your collection Gamesn'at (giving back to the classic video game community since 1997) I think you should pick a new line of business Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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