Ze_ro Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 After looking at pictures of people's gamerooms, I realized that my collection is lacking in memorabilia. Sure, I have systems and cartridges... but I only have a few posters, and some magazines. After Christmas, I'll have to go buy some of the Mario Bros plush toys that Electronics Boutique sells or something. What kind of memorabilia do you guys have sitting around? I'm especially interested in hearing about Atari memorabilia. (Sorry if this seems off-topic... it didn't seem to fit well in any of the other forums either) --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 I have (non atari) lava lamp, one of those glass things that the smoke comes out of like you light stuff in it i dunno what the heck its called (atari) Pong IV Box sitting on the bookshelf and printed out atari ads on the wall nothin much but it works for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari70s Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 hmm all i got is a 1970s Bright Orange Adeco TV ( retro atari style) , hmm also i got his plastic tree from teh 1970s. thats kinda retro. and my atari70s fake NJ plate for the car. a tron ad from back of a Comic. framed. tahts about it right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 I have the atari sticker from the Dreamcast Atari Anniversary, but that's just about it. Oh and the Atari Advantage packin catalogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 I have lots of odd memorabelia, including Atari baseball bats, bottled water, pens and pencils, pins, frisbees, shirts, bags...the list goes on an on. But one of my favorites is from (where else) eBay. There came up on eBay an auction for something I recognized but I guess no one else did, since no one else bid (or maybe everyone else is smarter than me). It was a statue with Atari's name on it, and a figure sort of like an Oscar holding a Star. I recognized it immediately as an APX Star award, which I coveted very badly as a preteen Atari game hobbiest/programmer. Nearly 20 years later I got one, even though I didn't win it. The person who sold it to me said her brother used to wait tables at a hotel in Las Vegas. He apparently got it after some convention Atari held in the early 80's. That convention would of course have been APX's annual award banquet. While it is possible a winner left one behind, she also said her brother was known to be a bit shady, so she's not sure of the circumstances. Alas, there's no name or product on it, so I have no way to track it back to whoever it was that was supposed to have it. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many (was that enough?) jah fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 Well, While not always Atari, my gameroom has some signage from video game displays. I got them at an EB when they were getting rid of SNES and Genesis. I also mount arcade flyers in frames and hang them in the arcade room. My favorite gaming goods are the marquees. I use poplar and make a display case for them, then bundle up Christmas tree lights and put behind them. They look great on the wall, and people get to see them like they were meant to be seen. They are not expensive, and you can have that "feeling" knowing they were once in a real game back in the "golden days". Also have a test cartridge with a socket. Non functional, but displayed proudly. Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 all i have is the wallpaper thats on my computer its the same as my avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted December 25, 2001 Author Share Posted December 25, 2001 quote: Originally posted by eric_ruck: I recognized it immediately as an APX Star award, which I coveted very badly as a preteen Atari game hobbiest/programmer. I'm afraid I'm not familiar with these... did Atari give these out to programmers as a reward or something? quote: Originally posted by jahfish many many many many many many many many many... Any highlights from your collection? --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 25, 2001 Share Posted December 25, 2001 I have several items that I've been meaning to get online, including many of Atari pins, pencils, and stickers. But I don't really have much in the way of memorabilia, it's not something I've gone out of my way to collect. If people would like to start sending us high-quality images (photos and scans) of various Atari Memorabilia, we'll put together a section on the site to display them. I can only imagine that Atari produced thousands of different items emblazoned with their logo. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted December 25, 2001 Share Posted December 25, 2001 ok zero ..... it might hurt a little FISH'S MEMORABILIA SECTION: MAGAZINES, FANZINES, DOCUMENTS .... Atari Service Manual for the 2600 complete in 3-Ring Binder (i have 2 Binder variations) "build this": manual to build a Game Recorder, from a 1984 magazine, copies Gewinn-Urkunde, winners certificate from the german atari club Klub magazin 1-5, from the german atari club, B/W copies Atari Club magazin 4/84, from the german atari club, printed colour edition MAD n. 157 "Mad Invaders", videogame related edition Atarian Video Game Magazine, first issue Atari "Vanguard" Pencil Atari "LOG BOOK", score book, blue Atari "LOG BOOK", score book, green Atari "Gewinnpunktebuch", german score book, silver Atari "Score Book", us score book, silver Tips on getting ET home fast Parker video game club Score Pad Atari Spezial magazine Atari Journal magazine Atari Age magazine 1-6 COMIX: Atari force, small edition, vol 1-5 complete Atari force, large DC edition, vol 1-20 complete Atari force, dutch double-edition, vol 1-10 complete Atari force, Omnibus with all 20 dutch stories Atari force, french edition, vol 1 Atari force, special edition, signed by marshall rogers (inker) The new teen titans by DC comix, featuring 16-page special atari-force preview Star Raiders Graphic Novel, us edition Star Raiders Graphic Novel, german edition Warlords Graphic Novel, german edition centipede comic waterworld comics 1,2,3 yars revenge comic pac man comic GI Joe, adventures of Kool-Aid-Man, Motu, and other single comix related to the atarigames PATCHES: small Atari Fuji patch, white round red Atari Interactive patch Activision patch: Bucket brigade Activision patch: Starmaster with all 3 stripes Activision patch: River raiders Activision patch: save the chicken foundation Activision patch: federation of laserblasters Activision patch: all star ice hockey team Activision patch: explorers club Activision patch: chopper commandos Activision patch: ski team Activision patch: megamaniacs Activision patch: Dragster Activision patch: Sky Jinks Atari Asteroids patch Donkey Kong patch Pac man patch, the horrible one Atarian - certified game player , patch ADS: Atari Ad: "Dont watch TV tonight, play it!" Atari Ad: "No other video game stacks up to atari" Atari Ad: "Everything you always wanted to know about Atari games", double pager Atari Ad: "to be continued", double pager Imagic Ad: "Garry Larsen thought he had all the answers", riddle of the sphinx Parker Ad: "A mission next to impossible", super cobra Parker Ad: "different croaks for different folks", frogger Atari Ad: service ad for california, with superman illustration Atari Ad: super breakout Atari Ad: joust, comic style Atari Ad: mario brothers, comic style Mattel Ad: Masters of the universe Activision Ad: Rampage Atari Ad: "become an atarian" Atari Ad: "the atari advantage" same illustration than the poster Atari Ad: "save the universe - the atariforce - 1st mission" PINS: Atati Flying high pin Button with atari joystick Atari Olympic Gold Medal Atati pin STICKERS: donkey kong sticker cards: on the beam, i'll drive you bananas, take it one step at a time let's nail DK, i made a monkey out of ..., hands off / help, i eat quarters Dk is better than homework, my highscore, i'm ape over donkey kong, gorillas need love too + more frogger, turbo and zaxxon stickers as well as the rub off cards pac man sticker by Girl Skateboards pac man sticker "you'll eat it all up" by midway pac man sticker "yi love pac man" by midway Atari Realsports sticker "i'm a realsports fan" Atari Sticker "früh übt sich wer ein genie sein will" Frogger sticker by sega (round) Comavision Sticker germany Activision River Raid / Jagdflieger sticker Activision Enduro / Transamerika-rennen sticker Activision Decathlon "heute schon trainiert?" sticker Activision Spider Fighter sticker Activision Seaquest sticker Activision Pitfall sticker "Exklusiv von Atari" Centipede sticker "Exklusiv von Atari" Phoenix sticker "Exklusiv von Atari" Fireworld sticker "Exklusiv von Atari" Vanguard sticker "Exklusiv von Atari" one sheet with all 4 stickers Atari Pac Man sticker, 3D style blue and round, 2 sizes Atari Fuji-sticker B/W Tigervision "TIGERCLUB" sticker Centipede "atari world videogame championship" Masters of the Universe "Abenteuer Club" sticker ITT High Score Club Pumuckl sticker "I survived the texas chainsaw massacre" sticker, from original british video company 'X' Spiderman sticker by parker Q-Bert sticker by parker "tierisch gut drauf" by atari, with kangaro illustration Videomagic sticker, a gameshop in munich CATALOGS: Mystique catalog 4 pages b/w Teldec 4 pages, with products from tigervision, carrere, Accuball, sega, amiga, datasoft, sierra coleco, blue, with 10 games powerplay cataloge (german magazine) with games from activision, bit corp, epyx, sancho, imagic, absolute, coleco, cbs ComaVid, with stronghold and rush hour, blue 6 pages tigervision, 8 pages red data age, silver 8 pages spectravision, 6 pages english apollo, blue 8 pages tigervision, black us 8 pages, with river patrol for 29$ arcadia, 12 pages telegames, grey 10 pages M-Network, grey 8 pages 0007-4290 M-Network, grey 8 pages 0151-0050 HES catalog with double dragon on cover, games by activ., imagic, HES, epyx .... parker "sie hassen es wenn sie gewinnen", silver 8 pages parker "sie hassen es wenn sie gewinnen", silver 8 pages, different format parker catalog, with hulk, lord of the rings ..... parker "they hate to let you win" silver 10 pages parker "meet the challenge" silver 10 pages parker "heisse spiele" yellow 10 pages Atari CO 16725 rev, A Atari CO 16725 rev, B Atari CO 16725 rev, C Atari CO 16725 rev, D Atari CO 16725 rev, E Atari " be a flying ace, a race car champ ...." Atari CO 18272 rev. B Atari " more games, more fun" CO 12737 - 02 Atari CO 14356 rev. C Atari CO 14356 rev. D Atari "spielen macht spass" for 2600, 4 sides with screenshots Atari "spielen macht spass" for 7800, 4 sides with screenshots Atari CO 20521 rev. 1 Atari "spass für die ganze familie", 8 pages Atari "arkaden-spass für alle - ohne ende", 8 pages Atari "der meistgekaufte video-computer-spielesystem der welt"", very big, like a poster Atari "Satrs" catalog/poster spectravision product catalog (sticks-compumate) cbs/coleco german catalog with games/products Bomb Games catalog with "splendour" catalog from Video Games Magazine (us) with absolute, activision and imagic games Sears "video arcade cartridges" Imagic 700500-1 rev. A Imagic 700500-1 rev. D Imagic 700500-2 rev. A Imagic 700500-2 rev. B cbs/coleco international catalog Activision 81, black, AG-940-5 Activision 81, black, AG-940-6 Activision 83, blue, AG-94-5 Activision spring 82, black, PAG-940-2, international edition Activision spring 82, black, in german Activision spring 82, black, in german with head "gesamtprogramm" Activision, purple, AG-940-8 Activision, "beats the real thing", black, AG-940-8 Activision spring 82, black, AG-940-8 Activision fall 82, red, AG-940-10 Activision winter 82, red, AG-940-10 Activision fall/winter 83, blue, AG-940-11 Activision EAG-940A, international edition Activision EAG-940B, international edition Activision folder, US, EAG 940 C Activision folder, US, EAG 940 C, red international edition Activision folder, by HES australia HES catalog by telegames UK BOOKS: Joystick Nation pan mania (jokes) Computer Spiele, by Chip magazine Mastering Pac Man the Vid Kid's book of home video games How to win at video games the player's strategic guide to atari VCS games telespiele report '84 computerspiele, by knaur videospiele, by knaur RECORDS: the 8-bit construction set, breaks, beats and sound by A. Schwarz, former activision director of Activision Audio The adventures of super pac-man pac man picnic atari breakout audio set atari missile command audio set atari missile command audio set (album) atari breakout audio set atari yars revenge audio set atari yars revenge audio set (album) atari yars asteroids audio set BOARD GAMES: Pac Man Ms. Pac Man Frogger Pitfall Berzerk Q-Bert Donkey Kong Popeye centipede Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted December 25, 2001 Share Posted December 25, 2001 RE: APX Star Award Atari had this thing called the Atari Program Exchange, where hobbiest programmers would submit applications they wrote with the chance to get them published by Atari. They had special awards quarterly for the best submissions, and then every year they would give out a trophy to the single best program in each category (games, productivity, and utility, I think). A few of those programs migrated from APX to Atari's regular lineup, including Caverns of Mars and (I think) Scram and that Lee Actor music program. I still have most, if not all of the catalogs from APX as well as the Star award. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted December 25, 2001 Share Posted December 25, 2001 I love to collect all the extra atari 2600 items I can for my collection, things like. 1) I have a little over 60 framed atari 2600 ads. 2) I have a 3 foot tall E.T. store display for the 2600 and two mobiles. 3) I have about 15 patches. 4) I have 12 atari video game headers. 5) I have 2 complete collections of the Atari Force full size comics, and three complete sets of the small ones. 6) I have 3 badges and two atari pins. 7) I have 1 Atari store banner and 1 Jaguar banner. I have a the silver and the blue atari club jackets. 9) Three different mugs. 10) The Orange atari Kite. Plus all the extras like game centers, cartridge library's, atari game covers, Joystick repair kit's and others all in there boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted December 25, 2001 Author Share Posted December 25, 2001 quote: Originally posted by jahfish: BOARD GAMES: Pac Man... Funny thing, my grandma used to have the Pac Man board game... I wonder if she still has it? I don't remember actually playing it all that much, but I liked to make Pac Man eat the marbles I've also seen a Zaxxon board game a few times in various thrift stores, but for some reason, I never bought it I'll have to pick it up next time I see it. Nice collection! Did you track down that stuff specifically, or was it just stuff you happened across while collecting? --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 MAN JAHFISH!!!!!!!!, and I thought I was spending to much money on atari extras instead of Cartridges. Keep up the good work buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rika C. Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 I have: 1 Pac Man yellow baseball cap(still fits my noggin for some reason, although tightness could be responsible for my low IQ). 1 pair of Pac Man roller skates. They are old as dirt, and I dont know who gave them to us because I wasnt exactly around in an Atari crazed location at the time. But anyway... they taught me how to roller skate. 1 pair of Pac Man shoe laces(I have them in my bright red Converse All Stars right now). 1 Pac Man and Friends(correct title? The book is stored away at a relatives in America) paperback story book. Interesting new look and names for all the ghosts(Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Sue). I guess the author felt the ghosts needed a feminine touch. And of course it was my favorite bedtime story book. I also still have some personal Atari treasures such the little Pac Man my sister made out of clay for me when I was 3. Nothing official, nor worth any money, but still of sentimental value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sway3 Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 I have a couple items: Sealed Pac Man & Mrs Pac Man for NES (Namco version) Pac Man gumball machine Glass Pac Man shot glass and a juice glass Nintendo wall stickers - huge 3 foot stickers of mario etc and various odds and ends previously mentioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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