jboypacman Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Ok i was at a bonfire last night and i was talking to a friend of mine who told me that a few days before he was helping out a friend of his dad's who had just bought a old farm house and barn so while out moving somethings out of the barn they found a old leather suitcase with straps and locks on it after cutting the straps and breaking the lock open they found a Atari 2600 and 30 games!He didnt remember all the games but he knew that PitFall!,Combat,and Pac-Man were in the suitcase he told the friend of his dad's if he didnt want it that he knew someone that did so am hoping i can at lest see what was all in the suitcase and see if anything is rare which most like wont be but you never know.Just a fun story to pass along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Ok i was at a bonfire last night and i was talking to a friend of mine who told me that a few days before he was helping out a friend of his dad's who had just bought a old farm house and barn so while out moving somethings out of the barn they found a old leather suitcase with straps and locks on it after cutting the straps and breaking the lock open they found a Atari 2600 and 30 games!He didnt remember all the games but he knew that PitFall!,Combat,and Pac-Man were in the suitcase he told the friend of his dad's if he didnt want it that he knew someone that did so am hoping i can at lest see what was all in the suitcase and see if anything is rare which most like wont be but you never know.Just a fun story to pass along. Damn dude, that is one long sentence. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 This is an example of why it's called "AtariAge" and not "GrammarAge." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 dude finds an Atari in a briefcase in a barn and all you clowns can do is bitch about his grammar? this should be called "School MarmAge." Nice find bro, good luck. Let us know what is in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I was commenting on the complaint rather than the extreme grammatical violations. Complaining about poor spelling/grammar on the Interweb is like complaining about body odor at a D&D convention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parris1972 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 This is an example of an urban myth surely? Akin too 'Original unreleased Atari development projects found after 30+ years in basement - current house owner explains "I'm an Atari fan, so this find is amazing - I am the envy of the gaming community - I've played the 10 unreleased arcade machines for several weeks now. These are without a doubt more advanced than anything Atari released commercially. However, Infogrammes said I can just keep 'em!" (just made that up as an example of the type of nonsense that people say has happened to them - but we all know differently!). If not, then this is the kind of extreme fortune that rarely occurs and never to me! :-( sob! The question remains! Why 'plant' an Atari 2600 (and 30 carts) in a locked suitcase (obviously realising it had some value) in a barn for someone to discover in the future? My advice is, with luck like that you should buy a spade and start digging randomly for that buried Volvo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 This is an example of an urban myth surely? Akin too 'Original unreleased Atari development projects found after 30+ years in basement. Ahem. I believe that you mean "akin to." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBP Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I was commenting on the complaint rather than the extreme grammatical violations. Complaining about poor spelling/grammar on the Interweb is like complaining about body odor at a D&D convention. You are, without question or doubt, one of the funniest people here. If ever you're in the UK please pop round and borrow my deoderant/thesaurus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 (edited) You're not supposed to encourage me! Edited July 10, 2006 by NovaXpress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBP Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 You're not supposed to encourage me! Grammar arseholes need to stick together; for the protection of the language, and of each other. Pedants of the world unite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboypacman Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 Sorry about the grammer guys my typing skills really suck ,lots of "hunting and pecking"my wife is a much better typer than i am.My friend who told me this story is trustworth and wouldnt lie about what was found in that barn.He doesnt know much about Atari and was thinking that the 30 games were all the games that were made for the 2600.There was tons of stuff in that barn...tools,boxes,clothes,scap metal,some trash.The guy that had owned the barn must had used it for storage and thats why all that stuff was in there.I dont think there was anything rare in the suitcase but am hoping to get a chance to see what was in it and i can give you guys a full report.Again sorry about the grammer guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbanes Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 The question remains! Why 'plant' an Atari 2600 (and 30 carts) in a locked suitcase (obviously realising it had some value) in a barn for someone to discover in the future? There's something you need to understand about barns: People use them to store anything and everything. Massive quantities of lost films, old magazines, rare books, and other valuable knick-knacks show up in barns all the time. A coworker once related to me that when his parents moved from their farm, they ended up having to burn half the stuff they took out simply because they couldn't transport all of the junk! My guess is that a previous owner stashed the Atari in an old bag as a method of storage. (If it was locked, it was probably unintentional.) The owner then forgets that it's there, thus causing the next owner of the barn to find the "buried treasure" as it were. Sorry about the grammer guys Grammar. BTW, welcome to the Internet; where no one has time to spellcheck, but everyone enjoys proofreading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Grammar? I thought the Interweb had less gramar then it did l33t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrykurtz Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 You're not supposed to encourage me! Grammar arseholes need to stick together; for the protection of the language, and of each other. Pedants of the world unite! tru dat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 ou need to understand about barns: People use them to store anything and everything. Massive quantities of lost films, old magazines, rare books, and other valuable knick-knacks show up in barns all the time. A coworker once related to me that when his parents moved from their farm, they ended up having to burn half the stuff they took out simply because they couldn't transport all of the junk! I'll have to start searching barns for Herschell Gordon Lewis' long lost exploitation softcore porn films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 There's something you need to understand about barns: People use them to store anything and everything. Massive quantities of lost films, old magazines, rare books, and other valuable knick-knacks show up in barns all the time. A coworker once related to me that when his parents moved from their farm, they ended up having to burn half the stuff they took out simply because they couldn't transport all of the junk! Consider also that many people in the country do not have regular trash pick-ups. It's cheaper to throw something in the barn than have it hauled away. And who knows--a broken appliance may end up being useful if something else breaks on a different one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Complaining about poor spelling/grammar on the Interweb is like complaining about body odor at a D&D convention. That needs to be a bumper sticker. You should see the emails I get from the heads of the County where I work. Yikes. They make some of the gramatically challenged posts over here look like Shakespeare. Still, finding an ancient, sealed case full of Atari games is worth bragging about in any language, however badly mauled. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I was commenting on the complaint rather than the extreme grammatical violations. Complaining about poor spelling/grammar on the Interweb is like complaining about body odor at a D&D convention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 For some reason I still want to know what you found in the case, any updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieAtari Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 I am totally with NovaExpress and IPB on this one. United the grammar pedants of the world can stand the slings and arrows fired by those who prefer to dwell in the mediocrity of poor language, and dodge the verbal and physical abuse of those who cannot stand to be corrected on their grammatical shortcomings all of the time (such as my kids and wife ) We don't have barns per se in Oz, but the venerable garden shed often proves to be a trove of treasures to the collector. Only recently I have been the recipient of a Master System and 2600 Woody, both with games and donated to my cause by co-workers who found them in the shed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Username Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 All this crap about grammar, who cares!!!!! The point is finding an Atari in a barn is cool, I'll bet it works too, if the suitcase is weather sealed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboypacman Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 No updates yet guys.I should be seeing my friend this weekend and i hope he has a update on the suitcase and what was inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I've heard of stranger things being found in barns. I had a friend find a bottle of beer from the 60's or 70's in one (still sealed) and an old TV Tray (you know, those things you used to eat dinner off of in front of a TV). Like they said, people stored anything and everything in barns... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gremlin Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 we recently bought a farmhouse built in 1850. i am dying to get a ladder to get up to the loft above the garage/barn. i am also waiting for the heat to go down to get into the attic and look around. if i find anything atari related ya'll will be the first to know! barrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I've heard of stranger things being found in barns. I had a friend find a bottle of beer from the 60's or 70's in one (still sealed) and an old TV Tray (you know, those things you used to eat dinner off of in front of a TV). Like they said, people stored anything and everything in barns... Tempest I purchased my Grandmothers house a few years ago which included a set of TV trays that are pretty old, I use them almost every day believe it or not. Dinner and TV belong together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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