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Here's a quick picture of some, although I have some more.

Here's a sample of what I have.  These are the more unique items.  Colecovision, CBS for Atari, and a couple of C64 games.
 
 

So I have this box of games that no matter how much I clean them, they won't work.
 
I honestly don't know what do do with them, and am considering just trashing them.
 
Does anyone have a use for them? I'd be glad to give them to anyone who would want to cover the shipping. They are mostly Atari, but I think I have a couple NES games too. I can post pics if needed.
 
And yes, I know AtariAge buys 2600 games for .50 cents store credit each, but they are picky on which ones they take and with the cost of postage nowadays, I'm not even sure if it would cover the cost to ship them. And even if I sent them the carts they'd want, I still would have several left over.

Ok, It just really looks like a 7800

Is it a 7800 clone?

No sir...it's a 2600 clone.  Designed as the "Atari 2800" for the Japanese market. 

More info on the Atari 2800 from this very awesome site:
 
http://www.atari.io/atari-2800/

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Combat for $5?!?  Better come CIB for that price.  
 
The 2600 4-switch I got needed some TLC as well but I have restored it.  Found a bad cap that I replaced with a better one so I get a better RF signal now.  I also replaced all of the chrome switches even though the originals did work and I had to replace the broken Difficulty B switch.  Nothing too major.  If you can replace the switch (if you haven't already) I kept the working switches from my console.  I can send you one no problem.  Send me a PM if interested.

Oh, and they charge $5 for Combat.

I found a Jag for 325 with 3 games.  I don't even have a job yet!  There's no way I could afford it.  That same store sells the Atari 2600 Jr for $75 so they just love to grab your money.  They told me that they replace capacitors and clean the systems inside, but the first 4-switch I bought from them had a bad capacitor, and when I returned it, I got one that needs the Game Select Switch fixed!

I consider the AA rarity guide as a "guideline" only.  I think they've done a great job on it.  But in some cases, it's a bit off.  That's ok, considering what we paid for it:  $0.  In most cases, it's pretty accurate.  I think it is probably very difficult to maintain, so no complaints. 

There's a video game store not far from me...reasonable prices on the games themselves, but consoles? Forget it; highway robbery. (Although I wouldn't doubt it's because where they are, the rents are pretty outrageous.) But the guy there told me they use the AtariAge rarity guide as a way to price their Atari stuff.

But FFS....Adventure -- rarity 1 -- very, very, very common, but man...try to get a CIB copy for a reasonable price.
 
And Basic Math. It gives me a headache to see what people ask for CIBs of that one, too. For a rarity 1 game.
 
I guess it's kind of like the "butcher cover" version of The Beatles' Yesterday And Today album. It is **not rare**. There were 750,000 copies in circulation. But the reason they command such high prices is that all the dealers bought 'em up. Makes my blood boil.

The Jaguar hardware alone is hard to obtain without having spend a lot of money on it.  And most of the good games are almost impossible to find.  When they do turn up a lot of money is usually asked for them...most of the time more than original retail prices. 

I don't own one, but I've seen one at a Flea Market once.  I should've bought it as it was only $85.  It's not the best Atari system, but it does have some great games.

Currently, Ghost Manor/Spike's Peak and Sprintmaster are my rarest games, and those get a 4 on AtariAge.  I'm looking at getting Frogger 2 Threeedeep and SwordQuest Waterworld in the near future.

That's true.  I find certain Atari games that are common to be impossible to find in Winnipeg.
 
Also, the Jaguar rarity guide needs updating.  All those game are rare.

Truthfully, can you use the rarity information on AtariAge?  It is sort of outdated material by now.  If I was to go by own "rarity" guide I would give my NIB Radar Lock the top position in my collection as rare or hard to come by.  That's for the 2600.  While not important, and it might stray away from what the thread was about but I do consider A-Train for the original PlayStation to be my rarest game simply because it took me almost two decades to find it.  That was one game I knew about, rented as much as I could because no one in the area had it for sale new or used, and I eventually forgot all about it until I started collecting video games hardcore.  
 
But still, I really think the rarity of any game depends on region and their popularity in areas.  The more popular a title becomes the more it is worth and the harder it is to find.  I got lucky with Radar Lock for the 2600 and I have been very blessed with the friends I have here.  No matter how rare the games are that I find you can rest assured I will be cracking new seals to play them.  Isn't that the whole point of having video games in the first place?

Currently, Ghost Manor/Spike's Peak and Sprintmaster are my rarest games, and those get a 4 on AtariAge.  I'm looking at getting Frogger 2 Threeedeep and SwordQuest Waterworld in the near future.

Currently, Ghost Manor/Spike's Peak and Sprintmaster are my rarest games, and those get a 4 on AtariAge.  I'm looking at getting Frogger 2 Threeedeep and SwordQuest Waterworld in the near future.

Currently, Ghost Manor/Spike's Peak and Sprintmaster are my rarest games, and those get a 4 on AtariAge.  I'm looking at getting Frogger 2 Threeedeep and SwordQuest Waterworld in the near future.

Hopefully you can someday change that!

I have a soft spot in my heart for the Jaguar. In fact, it's the only Atari console that I have a complete retail collection for. I bought my first Jaguar with Wolfenstein 3D and Raiden in 1994. Twenty years on, a Jaguar is always hooked up to a tv and regularly played. But what is it about the Jaguar - the last true Atari - that makes it so endearing?

As much as it was an epic commercial failure, the Jaguar also signified wide-eyed hope and optimism. It was Atari's 64-bit Hail Mary pass. You get the sense in reading the interviews with Sam Tramiel that Atari Corp. genuinely believed that they would be dancing in the end zone and send Nintendo, Sega and that upstart 3DO back to the lockers. I loved that about the Jaguar and I was on board.

As it was, the dream wouldn't materialize. Atari would become a logo for officially licensed product and Jaguar would be unduly maligned by countless adolescent you tubers hoping to be the next AVGN. But if you can get past the hate, there are number of great games on the system - many exclusive to the Jag.

Indeed, for every Checkered Flag or Double Dragon V there is an Iron Soldier, a Tempest 2000, a Rayman or an AVP. Better still, many great games continue to come out on the Jaguar twenty years later. Games like Skyhammer, Iron Soldier 2, and Zero 5 are all fantastic post Atari releases. Plus, there are a handful of active developers like Reboot, MD Games and Orion that are showing this cat has many, many more lives.

So Jaguar fans, what do you love about the last true Atari?
 
 

BTW, just want to add that...both Tax Avoiders and Chase the Chuck Wagon get a lot of flak. Personally, I think they're quite fun.
 
The reason I bought Tax Avoiders when I saw it at Kay-Bee circa 1987 was (aside from its cheap price) that it seemed like such a bizarre concept for a game that I'd be stupid not to buy it. (I was 12, 13 at the time, too.) And lemme tell ya...it did not disappoint!

Right now Chase the Chuck Wagon for me, a loose cart. Should be getting a CIB Video Cube soon.