RickR

What a great story, thanks for sharing, I love hearing stuff like this! When kids have an open mind and not prejudiced or  influenced by others on what is cool or fun and they try these things I am not surprised they enjoy it. It is almost like it is coming around full circle back to the basics and playing for the fun of it. 

Got all these for $1.49 free shipping and it got here 2 days earlier than expected delivery date.
 
Note the seller said if it didnt sell this time it would be trashed so i had to save it!

I have a buncha stuff for sale. I don't know the best way to price this stuff, so make me an offer. I'd prefer to sell this all in one batch but I don't have to.
 
Atari 2600 adapter -- I'm sorry, but this is untested. I don't have an Atari 2600 -- I play all my 2600 stuff on a 7800. Everything comes from a clean, nonsmoking environment.
 
All of the following games, however, have been tested and do work. Pictures are at http://fab4it.com/ogiwip/index.php?/category/1:
 
The Activision Decathlon - end label has a bit of wear; includes manual
Bermuda Triangle - end label has a tiny bit of wear on corner; includes manual
Bowling - box lid is ripped in one place. Includes box. Graphics label variation.
Combat - CIB - cart has standard text label
Combat - cart only (text label) - slight label damage but otherwise OK
Dodge ‘Em - Cart (gfx label) and box. Bottom of box is slightly caved.
Donkey Kong - Cart and box. Box bottom is caved; side faded; lid ripped in two places; some water damage on the box. Miraculously, the cartridge itself is in immaculate condition.
Dragster - includes manual
Freeway - cart only
Golf - cart (text label) and box. Box bottom is ever so slightly caved.
Haunted House - CIB
Indy 500 - includes driving controller, inner box, manual, and outer box. Outer box is in bad shape. Cart is the text plus number variety for some reason.
Journey Escape - cart and manual. End label is a bit detached; manual slightly warped
Joust - Cart and box. Bottom of box is caved.
Jungle Hunt - CIB. Box bottom is ever so slightly caved.
Jungle Hunt - cart only
Kaboom! - CIB, blue label. Bottom flap on the box is bulging, but otherwise good condition.
Lost Luggage - CIB (cart, manual, Apollo catalog, box). Cartridge in great condition but missing end label. Box has some water damage and is a bit caved in a couple of places. Green variation.
M*A*S*H - cart and manual
Maze Craze - CIB, text label. Box and cart say there are 256 games, manual says 16.
Mouse Trap - cart and box. Box bottom is caved; side faded; slight wear on end label
Omega Race - cart only. end label has a bit of wear            
Pac-Man - CIB. Must have been pack-in for Vader because the box has “Sold with Atari 2600 - Not For Resale” sticker
Pole Position - Cart only. Missing end label. Version *without* the "POLE POSITN" spelling. "Wait, you fool, there's no end label! How would you know?" Well, it's not the version of the cart that has the title on a red stripe, so even the end label were present, it would say "POLE POSITION."
Q*Bert - cart and manual. Label has seen better days; manual is a bit warped.
Raiders of the Lost Ark - cart only. Label has seen better days.
RealSports Baseball - cart and manual
Star Raiders - Includes outer box, cart, cart box, manual, touchpad, touchpad overlay, and AtariForce Vol. 3. (Sorry, no touchpad box.) Outer box has writing on it from when it was used to hold a Christmas present.
Street Racer - Cart and manual. End label is missing and replaced w/custom label. Graphics label.
Super Breakout - CIB. Bottom of box is slightly caved. Wouldn’t recommend this particular cart for use in a 7800, as it’s a very tight fit. Best used in a real 2600. 1987 Multi-language version.
Swordquest Earthworld - cart only
Venture - CIB - Atari red box version
Video Olympics - CIB. Box top is not in great shape; cart is missing end label; otherwise good condition.
Video Pinball - CIB. Box lid has a rip.

I felt the same way Rick! Did not like it at all when I started. Now it may be my favorite 7800 port!!

This 7800 version is really great.  Initially, I wasn't a big fan.  Everything is "bigger/chunkier" than the arcade version.  And I hate the lined border around the screen. 
 
But then I got addicted playing for this contest.  The 7800 was built for this game.  Things get really fast.  There's not a trace of flicker.  Super tight controls. 
 
I now love it. 

RickR tips - (heavily borrowed from Dauber)
Making a tunnel in the center really works.  Keep it cleaned up as best you can.  Once the centipedes make it near the bottom, abandon the tunnel and chase and shoot.  Spider can't seem to get you initially if you are in the center and on the bottom.  So while you are tunnelling...stay center high.  As soon as you hear the spider sound, go center/bottom.  The points rack up quickly once you reach 50k. 

Not a good start but I will be back. Playing with a GameCube controller is hard! 14282 is the highest so far. You guys are beasts!

This 7800 version is really great.  Initially, I wasn't a big fan.  Everything is "bigger/chunkier" than the arcade version.  And I hate the lined border around the screen. 
 
But then I got addicted playing for this contest.  The 7800 was built for this game.  Things get really fast.  There's not a trace of flicker.  Super tight controls. 
 
I now love it. 

Welcome Space Invader/Mike!  Great intro story!  :thumb:
 
I think we can all agree that Justin is a great guy. There's some really cool background info about this site that I very much enjoyed reading in your intro.  Thank you!

My wife and I live in a three-bedroom apartment. We have our master bedroom, a guest bedroom, and the third bedroom is kind of a combination office/recording studio/place to store extra crap/etc. We call it "The Lounge." That's where I keep my Atari stuff. I was running out of space when I started upgrading my loosies to CIB, and my wife suggested putting some shelving up on the walls. That works for now.   Overflow (that is, my 7800 stuff) is in a CD tower.
 

 

Same to you and everyone else! 

My earliest 5200 memory is one of my friends getting one.  I'd go to his house, and we'd play RealSports Football.  It was a kick -- so many plays to choose from.  The controllers were a little different, but definitely Atari.

I found the manual here:  http://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Commodore_64/manual/Formated/Forbidden_Forest_-_1983_-_Cosmi_Corporation.pdf

I'm going to need it. 

They were planning to do it awkwardly.

Those are great!
 
My last ornament review of the season:  The Dukes of Hazzard's Jumpin' General Lee by Hallmark

Star Trek ornaments.  They have really cool sounds too. 

I remember trying it for Atari, but it isn't as good.  I'll have to try it again though just to make sure. 

Welcome Space Invader/Mike!  Great intro story!  :thumb:
 
I think we can all agree that Justin is a great guy. There's some really cool background info about this site that I very much enjoyed reading in your intro.  Thank you!

Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf (which has no fighting!) and a pretty nice digital camera (that came with a 2 GB memory card and a case).  10 megapixel.  Now I can take Centipede high score pics that aren't so blurry!
 
 

Welcome Space Invader/Mike!  Great intro story!  :thumb:
 
I think we can all agree that Justin is a great guy. There's some really cool background info about this site that I very much enjoyed reading in your intro.  Thank you!

Welcome Space Invader/Mike!  Great intro story!  :thumb:
 
I think we can all agree that Justin is a great guy. There's some really cool background info about this site that I very much enjoyed reading in your intro.  Thank you!

RickR tips - (heavily borrowed from Dauber)
Making a tunnel in the center really works.  Keep it cleaned up as best you can.  Once the centipedes make it near the bottom, abandon the tunnel and chase and shoot.  Spider can't seem to get you initially if you are in the center and on the bottom.  So while you are tunnelling...stay center high.  As soon as you hear the spider sound, go center/bottom.  The points rack up quickly once you reach 50k. 

This 7800 version is really great.  Initially, I wasn't a big fan.  Everything is "bigger/chunkier" than the arcade version.  And I hate the lined border around the screen. 
 
But then I got addicted playing for this contest.  The 7800 was built for this game.  Things get really fast.  There's not a trace of flicker.  Super tight controls. 
 
I now love it. 

Welcome Space Invader/Mike!  Great intro story!  :thumb:
 
I think we can all agree that Justin is a great guy. There's some really cool background info about this site that I very much enjoyed reading in your intro.  Thank you!

That was fun!  What kind of snow tires do you all use?  Studded?  Looked like no slipping at all.