Jump to content

chas10e

Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    799

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    17

 Content Type 

Posts posted by chas10e

  4. Craigslist Finds

    in Price Check!

    Posted

    Todays Craigslist find was this baby pacman acade face/bezel. The guy i got it from had a garage full of these and other games, but he was only wanting to sell the baby pacman ones. (Other he had: pacman, ms.pacman, galaga, defender. Asteroids, warlords, star trek, pole position)

    looking forward to seeing your creative purpose for this . ... thinking framed somehow ... mebbe George Costanza in thar :P

  6. Sears heavy sixer - troubleshooting left joystick port

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Things get really tricky if you have to replace a soldered in chip.  Best of luck!

    I still have to replace the 4050 hex buffer chip in a unit I have & feel confident with my skills & equipment now \o/

     

    if you know the chip is toast & have a new one , snip all the pins & desolder one pin at a time(basically)

     

    also put a socket there so you don't have to de-solderer again

     

    in the mean time, play Star Ship, it uses right port to play single player  ;)

  11. Atari I/O Retro Junk Box VI: Return of the Junk

    in Atari I/O Events & Contests

    Posted

    arrived here ok .... still have to clear off kitchen table before opening ;)

     

    :info:  ~ News at eleven ~  :info:

     

     

    Well, did you get all the goodies? ;)

    I was exhausted from work but did manage to get the junk box in & out ok 

     

    gallery_823_15_856698.jpg

     

    Classic Game room DVD, storm trooper candy , Atari Pong PnP , 5200 Star Raiders cart & box , INTV Sea Battle, what I think is an auto fire gizmonian for 2600, 5 Comics ( 15 yr old nephew will read every word  :thumb: ) NES Captain Sky-hawk. .

     

    unfortunately a Sega CD took a hit so I removed it ... was a dimple in the disc protector

     

    gallery_823_15_74049.jpg

     

    a suspect with attitude .... I'm guessing this would be whom to blame

  17. Arcade USA

    in YouTube Community

    Posted · Edited by chas10e

    awe I wished I knew you were visiting Pinball Wizard Arcade ... where I mostly play usually on Monday Nights but would have made the trip if on another night

     

    there is a working Video Pinball cab @ Fun Spot NH Weirs Beach (usually always has been anyways) 

     

    I keep hemming & hawing on buying that "History of Pinball" DVD & would like to hear your opinion on it 

  19. Thrift Store Finds

    in Price Check!

    Posted · Edited by chas10e

    see if a mono plug fits in there ( I have a similar TV ) it would be about the same size as a 2600 power plug ( MAKE SURE IT ISN"T PLUGGED IN TO WALL !!! 

     

    if it does you'd want an adapter to go from that to an RCA female

     

    s-l225.jpg

  23. Craigslist Finds

    in Price Check!

    Posted

    28605315951_d1fdf38b20_c.jpg

     

    First things first: the 5200 VCS Adapter looks way bulkier in that photo than it already is because I stretched the photo perspective to make things easier to see.  It's a monstrosity, but it's not THAT big of a monstrosity.  :)

     

    So, yesterday.  What a collecting day!  One of the best ever.  The main event was a Craigslist deal.  I drove 125 miles in the morning to meet a guy in south NJ to trade two joysticks, two sets of paddles (one being the recently-acquired RickR refurbished set), and a bit of cash for... Mines of Minos (CIB!), Warplock (CIB), Roc'N Rope (CIB), No Escape (CIB), Adventure, Mountain King, and...  CHASE THE CHUCKWAGON!  CtCW goes straight into my collection, and the boxed games should help me make back the cash I spent on the trade and for fuel/food on the trip.

     

    I asked the guy if he knew of anywhere local that might have Atari stuff.  He described a thrift mall a little less than 10 miles up the road, so I made that my next stop.  The thrift had a small bin of junk common carts in bad shape, but the store also had an "eBay section" with nicer stuff.  The happy news was that everything in the eBay section was discounted 30% from their auction price.  That's where I picked up Tapper, another one for my 2600 collection.  Love the arcade game, and the 2600 port is pretty good, all things considered.  I think I prefer Mountain Dew to Budweiser anyway.

     

    Next stop was a video game shop I'd once visited a few years ago.  I remembered it being a cool place run by a cool and knowledgeable guy.  Backing up for a minute -- I've started to listen to older podcasts from Fergosijan's 2600 Game-By-Game series.  Well, on my morning 125-mile trip yesterday I happened to listen to one of his episodes from December, entitled "My Video Game Collecting History".  Lo and behold, in that episode Ferg mentions the very first store I intend to stop at on the day -- Next Level Video Games, in Blackwood NJ.  Fun coincidence.  The first games I picked up from the Atari shelves out on the store floor were two 2600 picture label variations on my want-list: Haunted House with no controller info, and Basketball with the box-style font end label (I only found out that this existed a few weeks ago).  Great prices, didn't even have to think twice.

     

    I got to talking with the shop owner, Nick, and I mentioned the 2600 Game-By-Game podcast I'd just listened to.  Ferg, you were well-remembered, and your return to Next Level Video Games at some point in the near future was requested... no, demanded!  ;)  I very nearly bought a "Too Many Games" limited edition of Ature (CIB), a really cool homebrew adventure game for the 2600.  Instead, I spent my money on an untested 5200/VCS Adapter -- I was given a bargain I couldn't refuse on it -- and I got the Pac-Man 1987 label tossed in for free.  Nick also gave me a great deal on three INTV games that Rowsdower70 had on his want list: Mind Strike, Mr. Basic Meets Bits & Bytes, and Truckin'.

     

    Next stop was another video game shop in the area, but their prices seemed high to me and the owner didn't seem all that interested in making a sale, so I passed up the one pricier thing on my want-list that they had (2600 Gremlins).  I'll go to eBay if I want to pay eBay prices!  Did snag 7800 Choplifter from their bin of cheap Atari games.

     

    Last stop of the day was what has become my favorite game shop in PA -- Classic Game Junkie.  Got fantastic deals on Racquetball, Star Strike (yessss!), and two more INTV games to trade/sell to Rowsdower70: Kool-Aid Man (oh yeah!) and Tropical Trouble.

     

    All told, I drove 350 miles on the day and had a great time hunting and dealing.  Most days are busts, but this one was pretty darn good start-to-finish.

     

    nice spash of color in that pic .... I prolly wouldn't have noticed the fat-ness the 5200 adapter thing if you didn't mention it ... but now it's easy to spot

     

    fun maeking road trips liek that and "making a day of it"

  25. Thrift Store Finds

    in Price Check!

    Posted

    good to know!  I have a whole box of special bits from Harbor Freight.  I also need to test with a power adapter instead of the D batteries. 

    i had to custom make mine ...  click the link ;) up thar

     

     

    This is the other stuff I got at Goodwill yesterday.

     

    Wii storage tower, Smuggler's Run for the PS2, and an XBox 360 headset.

    looks liek you can do dueling banjos on teh Wii :P , can you use that red knumb-chuck as a thumb ? :thumb:

     

    thrifting is just good fun :D

×
×
  • Create New...