Atari 5200 Guy

Kamakazi is so very right! Spawning and dying right away sucks!

No...it give me a chance to run like a bat out of hell!
 
And, yes, Creep...I'm having fun with it.  Still doesn't change my mind about the game being brutal at times.  Especially when it plops your butt within arms reach of a robot.  Talk about your stare downs.

I've also noticed that Otto can move quicker if he is bouncing straight down. So avoid going down if he comes after you.

Umm...did you know that you can shoot Otto in this game?

Well, it's official...I'm not good at Berserk on Game 2. I only got 3700 points. Blah blah blah. Going to try again.
 

This game is brutal!  And not because of Evil Otto.  The game would pop me right next to a robot while going through the maze.  As soon as I shot the robot without moving it killed me, too.  Did that a few times.  Yea...just plant me next to a robot, thank you.
 
Then again this version is a bit more forgiving than the 5200 version.  That one is harsh.  "Chicken! Fight like a robot!"  Nope...can't fight like a robot.  Because I'm a Zombie!  LOL.  Wonder if a zombie would stand a better chance against these robots?

I never seen a ROM scanner for the standard issue NES before but did see a stand alone unit with 12 games in it at Wal-Mart years ago. Is that what you are talking about?

Love Coco!! Fixing to watch Rogue's Tavern on the Archives after I finish my round of Animal Crossing on Wii and GC.
 

I would have been 10. The price of candy and oil those days...wow! I wish oil cost that much these days. Candy, too. I miss shopping centers like that. It is a shame how most of the stuff around then is gone now.

Love Coco!! Fixing to watch Rogue's Tavern on the Archives after I finish my round of Animal Crossing on Wii and GC.
 

No...it give me a chance to run like a bat out of hell!
 
And, yes, Creep...I'm having fun with it.  Still doesn't change my mind about the game being brutal at times.  Especially when it plops your butt within arms reach of a robot.  Talk about your stare downs.

I would have been 10. The price of candy and oil those days...wow! I wish oil cost that much these days. Candy, too. I miss shopping centers like that. It is a shame how most of the stuff around then is gone now.

I found this old drugstore flyer packed away with Halloween decorations from when I was young. The flyer is dated October 28, 1984 and is from Perry Drug Stores in Rochester, Michigan. Incidentally this would have been the week that the events in Stranger Things 2 takes place. Perry was a prominent drug store chain in the Detroit area from the 1950s through the 1990s and was bought out by Rite Aid in 1995. The flyer was just junk mail that had been mailed to my house that my dad used as packing material to pack away Halloween decorations, and somehow the flyer survived all this time. Pretty cool to flip through here and see everything that was on sale in 1984 and how much it costs. Makes me miss Michigan in the fall. I also made a short video of it which you can watch below, enjoy!
 
 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

I also have a ROM scanner myself. It is a different model, not from Marjac. You use it (I am sure you know this) to plug in multiple cartridges. Then, they would all fit in the main cartridge port of the A2600. With a push of a button, switch between games and never have to take them out as much from the main port. Handy item, but I hear that they can be buggy. But, they do work. The only other system that I have seen a ROM scanner for was for the NES at Toys 'R' Us. I was about thirteen years old then. That ROM scanner for the NES is extremely rare, by the way.

Honestly, there are five or six mini arcades by My Arcade that just landed at our Walmart I would rather spend my money on collecting. Burger time, Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Bad Dudes, Galata, and one more that sound far more interesting to me than these. I'll pass.

Atari 2600 (dot) com has a price list of practically everything 2600 related.  The item you mention is in that list.  If it works and is in its box with all paperwork and any inserts it's worth $46.33, loose it's worth $37.28.  That's in US dollars so in Australia currency, at the current rate of exchange, a used ROMSCANNER is worth $52 AUD and one in its box is worth $59 AUD.
 
It looks to be in good condition.  I would set a price between $65 - $75.  Then if they need to mark it down for any kind of sale, like a 10% weekend sale for example, they will still make market value for the item.  Your suggestion of $100 would help them cover overhead should the item sit for a while before being sold. 
 
For reference:  http://www.atari2600.com/priceguide/  (Scroll to the bottom of the list to find the ROMSCANNER values.  That list is a bit dated as it was last updated in July 2012.)
 
That's the best I could come up with.  Hope it helps.

I just remembered something.  Mom did play a few computer games with me a few years before her passing.  When she remarried I spent a weekend with them.  Brought my computer, too, as they had nothing to do and I had tons of games I thought they might like to help break the silence.  I tried game after game with the results being pretty much the same...too complicated.  Then I showed them Links (by Access, not Microsoft) running under DOS.  Once I showed them how to play it with the mouse they spent all night long playing the game.  I remember going to bed about 2 AM and when I woke up around 9 AM they were still playing the game having started a new one at some point.  
 
Another game Mom played with a friend and me was You Don't Know Jack (the first edition).  It was a simple game to play...just push one button and type in your answer.  Mom would laugh at "Cookie's" obnoxious jokes and trivial questions when he would say examples and then give the question.

I just remembered something.  Mom did play a few computer games with me a few years before her passing.  When she remarried I spent a weekend with them.  Brought my computer, too, as they had nothing to do and I had tons of games I thought they might like to help break the silence.  I tried game after game with the results being pretty much the same...too complicated.  Then I showed them Links (by Access, not Microsoft) running under DOS.  Once I showed them how to play it with the mouse they spent all night long playing the game.  I remember going to bed about 2 AM and when I woke up around 9 AM they were still playing the game having started a new one at some point.  
 
Another game Mom played with a friend and me was You Don't Know Jack (the first edition).  It was a simple game to play...just push one button and type in your answer.  Mom would laugh at "Cookie's" obnoxious jokes and trivial questions when he would say examples and then give the question.

So games my parents played?  Centipede and Frogger on the 5200 was Mom's.  
 
I had a family friend named Charles.  We got pretty close when I got my 386 in the early 1990's.  He spent a whole day with me seeing what games I got and putting new games on my hard drive.  Every weekend or other weekend after that I would literally pack up my 386 and visit his place.  Then we would do sort of a software swap.  It was because of him I discovered shareware games.  Since he lived a rural area that got very little I usually had the cool commercial games.  His area had a small computer shop that started carrying shareware programs (had a whole wall dedicated to shareware stuff).  They would make their own disks and print out short manuals on how to install and play the games, all packaged in ziplock bags to protect them.  Once we discovered Doom and Heretic we would setup local networks and play multiplayer games.  Otherwise we would work together on some adventure games like the AD&D series from SSI or Wing Commander.  He was always good about giving me his older computer parts to put in my 386 if they would fit and work.  I still remember all the headaches we would go through trying to squeeze as much conventional RAM (640k and less) out of our systems so we could run some games.  
 
At the time I was a teen, he was in his 30s.  Computer stuff back then just seemed more interesting to me.  It was always about faster processors, higher quality sound, more storage space, more memory, better graphics, better storage solutions (floppy, optical)...it seemed never ending.  Now everything is pretty much the same.  Instead of new hardware promoting development of better software the computer end is now having to be created or upgraded to use software that exceeds some computer setups.  Seriously...dual graphics cards?!?  And I thought the Diamond Multimedia graphics card I had back then was the bomb.  I understand basic setups are just that...but a basic computer setup back then would at least play most of the games...now a basic setup might play one or two major game releases if you are lucky.
 
So...to recap again...Centipede and Frogger on the 5200 with Mom and on PC Doom, Heretic, AD&D, Wing Commander, Wolfenstein 3D, and there was one more I can't remember the name of on IBM PC with Charles.

This game is brutal!  And not because of Evil Otto.  The game would pop me right next to a robot while going through the maze.  As soon as I shot the robot without moving it killed me, too.  Did that a few times.  Yea...just plant me next to a robot, thank you.
 
Then again this version is a bit more forgiving than the 5200 version.  That one is harsh.  "Chicken! Fight like a robot!"  Nope...can't fight like a robot.  Because I'm a Zombie!  LOL.  Wonder if a zombie would stand a better chance against these robots?

I've also noticed that Otto can move quicker if he is bouncing straight down. So avoid going down if he comes after you.

I've also noticed that Otto can move quicker if he is bouncing straight down. So avoid going down if he comes after you.

Yes!  But you get no points, and he comes back angrier. 

While I'm not anywhere near the top score, I do have some tips to share:
Evil Otto appears where your guy starts the level.  That's why it's very important to move away from that spot as soon as you can. Master diagonal shooting.  You can shoot diagonally.  The robots cannot. Use the walls for cover.  Dumb robots may even walk right into them. Start each level with a quick assessment.  Shoot the nearest robot and MOVE.  Use a real 2600.  IMO, emulators don't offer fast enough controls. Pick a tight, twitchy joystick.  It's so important to have no delay between your brain and hand.  MOVE! 

Well, it's official...I'm not good at Berserk on Game 2. I only got 3700 points. Blah blah blah. Going to try again.