RickR Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 (edited) KidA's post got me thinking... What's YOUR rarest VCS cart? Mine is "Shuttle Orbiter", which is an R7 in the Atari Age guide. I also have a silver label Gravitar (R8), but it's for sale -- not part of my collection. Edited November 5, 2016 by RickR Atari 5200 Guy, The Professor, Sabertooth and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 (edited) It used to be River Patrol (R9) but right now it's Glib (R9) Once I review games, I usually sell or trade them so I can purchase more titles to review. Also space is limited, so my goal is actually to shrink my library instead of growing it. I'm hoping one day to whittle my entire collection down to 100 physical games or less. (I'm guessing it's more like 1,000 right now with about 200 being 2600 games) Edited November 5, 2016 by nosweargamer DCG, Ballblaɀer, The Professor and 3 others 6 Quote The No Swear Gamer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtJuo040EOCTVziObIgVcg Host of The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower70 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 I have nothing even remotely rare for my collection. I have Star Strike, but its for sale. Nope, never really had anything rare. Sabertooth, greenween, The Professor and 2 others 5 Quote "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballblaɀer Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Without question the Flag Capture '78 picture label -- three copies are currently known to exist. Of course Flag Capture is an extremely common game, all things considered, so if we're talking unique NTSC games and not cart variants (or PAL releases)... I'd suppose it would be Quadrun (R9) or Texas Chainsaw Massacre (R7). The AA Rarity Guide hasn't been updated in many years and could use an overhaul. Games like Quadrun, SQ: Waterworld, Berenstain Bears, Glib, etc. don't belong in the same rarity category as Lochjaw, Malagai, Cakewalk, etc. I have a number of supposed R8s in my collection, but none seem as rare as the R7 Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Quadrun should also probably be downgraded IMO. Atari 5200 Guy, Sabertooth, Rowsdower70 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 For 2600, I don't have anything remarkable. I only physically own what I had when I was a kid plus additional Imagic games and home brew. Everything else is on a Harmony. Now if we want to talk about Jaguar.... Atari 5200 Guy, jmjustin6 and nosweargamer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Right now the rarest 2600 game i have is pitfall 2. Not too many people selling atari stuff in my area and i would never think of paying ebay prices on some rare games i do want (Halloween) Rowsdower70, RickR, nosweargamer and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid A Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 Mine is qbert's qubes. greenween, Rowsdower70, Sabertooth and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 Red Label DK Jr. is the rarest I own. It's sad. Rowsdower70, nosweargamer and Atari 5200 Guy 3 Quote "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 On the 2600 "rarer scale" I have a few but they only hit the R4 mark. I need to do more hunting for 2600 carts RickR and nosweargamer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergojisan Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 I guess mine is a tie, SQ Waterworld and Quadrun. SQW is in much better shape though. RickR, nosweargamer, DCG and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 (edited) Red Label DK Jr. is the rarest I own. It's sad. On the 2600 "rarer scale" I have a few but they only hit the R4 mark. I need to do more hunting for 2600 carts Right now the rarest 2600 game i have is pitfall 2. Not too many people selling atari stuff in my area and i would never think of paying ebay prices on some rare games i do want (Halloween) Trading with other members here at atari.io is a great way to get some rarer titles. I know I've gotten some really nice stuff here (thanks everyone). Prices are lower, people are nicer. Take a look in the "Trading Post" forum. nosweargamer's "Ye Olde Game Shoppe" has some rare stuff at this very moment at fantastic prices. Rowsdower says he has no rarities...that's because he's a great guy that will trade us the rare stuff he finds. And many other great people here that trade. I love this place! Otherwise, most rare stuff just comes to me by accident. I find it in big bundles/lots of games mostly. Edited November 6, 2016 by RickR Sabertooth, Atari 5200 Guy, Rowsdower70 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuck66 Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Think the rarest stuff I have is a few 5's: Strategy X Roc N Rope Frankenstein's Monster (in the mail from NSG!) I have seen Gremlins and Ram It at one of my local game shops but they wanted 20 for Ram It and 25 for Gremlins. I've been willing to spend more money on Atari games now because I've got many of the commons making bargain purchasing more rare, so I might pick one or both of them up next time I'm up there. DCG and RickR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid A Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 So I did some looking up. Before I got my qberts qubes, my rarest were Earth Dies Screaming, Earth Attack (zellers cart) and H.E.R.O. all R5 according to AA. Ballblaɀer and RickR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 I have three recent pickups. I'm still at an R4 and that's with Squeeze Box. Nothing too uncommon or extremely rare. Then again considering how not-so-often Atari games turn up in my area they might as well all be an R8 or R9. Rowsdower70 and RickR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 R4 is pretty rare if you ask me. Anything higher starts to get spendy. DCG, Atari 5200 Guy, Rowsdower70 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 R4 is pretty rare if you ask me. Anything higher starts to get spendy. That's an understatement. I honestly believe the price spikes for these "old" games, regardless of system, is ridiculous. $40 for a single game (pointing to the likes of Zelda and others) is crazy. It use to be that the used game stores couldn't sell those old games fast enough at $2 to $5 per title depending on them. At one point I remember Game X Change not taking in any of the Super Mario Bros and Zelda games because they had too many. It's amazing how time has changed the value of these old games. I don't get it...the games themselves did not change. I don't think they got an update that I'm aware of since I last played them. It's a crazy world for sure. DCG, Rowsdower70 and RickR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 I have had a bunch of uncommon carts but the rarest I owned before having to sell my collection was Chase the Chuckwagon. It was a gift given to me by a friend that no longer played but had it from his childhood. RickR, EEP! and Rowsdower70 2 1 Quote Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dauber Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 Right now Chase the Chuck Wagon for me, a loose cart. Should be getting a CIB Video Cube soon. Rowsdower70, Atari Creep, RickR and 1 other 4 Quote Supernatural, perhaps...baloney, perhaps not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) It looks like mine is Tax Avoiders (R5) as I bought it new on clearance for $4.99 back in 1984 from Lionel Playworld. Edited June 6, 2017 by Arenafoot dauber, Atari Creep, RickR and 2 others 5 Quote Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeddyGermany Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Z-Tack by Bomb. I had paid 11 € for the game with box and manual. It was just a lucky day! Ballblaɀer, Atari Creep, nosweargamer and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dauber Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 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! Ballblaɀer, RickR, DCG and 1 other 4 Quote Supernatural, perhaps...baloney, perhaps not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCG Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 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. Ballblaɀer, The Professor, Atari 5200 Guy and 1 other 4 Quote https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp_iJmaoVpbqFDcewhi_aqA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 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? Ballblaɀer and DCG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCG Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 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? 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. Atari 5200 Guy 1 Quote https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp_iJmaoVpbqFDcewhi_aqA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 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. DCG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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