Video 61 Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 hi everyone, i put this in history, because it sorta is. these boxes are a sample of what i received from atari decades ago, at least three plus decades, and i have hundreds such boxes. and we are just getting to them now. you will notice third party software in there. atari explained to me that retailers just looked at the games, as atari games, even if atari did not manufacture them. so they sent most returns to atari, even the ones atari never made. i asked why didn't atari just send them off to their original manufacturers? atari explained to me it would cost more than the games were worth, so the third parties told atari to do what you will with them. i bought it all. there are thousands and thousands of these games. lance www.atarisales.com Atari 5200 Guy, Justin, Jinroh and 4 others 5 2 Quote VIDEO 61 & ATARI SALESwww.atarisales.com22735 Congo St. NE, Stacy, MN 55079 651-462-2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) I see video Olympics and 7800 Joust, two I'm after. That is cool to see. Almost like opening a vault and seeing items that had been frozen in time. It makes one wonder what some of those games went through before you got them. Hehe ... I wouldn't be surprised if at least one of those games gets reunited with someone here who returned it. Now THAT would be awesome to see happen. Edited March 4, 2023 by Atari 5200 Guy Justin and DegasElite 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 Dumb thought...but I wonder. Could it be possible some brand new 5200 controllers could be in those boxes? DegasElite, Justin and Smell Dawg 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinroh Posted March 6, 2023 Report Share Posted March 6, 2023 Very cool Lance! This is like opening up the warehouse at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark! 🙂 Thank you for sharing! Very interesting how people just returned everything to Atari. Though I am sure consumers today are just still as clueless, even with the information age in full swing. 😛 Justin, socrates63 and DegasElite 3 Quote Free to download--> Carrot Kingdom™- - Released 5/11/2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted March 7, 2023 Report Share Posted March 7, 2023 On 3/4/2023 at 4:02 PM, Atari 5200 Guy said: Dumb thought...but I wonder. Could it be possible some brand new 5200 controllers could be in those boxes? If there are some in there, they still won't work as time itself is enough to cause oxidation on the contacts of the mylar and breakdown the graphite of the carbon pads. In fact I'd argue that NOT using the controllers on a routine basis might be worse than using them all the time because of that. MaximumRD, Justin and DegasElite 3 Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video 61 Posted March 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 7 hours ago, CrossBow said: If there are some in there, they still won't work as time itself is enough to cause oxidation on the contacts of the mylar and breakdown the graphite of the carbon pads. In fact I'd argue that NOT using the controllers on a routine basis might be worse than using them all the time because of that. hi crossbow, that is correct. its like parking a car and leaving the battery in it. come back a few years later, lift the hood and stare at the corrosion on the battery cables. lance www.atarisales.com DegasElite 1 Quote VIDEO 61 & ATARI SALESwww.atarisales.com22735 Congo St. NE, Stacy, MN 55079 651-462-2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 15, 2023 Report Share Posted March 15, 2023 That Pac-Man looks brand new. Star Master looks unopened as well. Man...I believe you are opening a lot of returned childhood memories. Those are nice to see, Lance. Can't wait to see what all you uncover as you open more of those. DegasElite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted April 15, 2023 Report Share Posted April 15, 2023 I'm glad you managed to get those returns and saved them from going to a landfill. There's no telling what all is in those. I bet if they could talk they'd have some stories to tell. DegasElite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted April 15, 2023 Report Share Posted April 15, 2023 On 3/4/2023 at 3:52 PM, Atari 5200 Guy said: Hehe ... I wouldn't be surprised if at least one of those games gets reunited with someone here who returned it. Now THAT would be awesome to see happen. I am sure that has happened at least a few times to some lucky people. I wouldn't doubt it. :O) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 Seeing all those games takes me back to a store my family frequently visited, watching them open up a new shipment and stock their shelves. What does that label say on Asteroids? DegasElite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video 61 Posted April 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 23 hours ago, Atari 5200 Guy said: Seeing all those games takes me back to a store my family frequently visited, watching them open up a new shipment and stock their shelves. What does that label say on Asteroids? hi atari 5200 guy, not sure on the label, might be from atari's mexico division. that division was a mess for sure. nether atari or i could get back what ended up lost. it was like dealing with organized crime. lance www.atarisales.com DegasElite 1 Quote VIDEO 61 & ATARI SALESwww.atarisales.com22735 Congo St. NE, Stacy, MN 55079 651-462-2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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