07/24/05
Atari 2600 + 40 games
A blessing was bestowed upon me by one or more of the Gods of Thrifting today in the form of this plastic and wood grain beauty. I used to have one of these (although never as a child - I stuck with my Colecovision and Commodore 64 instead,) but ended up giving it back to the guy who gave it to me in the first place. I've wanted another one ever since, and well... that same nameless shop in the Jefferson Highway Flea Market where I found the Segas Saturn and Genesis (and a bunch of games) came through for me again. The owner didn't have a plastic bag handy, so I stuffed everything into a filthy pillowcase that was lying around the shop. Twenty bucks for all of this glorious bounty!
In addition to the Atari and 40 games for it, 2 regular joysticks, 2 paddle joysticks, a bunch of game instruction manuals and all of the necessary wires and such were included. Here's a list of the games (which corresponds to the picture above) and just for the hell of it - and to avoid writing actual comments for forty games - the rarity of each on a scale of 1 - 10. (Rarity info obtained here.)
01. Ms. Pac-Man (2 - Common+)
02. Slot Racers (2 - Common+)
03. Kangaroo (2 - Common+)
04. Realsports Football (2 - Common+)
05. Crystal Castles (2 - Common+)
06. Roc'n Rope (? - Undetermined)
07. Air-Sea Battle (2 - Common+)
08. Combat (1 - Common)
09. Defender (1 - Common)
10. Space Cavern (3 - Scarce)
11. Home Run (2 - Common+)
12. Deadly Duck (4 - Scarce+)
13. Zaxxon (3 - Scarce)
14. Video Pinball (1 - Common)
15. Street Racer (2 - Common+)
16. Jungle Hunt (2 - Common+)
17. Super Breakout (2 - Common+)
18. Mouse Trap (2 - Common+)
19. Mountain King (4 - Scarce+)
20. Football (1 - Common)
21. Sky Jinks (2 - Common+)
22. Pac-Man (1 - Common)
23. Missile Command (1 - Common)
24. Popeye (2 - Common+)
25. Asteroids (1 - Common)
26. Adventure (2 - Common+)
27. Pressure Cooker (4 - Scarce+)
28. Breakout (2 - Common+)
29. Maze Craze (2 - Common+)
30. Blue Print (3 - Scarce)
31. Demons to Diamonds (2 - Common+)
32. Space Invaders (1 - Common)
33. Human Cannonball (2 - Common+)
34. Berzerk (1 - Common)
35. Adventures of Tron (3 - Scarce)
36. Astroblast (2 - Common+)
37. SuperChallenge Baseball (2 - Common+)
38. Frogs and Flies (2 - Common+)
39. Shuttle Orbiter (7 - Very Rare)
40. Dragonfire (2 - Common+)
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