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[tyranthraxus]

The Ikari Warriors thread has brought up a lot of problems with the
rarity list. So perhaps now is a time to talk about fixing the out of
date stuff. I tried to start a thread in the rarity forum but it got buried
under a mountian of 2600 querries. Here are a few of my collecting
observations, all are my opinions based on ebay and thrift shop
hunting:

Alien Brigade-more of a 3 or 4 than a 2
Dark Chambers & Desert Falcon - should both be 2
Food Fight - seems more like a 2 just because I have several copies
Kareteka - abundant enough to be a 1, but it could be so common because
its just such a bad game no one cares to hold on to it.
Robotron - should be a 2
Sentinel - its rare but shows up more than Summer Games on ebay
Summer Games - I think it should be a 5

In general I think all of the games that Osheas still has are the games
that are true rarity 1s. A handful of the current rarity 1 I think should
be upgraded to 2 based on them showing up less frequently on ebay.

Thoughts everyone...

John

[Mitch]

I brought up this subject with Al a while ago but I can't seem to find the list I made and I don't have time to redo it right now. From a quick glance at your list I think you're on the right track. The biggest rarity change that I think needs to be made is the red end label Ballblazer. From the amount of times that it turns up it should be more like a 3 or 4.

Mitch
http://atari7800.atari.org

[tyranthraxus]

Yes you are right about the red Ballblazer. Its a 4, possibly a 3. I think a
poll of collectors with it would help. But the trick with it is that there are
so many MISB Ballblazers that for all we know Oshea may have a 50/50
split!

John

[King Atari]

The Activision carts seem to be sought after. Don't know if they're dead on or need to be upped, though.