The 2011 Atari 2600 Collector Hall of Fame vote

#26 Schizophretard OFFLINE

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Posted Fri Jun 3, 2011 1:04 AM

1)Mother-In-Law's father's collection.
1)Rom Hunter for his ROM collection, his archive, and because I believe he really is Indiana Jones.
1)Batari for the Harmony Cart.
1)Philflound for his label variation website and helping me sort through my variations.
1)nofrills100 for his V-cases and for buying my vote by providing me with my most rare cart.
1)mike99mccarthy for his beautiful daughter Atari. Having an adorable child with the best name to share your collection with is a rarity infinity.
1)the.golden.ax because of his 5 mile shelves.
1)icbrkr for being able to organize that big of a collection in a room with a roof ceiling and doing it so nicely that he can hide the fact that he is a hoarder.
1)Parrothead for gamegavel.
1)CPUWIZ for Powerlords.

#27 pangasinan OFFLINE

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Posted Fri Jun 3, 2011 11:49 AM

My vote goes to Dino,this guy has an amazing collection,you just wouldnt beleive some of the rare stuff he owns.

#28 ntavio OFFLINE

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Posted Fri Jun 3, 2011 7:23 PM

I forgot one person:

Joe Cody from atari2600.com

#29 Zwackery OFFLINE

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Posted Tue Jun 7, 2011 8:28 PM

Wow, I got a few votes! That is really great! I know there are plenty of folks with way better collections. I'd like to contribute more to Atari history and documentation. Atari research informs a good chunk of the first chapter of my dissertation, which I plan on turning into a book. I'd also like to get a grant and produce a documentary film about Atari collectors - that's another project on the horizon. Anyhow, thanks again for the votes, and here are mine:

Dino
ntavio
Albert
ianoid
bfstats
Tempest
Rom Hunter

#30 nofrills100 OFFLINE

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Posted Tue Jun 7, 2011 8:33 PM

When does the voting end? And who is currently in the lead?

#31 Dino OFFLINE

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Posted Tue Jun 7, 2011 8:34 PM

My vote goes to Marc O. With over 2,000 CIB games how could you go wrong?

#32 pitfallharry_de OFFLINE

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Posted Wed Jun 8, 2011 9:59 AM

1) Marc Oberhäuser
2) Schitti the Firefucker
3) Dino

#33 homerwannabee OFFLINE

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Posted Wed Jun 8, 2011 10:44 AM

nofrills100, on Tue Jun 7, 2011 8:33 PM, said:

When does the voting end? And who is currently in the lead?

It ends when basically when the thread has died down, and no one is voting anymore. I was almost ready to pull the trigger a day ago, but as you can see more people have still voted. So I will probably wait a few days after the last vote to call it. I don't want to tabulate at the moment, and give an indication of the leader. It is better if people vote their minds instead of what the crowd is leaning towards.

#34 the.golden.ax OFFLINE

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Posted Wed Jun 8, 2011 11:04 AM

Thanks for the vote Cebus. Trust me, no one wants to see me in a bathtub :evil:

#35 iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin OFFLINE

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Posted Wed Jun 8, 2011 12:33 PM

the.golden.ax, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 11:04 AM, said:

Thanks for the vote Cebus. Trust me, no one wants to see me in a bathtub :evil:

THAT'S NOT TRUE!!! I WANT!!!!!!!!!!

#36 Cebus Capucinis OFFLINE

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Posted Wed Jun 8, 2011 11:32 PM

iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 12:33 PM, said:

the.golden.ax, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 11:04 AM, said:

Thanks for the vote Cebus. Trust me, no one wants to see me in a bathtub :evil:

THAT'S NOT TRUE!!! I WANT!!!!!!!!!!

Make that TWO OF US! YIPPIE!!!! :lust:

#37 homerwannabee OFFLINE

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Posted Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:29 PM

Voting is now closed! And we have a winner! Congratulations goes out to Marc Oberhouser for being voted into this years Hall of Fame. This years results were close right up until the very end, and then Marc came through in the clutch. Marc Oberhouser is an all around amazing collector. He has been in the collecting game for well over a decade, probably closer to two decades. He is a rare breed that not only has an amazing PAL collection, but an amazing NTSC collection. About a decade ago Marc stumbled upon a very big load of game. He paid thousands of dollars for that collection. At the time people thought he was crazy for doing that but in the long run this proved to be a very wise move. Marc also does box work for games that do not have boxes as well. His box work for Video Jogger, and Video Reflex were amazing, and still being talked about today. Well I talked about it so it is being talked about today!

So a big congrats goes out to Marc for getting into the Hall. You have been in the hobby a very long time, and you deserve it.

Here is how the top voting broke down. I will list everyone who got 4 or more votes.

Marc Oberhouser 9 votes
Rom Hunter 7 votes
Albert from AtariAge 6 votes
BF Stats 6 votes
Ianoid 6 votes
Dino 6 votes
Tempest 4 votes

#38 high voltage OFFLINE

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Posted Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:33 PM

Pictures or it didn't happen

#39 bfstats OFFLINE

Moonsweeper

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Posted Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:41 PM

Allow me to be the first to congratulate you, Marc. Your decade of contributions to the community make you quite worthy of the elite company you now find yourself amongst.

I'm very happy the rest of the community agrees.