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[EricDeLee]

Well... I guess I just got more serious about collecting the 7800.
I picked up a 7800 a while back because it was cheap. I picked up a few games over the past 5 months or so. Nothing special. Then I butchered a Karateka cart, thinking I could get the pacman collection cart to work with it.

So... I then ran across an ad on Craigslist and decided last night I'd contact the guy and set up a good time this evening to pick up the games. I fully expected this would have been sold already, so I guess I really lucked out.

So I got another 7800 system (I haven't tested anything yet...)
a few controllers, 32 Atari 2600 games (nothing too special in those)... and 36 7800 games!
I got a lot of good items in the box. Take a look at this picture:



There are quite a few nice carts in this lot.
The only bad thing... I have all of the 7800 manuals as well. He handed them to me in a package, but sometime during storage, they got wet. So they are basically ruined. Except for the Alien Brigade one. That one is still good.

$80 total

[nathanallan]

Sweet haul! And a system, too, $80 well spent!

[horseboy]

Nice haul. You have most of the harder to find Atari brand titles. I can't believe Ax hasn't commented on that pic yet.

[phattyboombatty]

Very nice. I recently nabbed a 7800 CL haul for $100 but only got about 5 commons and a bunch of 2600 games. The redemption was that it was an original "Warner Communications" model from 1984, plus I got 2600 Track & Field. You made out well!

[save2600]

Yeah, really nice smattering of rare/good 7800 games there. No boxes for 'em though, huh? Damn. Still.

Edited by save2600, Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:13 PM.

[zylon]

Good find.

[PAC MAN FEVER]

great find money well spent

[the.golden.ax]

Nice grab indeed. How ugly are the manuals athletically? Is there anything worth cutting up and using as part of an artistic collage? I ended up with cut up boxes for 7800. Nearly a full set (yeah, even the rare stuff) some ding dong on CL actually. Keep thinking one day I'll make a collage.

AX

[horseboy]

the.golden.ax, on Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:00 AM, said:

Nice grab indeed. How ugly are the manuals athletically? Is there anything worth cutting up and using as part of an artistic collage? I ended up with cut up boxes for 7800. Nearly a full set (yeah, even the rare stuff) some ding dong on CL actually. Keep thinking one day I'll make a collage.

AX

No corn comment? You must have lost your keen eye.

[EricDeLee]

Di dI miss a thread about CORN somewhere? LOL

This is the photo from the craigslist ad. So I have no clue as to why there is a corn box there lol

[thegamezmaster]

Great find. Sorry to hear about the manuals. I had the same thing happen to me on a big Intellivision haul, bummer dude.

[the.golden.ax]

horseboy, on Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:07 AM, said:

the.golden.ax, on Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:00 AM, said:

Nice grab indeed. How ugly are the manuals athletically? Is there anything worth cutting up and using as part of an artistic collage? I ended up with cut up boxes for 7800. Nearly a full set (yeah, even the rare stuff) some ding dong on CL actually. Keep thinking one day I'll make a collage.

AX

No corn comment? You must have lost your keen eye.

Dang, I should have upsized it, or if I did, must not have scrolled down. (When I clicked it the corn was off frame just now).



AX