13 replies to this topic

[Pioneer4x4]

I saw an add for a box of Atari stuff, $1 make offer.
It was 25 loose carts, beat up paddles, 2 beat up sticks, Indy 500 controllers.
I offered $15-$20 because I could use another set of Indy 500 controllers, and I couldn't make out some of the carts, and one looked familiar in the crappy pictures, but I couldn't place it.
I met the guy early today, and gave him the crisp $20 straight from the mac machine. And the bonus cart was.


"Chuck Wagon"!

It is in decent shape, I haven't tested it yet. That is my FIRST decent find in the wild! I already got one at a great price via eBay because it was listed as not working (The seller didn't RTFM) so now I ahve one to sell/trade!
I still didn't look at everything else in the box, but the only others I couldn't make out in the pictures were Atari text label, and M Network carts. What's the odds that any of them are rare or ones I don't already have?

[AtariBrian]

wow, great find

[nathanallan]

excellent haul! That much hardware for only $20 and a Chuckwagon in there, too, nice!! Pics possible?

[acelkin]

Nice find! I found a Combat in the wild recently-lol Seriously though, it's becoming harder & harder to find stuff in the wild. Best I've done lately is a CIB Spider Fighter, Road Runner (loose) and Adventures of Tron (loose).

[krypton85]

grats man, it's alwas rewarding to find shit in the wild, let alone a ctcw!

[Pioneer4x4]

Here is the craiglist pics.




Everything else was dirt common. I was bumming that the end labels wer crappy or missing on some of them. Mainly the Atari Text Label ones, since I don't think I have that INDY 500 version.
Chase the Chuckwagon main label is kinda beat, but all there and decent looking.
The labels on the driving controllers are loose, but they are intact, and there was also a Sega controller in the box.

[RF14]

Good find but do you have a link to the posting?

[Pioneer4x4]

No, he pulled it already, I assume so he didn't get more calls after it was sold. I got the images because I still had the page open on one of my PCs.
It had a couple of typos in it as well, kinda funny, I think that is a prerequisite for an Atari ad.

[cybercylon]

Decent purchase in PA from CL. Haven't found much around here lately, but I haven't been in the mood either.

Edited by cybercylon, Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:00 PM.

[Pioneer4x4]

I seem to find one good posting a year. This is my 4th CL purchase, 2 others were bigger and pricier but more less common cartridges.

[Polybius]

great find! the rarest cart i found was final approach by apollo (5) for $1 at the agape house. and a Congo bongo (also at 4 rarity) at a flea market with several others for $5 I know that's not very rare, but its still cool to find uncommon games, especially for cheap

[kyle]

I've found a lot of rare games in the wild over the years well R5's and R6's anyway. I guess the most rare would be my silver label Gravitar I found at a thrift store for $5.00. The same price they had on Pac-Man and Combat lol.

Edited by kyle, Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:36 PM.

[SRGilbert]

Not too shabby.

[Atari2600Lives]

Great score !