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What atari gatefolds are rare(st)?


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#1 SteelerFan OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:34 PM

My aunt gave me an atari 2600 with gatefolds with it. Which ones are valuable...not the carts, but the boxes?

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#2 hepcat OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:46 PM

61 Basic Math is the rarest. A complete copy sold on Ebay for about $70.00 a few weeks ago. 01 Combat and 02 Air-Sea Battle seem to be the most common. The other six seem to pop up with equal frequency.

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#3 Breakpack OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:55 PM

What's a gatefold?

#4 sku_u OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Dec 29, 2003 5:14 PM

Breakpack said:

What's a gatefold?

The original Atari VCS game boxes opened up from the front instead of from the top.

#5 Breakpack OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Dec 29, 2003 5:18 PM

sku_u said:

Breakpack said:

What's a gatefold?

The original Atari VCS game boxes opened up from the front instead of from the top.

Kool,is there a company that makes boxes like that?Ive been wanting plastic cases that could open up and Atari,SNES,NES etc. games could fit inside.And also has a plastic cover fitted on the outside to fit the artwork inside like a DVD case?

#6 sku_u OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Dec 29, 2003 5:25 PM

Breakpack said:

sku_u said:

Breakpack said:

What's a gatefold?

The original Atari VCS game boxes opened up from the front instead of from the top.

Kool,is there a company that makes boxes like that?Ive been wanting plastic cases that could open up and Atari,SNES,NES etc. games could fit inside.And also has a plastic cover fitted on the outside to fit the artwork inside like a DVD case?

I have a few HES games that came in hard cases, but the part inside that holds the game seems better for NES games than for Atari games. I'm not sure if this is the case with all of them, or just a few.

#7 sku_u OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Dec 29, 2003 5:31 PM

I'm not sure if they still exist as a company, but for at least my HES Mega Funpak, the hard case was manufactured by Aaction Plastics Co. Sydney Australia. I just tried putting a NES cart into the molded slot, but the cart is a little too big for NES games.




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