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[Atari Master]

Hi, i'm about to buy 12 ot of all these games.Can you tell me the rarest ones out of them all?I'm new to collecting games and i want to know.


7800

CENTIPEDE
ASTEROIDS
DIG DUG
GALAGA
JOUST
MS.PAC-MAN
POLE POSITION
XEVIOUS
BALLBLAZER
BASKETBALL
HAT TRICK
BASEBALL
DONKY KONG
DONKY KONG JR.
TOWER TOPPLER
JINKS
BARNYARD BLASTER
MELTDOWN

2600

BATTLEZONE
JUNGLE HUNT
POLE POSITION
VENTURE
BASEBALL
MS.PAC-MAN
GALAXIAN
KANGAROO
SUPER FOOTBALL
FOOTBALL
DIG DUG
GRAVITAR
JOUST
SOLARIS

[Lemmi]

It all depends on which ones O`shea's run out of first and which ones are not that common on other online atari sales sites

I would think Gravitar, Solaris, MS pac man would be a good start for the 2600 and Ballblazer, Ms pac man for the 7800 but this isnt my expertieze(sp?)

in other words i really have'nt a clue sorry

[ 12-21-2001: Message edited by: Lemmi ]

[Atari Master]

Thanks anyway.I might get pac-man and Pole Position since my mom palyed thoes games way back when.I just started collecting games so i only have tree Atari games.But the thing is, my brother says his Atari is in the attic.

Looks at roof

[Lemmi]

come back and look at this post tomorrow there will be more then just my reply (trust me )

[Atari Master]

Trust me, from what i've seen so far there are alot of people around.Also, can you guys point me out some stores that sell NES, Atari, Sega games?

[ubersaurus]

Resale stores, flea markets, garage sales. occaisionally pawn shops get lucky too.

[Albert]

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Originally posted by Atari Master:
Hi, i'm about to buy 12 ot of all these games.Can you tell me the rarest ones out of them all?I'm new to collecting games and i want to know.

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Hello, and welcome to the wonderful world of collecting! Here are two useful links if you're interested at looking at the rarity for various titles:

Atari 2600 Rarity Search
Atari 7800 Rarity Search

You can also use the search box that's located on every page (except for inside the message board area). If you don't enter anything into the search field, all results will be found. But be warned, there are 876 titles in the database for the 2600 just for North America alone.

Hope this helps!

..Al

[StanJr]

Here, I'll help out with the 2600 games:

With the exception of Football, every game on your list is a AA rarity of 2 (common) you should be able to bump into these games as thrift stores and flea markets with ease.

Helping Stan

[Atari Master]

Thanks, i just looked trough the search and i can't find Star Raiders in the rarity thing.I have that game but just can't find it in the guide.

[Albert]

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Originally posted by Atari Master:
Thanks, i just looked trough the search and i can't find Star Raiders in the rarity thing.I have that game but just can't find it in the guide.

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You can find Star Raiders right here.

..Al

[Atari Master]

Woah, thats weird, thats not the one i have.

[Albert]

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Originally posted by Atari Master:
Woah, thats weird, thats not the one i have.

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Perhaps you have the Sears version then? That and the Atari version are the only two Star Raiders that were released on the 2600. While the label, box and manual are different between the two, the game itself is identical.

..Al

[Atari Master]

Here's a scan.
http://ash264.tripod.com/star.JPG

Hope i'm not bothering you.

[Albert]

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Originally posted by Atari Master:
Here's a scan.
http://ash264.tripod.com/star.JPG

Hope i'm not bothering you.

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I tried to look at the scan but just get an image that states, "Image hosted by Tripod". Can you email it to me, albert@atariage.com ?

Thanks,

..Al

[Lemmi]

I had to copy and paste the link to get the picture to show

[Atari Master]

I forgot about that tripod logo thing, sorry.So whats the verdict?

I'm still new to this Atari thing.I only collect them since my brother use to play them.

I would still like to play an atari though .

[Lemmi]

that star raiders game is for the atari 400/800 computers

Try this site by Tempest for some good info
http://www.msu.edu/user/reicher6/

[ 12-26-2001: Message edited by: Lemmi ]

[Atari Master]

And we gave the computer away to....

[StanJr]

...well...Who did you give the computer away "to..."? Don Pardo? Bob Barker? Pat Sajak? Who?

Just goofin' with ya, Stan

[Atari-Jess]

hmm, stan be it choice pick two of show host ala television men who cannot be of the part taking position? Choose television men as you become welcoming thoughts of shows in major networks that of which include popular shows on channels of that type? since when I beleive you selected them just recently, I had been feeling wants of to get that atari line of machine to use for enjoyment such as what mentioning that person selected for use in post. ah well, i am to be getting of the line in computation with the system in that keyboard and standardized gun enjoyment boxes known popular as being XEGS.

[Lemmi]

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Originally posted by Atari-Jess:
hmm, stan be it choice pick two of show host ala television men who cannot be of the part taking position? Choose television men as you become welcoming thoughts of shows in major networks that of which include popular shows on channels of that type? since when I beleive you selected them just recently, I had been feeling wants of to get that atari line of machine to use for enjoyment such as what mentioning that person selected for use in post. ah well, i am to be getting of the line in computation with the system in that keyboard and standardized gun enjoyment boxes known popular as being XEGS.

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One word

HUH?

[Atari-Jess]

I see, you in which include the letters in its own set of combonating words of creation starting and ending with huh, saying you with them believeing that said i think with you what is almost crazy! heh, who knows...

[StanJr]

Methinks Atari-Jess hath lost it.

[Atari-Jess]

aye, I do that sometimes to see a reaction, but dont worry, one day ill do it again, and then another day, ill do it again, and so on and so forth. but yes, i have lost it.

[liquid_sky]

Bob Barker kicks ass.. and so does Atari Collecting. Welcome, and get used to the feeling of being broke... more broke than broke..