FujiSkunk

Apparently it opened in October. Today's Chronicle has an article: "The Game Isn't Over Yet for Retro Gamers."

Sadly it's on the opposite side of town from me, which for Houston may as well be in another state. But I shall get there some day. Heck I might even drive there this weekend just for the experience.

This just might be enough for me to stop wishing Bookmans would come to Texas.

It's time once again to try and move this mountain of extra games and hardware I have accumulated over the years. Prices do not include shipping, but are reasonably negotiable, and trade offers are welcome (I promise to put together a want list Real Soon Now).

I am starting with my loose cartridges. Eventually I will get lists and maybe pictures of everything I have for sale, but please feel free to ask me about what I have at any time. I have lots of games, boxes, manuals, controllers and systems, cutting a good swath through video game history, all for sale. I don't promise to have anything particularly rare up for grabs, but I do have some big names for some big systems.

Note: Everything is or will be tested, and will be sold in working condition. However, not everything is in the best physical or collectible condition. If you are concerned about cracks, label quality, and so on, please ask before you buy!

Crossed out items are pending.


8-BIT SYSTEMS


Atari 2600 Cartridges (all loose)

Atari / Sears
All titles $0.50 unless otherwise noted. Multiples of several titles are available. Multiple label variations of some titles are available. Feel free to ask for additional details.

• Air Sea Battle
  
• Asteroids
  
• Asteroids (Sears)
  
• Basketball
  
• Berzerk
  
• Berzerk (Sears) - $1
  
• Bowling
  
• Breakout
  
• Centipede - $1
  
• Circus Atari
  
• Combat
  
• Defender
  
• Donkey Kong - $1
  
• E.T.
  
• Hangman
  
• Indy 500
  
• Jungle Hunt - $1
  
• Mario Bros. - $3
  
• Maze Craze
  
• Missile Command
  
• Ms. Pac-Man
  
• Night Driver
  
• Outlaw
  
• Pac-Man
  
• Pele's Soccer
  
• Phoenix - $1
  
• RealSports Baseball
  
• Space Invaders
  
• Space Invaders (Sears)
  
• Star Raiders
  
• Street Racer
  
• Super Breakout
  
• Superman - $1
  
• Target Fun (Sears)
  
• Vanguard - $1
  
• Video Pinball
  
• Warlords

Activision
All titles $1 each unless otherwise noted. Multiples of some titles are available. Feel free to ask for additional details.

• The Activision Decathlon - $2
  
• Chopper Command
  
• Enduro
  
• Fishing Derby
  
• Freeway
  
• Kaboom!
  
• Starmaster

Coleco

• Mouse Trap - $0.50
  
• Venture - $0.50

Imagic

• Demon Attack - $1
  
• Riddle of the Sphinx - $1

M Network / INTV
All titles $0.50 each unless otherwise noted. Multiples of a few titles are available. Feel free to ask for additional details.

• Air Raiders
  
• Armor Ambush - $1
  
• Astroblast
  
• Frogs and Flies
  
• Lock 'n' Chase (INTV) - $1
  
• Space Attack
  
• Super Challenge Baseball
  
• Super Challenge Football

Parker Brothers

• Q*Bert - $1
  
• Spider-Man - $2

Other

• Commando Raid - $1
  
• Fast Eddie - $2
  
• Final Approach - $3
  
• Infiltrate - $2
  
• M*A*S*H - $2

Atari 5200 Cartridges (mostly loose)
All titles $1 each unless otherwise noted. Multiples of a few titles are available.

• Countermeasure
  
• Football
  
• Kangaroo - $2
  
• Mario Bros. - $3
  
• Ms. Pac-Man
  
• Pac-Man (with manual)
  
• Pengo - $2
  
• RealSports Baseball
  
• Space Dungeon - $2
  
• Star Raiders (with manual)

Atari 5200 Cartridges (unopened boxes)
All titles $2.50 each. Multiples of all titles are available. These games are unplayed and come with all original packaging. Most boxes are still sealed, and some are still shrinkwrapped. All boxes have at least some degree of warping and/or shelf wear.

• Defender
  
• Galaxian
  
• Missile Command
  
• Star Raiders
  
• Super Breakout

Atari 7800 Cartridges (all loose)
All titles $0.50 each unless otherwise noted.

• Dig Dug
  
• Pole Position II

ColecoVision Cartridges (mostly loose)
All titles $2 each unless otherwise noted. Multiples of a few titles are available.

• Carnival (with manual)
  
• Centipede (with manual and box) - $5
  
• Cosmic Avenger
  
• Donkey Kong (with manual) - $1
  
• Donkey Kong Junior
  
• Frogger (with manual)
  
• Ken Uston Blackjack / Poker (with one overlay)
  
• Lady Bug
  
• Mouse Trap (with two overlays)
  
• Mr. Do (with manual) - $3
  
• Q*Bert (with manual)
  
• Smurf (with manual)
  
• Space Panic
  
• Subroc - $3
  
• Super Action Baseball
  
• Super Action Football
  
• Turbo
  
• Venture
  
• Zaxxon

Intellivision Cartridges (mostly loose)
All titles are $1 each unless otherwise noted. Multiples of a few titles are available.

• Astrosmash (with one overlay)
  
• Backgammon
  
• Beauty and the Beast (with outer box, missing inner tray) - $2
  
• (NBA) Basketball (with one overlay)
  
• Boxing (with manual)
  
• Burgertime (with manual and two overlays) - $2
  
• Carnival (with manual and box)
  
• Donkey Kong (with manual and box)
  
• (NFL) Football (with one overlay)
  
• Frog Bog
  
• Frogger
  
• Las Vegas Poker and Blackjack (with manual, two overlays and box) - $2
  
• Lock 'n' Chase
  
• Night Stalker (white label) - $2
  
• Pitfall! (with manual and two overlays) - $2
  
• Space Armada
  
• Tron Deadly Discs (white label) - $2
  
• Zaxxon (with manual) - $12

Nintendo Entertainment System Cartridges (some with manual)
All titles $3 each unless otherwise noted. Multiples of a few titles are available. While my supply lasts, Nintendo-branded slip covers are available for no extra charge, one per game purchased.

• Bandai Golf: Pebble Beach
  
• Baseball
  
• Bubble Bobble - $5
  
• Burgertime
  
• Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - $5
  
• Contra - $8
  
• Crystalis
  
• Donkey Kong Classics
  
• Double Dragon
  
• Excitebike - $5
  
• Fester's Quest
  
• Game Genie (hack or cheat at NES games!) (gold) - $5
  
• Golgo 13
  
• Gyruss
  
• Hogan's Alley
  
• Jordan vs. Bird: One on One
  
• Karate Champ
  
• Kung Fu - $5
  
• The Legend of Zelda (gold) - $5
  
• The Legend of Zelda (grey) - $5
  
• The Little Mermaid
  
• Marble Madness (with manual)
  
• NARC
  
• Ninja Gaiden II - $5
  
• Operation: Wolf
  
• Paperboy
  
• Pinball
  
• R.B.I. Baseball
  
• Robocop
  
• StarTropics
  
• Super Mario Bros. (single-game cartridge)
  
• Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt (with manual)
  
• Super Mario Bros. 2 (with manual) - $8
  
• Super Mario Bros. 3 (with manual) - $8
  
• Tetris (with manual) - $5
  
• Top Gun
  
• Zelda II: The Adventures of Link (gold) - $5

Sega Master System Cartridges (all with box)
All titles $3 each unless otherwise noted. Multiples of some titles are available. Most boxes are in good condition. Manuals vary in condition. Many cartridges have writing. Pictures are available by request.

• Action Fighter (with manual and box)
  
• After Burner (with manual and box)
  
• Alex Kidd in Miracle World (with box)
  
• Astro Warrior (with manual and box)
  
• Aztec Adventure (with manual and box)
  
• Choplifter (with manual and box)
  
• Double Dragon (with manual and box)
  
• Enduro Racer (with box)
  
• Ghostbusters (with manual and box)
  
• Global Defense (with box)
  
• Golvellius (with manual and box) - $5
  
• Great Basketball (with box)
  
• Great Football (with box)
  
• Hang On / Safari Hunt (combo cartridge) (with manual and box)
  
• Kung Fu Kid (with manual and box)
  
• Missile Defense 3-D (with manual and box)
  
• Phantasy Star (with box) - $10
  
• Rambo: First Blood Part II (with manual and box)
  
• Rampage (with box)
  
• Rocky (with manual and box)
  
• Space Harrier (with box)
  
• Vigilante (with manual and box)
  
• Wonder Boy (with manual and box)
  
• Wonder Boy in Monster Land (with box) - $5
  
• World Grand Prix (with box)
  
• Zillion (with box)

Hey, all. I recently acquired a Commodore 128, my first after years of collecting Commodore 64 hardware and software. The system appears to be in great shape, and so far has worked flawlessly in 64 mode. In 128 mode, however, the space bar and the right shift key send the cursor backward (to the left) instead of doing what they're supposed to do. All other keys seem to work fine, and I can work around this by using the left shift key and the cursor-right keys, but I wouldn't mind fixing this if it's easy to do so. Anyone seen anything like this before?

So there's a new used game store making the rounds, of which a new location recently opened at the local mall: 3D Games. While I don't really have anything against the GameStop juggernaut (I haven't had the horrible experiences some have had, thankfully), some alternatives certainly can't hurt, especially ones willing to sell more than just the current generation. 3D Games covers the most successful systems of every generation starting with the NES. That's a blow to Atari fans, sad to say, but if it helps, other niche consoles like the Saturn and the Neo*Geo also don't make the cut.

The good news is, they're willing to sell boxed games when they have the inventory to do so. The better news is, they sell consoles as well, and not just the official consoles. I now have a local opportunity to try out and buy the newest 3-in-1 clone, the Retron 3. So, these people have done at least enough homework to know many classic gamers with money are looking for more than just a pile of dirty Super Mario Bros. cartridges.

But therein lies the bad news. You look at their web site, which is aimed more toward potential franchisees than customers, and you look at some of their prices ($20 for Super Mario Bros. 3? $150 for Final Fantasy VII???) and you realize, they're in it strictly for the money. That's a bit depressing to game geeks like me who'd like to see at least a little passion for the old stuff, beyond just what it can do for one's pocketbook.

Still, you can't really fault someone trying to make an honest buck, even if they are pimping your childhood. And again, I'm all for bringing more competition into the used game market. So I decided to take a box of games, mostly thrift finds that have been sitting on my shelf for a while, nothing blindingly valuable but still some very respectable titles like Contra, Bubble Bobble and Kid Icarus for the NES, and Goldeneye and Ocarina of Time for the N64 (plus the aforementioned Super Mario Bros. 3, with its $20 price tag watching over us as they inventoried my offerings). I figured, $80 in store credit, enough to get one of the Retrons, and they could have these games, even if I could make a lot more if I got off my lazy butt and sold them myself. The grand total: $50 in store credit. I'm lousy at haggling, but still, I haggled, and eventually they offered $60. I declined.

All in all, having a new place to look for old games every week is cool, and I certainly hope they stick around for a while. If they get the right titles in for the right price, they'll get my money, and I just might buy a Retron from them anyway. But I still wish they could have been a little bit more than just a Gamestop clone with a broader catalog.

Hey Bookmans, when are you coming to Houston so I don't have to hop on a plane every time I want to shop at a truly awesome used game store?