Last night I went and placed another order here at Atari Age for two home brews for the 2600. Typically I order one expensive game or two low to mid-range priced games with each order, although occasionally when money's tight one low to mid-priced game. The $500+ covers games only. I haven't bought any hardware that I can think of since March 6th. Why March 6th, I hear no one ask. Quite simple really. March 6th is when I purchased an Annual Atari Age Subscription, which entitles me to a 5% discount on all Atari Age Store purchases. I wanted to see if an Annual Subscription pays for itself, taking into account my spending habits (I'll renew it regardless of the out-come of this little experiment). Al will tell you how anal I am about maintaining records on my orders.

THUMBNAIL IMAGE A photo I took 2 months ago gathering together my then recent shipments from Atari Age and sellers on eBay into one box

PRIOR TO PURCHASING ATARI AGE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
09.22.2010 thru 02.28.2019

SUB-TOTAL $1,436.61

This includes 2 orders still being processed at the time of purchasing the subscription, so they weren't eligible for the 5% discount.

Order 21876 $83
Order 21905 $83

ORDERS PLACED WITH ATARI AGE AFTER PURCHASING ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
03.06.2019 to the Present

Order 21928 $60.35 Shipped
Order 21936 $52.85 Shipped
Order 21960 $29.10 Shipped
Order 21961 $43.35 Shipped
Order 21990 $79.25 Shipped
Order 21995 $74.50 Shipped
Order 22010 $52.85 Shipped
Order 22036 $79.25 Shipped
Order 22108 $52.85 Shipped

SUB-TOTAL $524.35
GRAND TOTAL $1,960.96

Update
I received an email from Al. All pending orders have now shipped, so I've edited this entry to reflect this fact. This encompasses 6 orders. So some great gaming goodness is headed my way. Going by past experience they should arrive quickly.

While I am now also buying Home Brews and Hacks from Packrat Video Games and Good Deal Games, I'm continuing to buy the bulk of such games from Atari Age. Speaking of Good Deal Games ...

Michael Thomasson of Good Deal Games and myself are working to give Home Brews for the Sega Master System physical releases. If you are at all interested in this I have posted info on this at SMS Power!

http://www.smspower.org/forums/17452-GetYourSMSHomebrewPublished