Hand-Knit Atari 2600 Sweater Charity Auction

[Albert]

Admit it, you love Warren Robinett, the man behind one of the most popular titles on the Atari 2600: Adventure. Unfortunately you can't keep him tucked away in your closet, but you CAN do that with this hand-knit commemorative sweater featuring most of the games he programmed for the Atari 2600. AtariAge user gospeedde designed and knit this sweater in her spare time--you'll never see another quite like it! You will only have one opportunity to win the sweater and donate to a great cause at the same time. This is the ultimate Christmas present for the Atari fan in your family!

 

The front displays the figure that appears on the label and box artwork for Slot Racers, the back is covered by the dragon from Adventure (along with a few other items you may remember), and the sleeves spell out the name of a third Warren Robinnet game in binary. The dragon has even been rendered in a textured pattern to represent scales. The entire amount of the winning bid will be donated to ACCION International, a charity that provides people with "micro" loans so they can start their own businesses. You can learn more about this sweater and bid on it here!

 

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If you frequent other video game forums and could help draw attention to this auction, that would be much appreciated (just don't spam these forums, plesae!)

 

Thanks and good luck!

 

..Al

[hhwolfman]

<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/One-of-a-Kind-Hand-Knit-Atari-2600-Sweater_W0QQitemZ8242258133QQcategoryZ4315QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"><img src="/images/news/sweater_auction.jpg" border="0" align="right" hspace="5"></a>Admit it, you love Warren Robinett, the man behind one of the most popular titles on the Atari 2600: <a href="http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=964">Adventure</a>.  Unfortunately you can't keep him tucked away in your closet, but you CAN do that with this <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/One-of-a-Kind-Hand-Knit-Atari-2600-Sweater_W0QQitemZ8242258133QQcategoryZ4315QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">hand-knit commemorative sweater</a> featuring most of the games he programmed for the Atari 2600.  AtariAge user <a href="http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showuser=4610">gospeedde</a> designed and knit this sweater in her spare time--you'll never see another quite like it! You will only have one opportunity to win the sweater and donate to a great cause at the same time. This is the ultimate Christmas present for the Atari fan in your family! 

 

The front displays the figure that appears on the <a href="http://www.atariage.com/cart_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=895">label</a> and <a href="http://www.atariage.com/box_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=895">box artwork</a> for <a href="http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=895">Slot Racers</a>, the back is covered by the <a href="http://www.atariage.com/box_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=964">dragon</a> from <a href="http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=964">Adventure</a> (along with a few other items you may remember), and the sleeves spell out the name of a <a href="http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=15">third Warren Robinnet game</a> in binary.  The dragon has even been rendered in a textured pattern to represent scales.  The entire amount of the winning bid will be donated to <a href="http://www.accion.org/">ACCION International</a>, a charity that provides people with "micro" loans so they can start their own businesses.  You can learn more about this sweater and bid on it <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/One-of-a-Kind-Hand-Knit-Atari-2600-Sweater_W0QQitemZ8242258133QQcategoryZ4315QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">here</a>!

 

Some photos:

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you frequent other video game forums and could help draw attention to this auction, that would be much appreciated (just don't spam these forums, plesae!) 

 

Thanks and good luck!

 

..Al

980649[/snapback]

 

Man that is real cool. Very nice Job And a very nice person to donate it. I feal that I should bid on it and help out the charity and also have a chance at winning a one of a kind item. I have owned my own business for 20 years now.

[+Nathan Strum]

I'd like to point out that right this very moment I'm wearing one of gospeedde's sweaters. It's a real work of art and can be best described as "comfy". Whoever ends up with the Warren Robinett sweater not only gets a warm-fuzzy feeling from helping a charity, but they get real warm-fuzzies, too!

[+Atarius Maximus]

My Bid is in.

 

AM

[Albert]

Just a heads up that this auction has one day remaining. Thanks to everyone who's bid on the auction thus far!!

 

Hand-Knit Atari 2600 Sweater Charity Auction

 

..Al

[moycon]

Nice!

 

Glad to see this sweater is going for much more than the last one.

It's an awesome article of clothing and a great cause!

[gospeedde]

Thanks much to everyone who bid. I get to walk around all big for a while.

[video game addict]

Wow that did pretty well! I wasn't expecting it to break into the $200+ range, although it shot up quickly from the start. It really was a nice looking sweater. Something I would wear myself. I didn't have the funds to drop on the auction though. Congrats Rick you got a nice addition to the collection, that I bet will see some use too! I hope that you make more available gospeedde, I would really like to own one eventually.

[Rick Weis]

Thanks! Yes, i will use it in the winter time (while playing games in my game room)

 

very cool looking sweater! great job gospeedde! love it very much!

 

Rick

[Atari Charles]

She should make an Atari 2600 Pac-Man Sweater.