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What did the bidding get to? Just curious if it was out of my range already.

Nice eye, dude! It's a '72 Chevelle with a 350. My grandmother bought it new and gave it to me when I hit high school. I've kept in almost show condition despite driving it alot. I was trying to keep the look consitent with the period (it's the same TV I played atari on as a kid). For serious playing, I use the 54-inch downstairs.

I should also mentioned that I was a bit bummed that the Fox games do not fit into the cubes unless you really cram them. So I ended up just letting them stick out.

To answer the questions: 1. The MM cubes were obtained over the last 2 years of collecting. I had alot more than that, but I thought it was big enough already (I was going for quality over quantity). I sold the others last year. 2. Yes, it's oak. The wood alone cost about $400. 3. The whole thing is about 8ft long by 7ft high. 4. The cost of my collection is the net cost from buying and selling. I try to buy low and sell high (as opposed to my stock market experience), but I never buy a lot just to resell it. My goal is to break-even at the same time that I fill the cabinet, though I don't know if I will9 ever shell out hundreds for games like Eli. Thanks for all of the nice comments. I'm new to woodworking, so this was quite the project for me.

I see discussions about "how do you store your games" around once in a while, so I figured I'd show mine. I still have to put doors on it, but since I now have a new baby (our first), it'll probably stay like this for a while. Now some of you may say "How dare you allow games like Malagai to be exposed to the air like that". Well I believe games are for playing, not for sitting in a box. My cabinet fits less than 900 games, which basically limits how many games I can collect. It won't hold every game I'd like to have, but it's a good compromise. I get to display my games, and my wife doesn't have to deal with an out-of-control hobby. Some more pictures: http://home.houston.rr.com/bm/atari/ataricab.html

I got mine about 2 months ago. (It's actually #6). So color me satisfied.

I was saving up to buy a bunch of games from AA, including Euchre, but I don't see it anymore. Is it gone?

I'm guessing this has been discussed but I can't figure out where. The Saturday Night Live News had a bit about "Atari" going out of business this week. Given the crummy games being sold under the Atari name, that's not much of a suprise. Anyone have more info?

What's with the flury of activision patches lately? Over the past few years I've seen maybe one every 2 months. There's been dozens in just the past month.

Just curious if anyone knows the guy selling these (among other autographed stuff). I figure the two would have to be buds for him to sign so much stuff. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=2158071516

I hate when people complain about sniping. It's one of many features that have my 4-year ebay experience so enjoyable. Please don't ruin it for us!

Well, ya gotta admire their zeal. That's alot of words on that page. But my favorite line is: These systems are assembled from scratch by professionals, using only choice quality parts of both new and refurbished origin at our Quality Assurance lab. I'm going to start using that to describe MY garage

Did you make the Sinistar yourself?

Of course, some of us like playing the games more than having them sit in a box. Most of us only go for prototypes of games that were never released. The rest may be suited for a museum, but not for the average person's collection.

Someone's always got to call the cops on the party. I've gotten a couple negative comments that were slanderous (my favorite is "this guy plays with doo-doo"). But it certainly hasn't ruined my reputation. It's just going to make things harder for us that enjoy the ebay experience.

You're not alone. Andrew, hope you're new Fu Kung project hasn't caused you to forget about us

I posted a picture of a bunch of boxed games I was planning to sell along with some of my auctions, and I got lots of questions about selling them early. So I told everyone to send me offers and I'd consider them. Well, I figured I shouldn't limit it to the few people who wrote me, so if y'all see anything in the picture below that you want to buy, send me an offer. I will only consider offers on individual games (i.e., don't say, "I'll give you $1000 for the lot"). I will not share your offer with anyone else. A few of the games are PAL, but most are NTSC, and all are in working condition. Some of the interesting ones include a few Spectravision games, Racing Pak, MASH shrinkwrapped with MASH t-shirt, and some signed Activision games. http://home.earthlink.net/~ann.brooks/1.html I will make a decision on offers Tuesday afternoon. Thanks.

Anyone notice that Thursday night, the number of 2600 listings more than tripled? It took me two hours to weed through one day's listings. This is starting to look like the old Yahoo auction site - lots of stuff with no bids.

Freakin' awesome! I'll buy two to help make up for the uptight goobers who end up boycotting you. Here's a song we used to sing - for inspiration.... You don't bludgeon a seal 'cause you want a meal No you do it 'cause you wanna hear those little suckers squeal You hit 'em on the head and you do it just for kicks And you poke out their eyes with you eye-pokin' sticks

Here's a conversation I had with a dissatisfied customer last week. Just curious what you would do.... I bought River Raid II from you a couple of months ago. I come to find out it doesnt work. I want to mail it back to and you refund my 15.00 bucks ------ That was almost a year ago (1/29/02). I don't think you'll find a store that will accept returns after that long. If you haven't tried already, rub the contacts with alcohol and a q-tip. That usually fixes the problem. ------ I thought it worked and sold it to someone else and they could not get it to work. I had her return it and I tested it and it didnt work. When I turn it on it shows the plane but messed up sprites. I will send the cart back to you if you dont believe me. I bought a lot of stuff from you and I think it is only fair to ofter my request. ------

I've heard that the 7800 version of Sentinel was released only in PAL format, as it is listed here at AtariAge. I have a copy that I got in a lot from Canada. It's shrinkwrapped, and it has a leaflet inside the shrinkwrap written in French, which I can't read, but suggests to me that this was made for the French Canadian market. Since the TV's there are NTSC, it makes me think that this game is NTSC. But I'm too wimpy to open the package. Any thoughts on this?

If it's any help, I paid $150 for mine. It's in pretty good condition, but not mint. I would guess if you paired yours up with the instructions, you'd get a good bit more.

Didn't mean to offend you. It's only that around once a week, someone posts something like "oh my god - these prices are insane" or "Ebay is evil". It makes it seem like Atari collectors are a bunch of crybabies, when in fact, there's some really brilliant people who hang out here. I work hard for my money too. And I enjoy spending it on Atari. But I've only seen about $50 worth of games in shops/flea markets in the past few years, and my love for this hobby is deeper than that.

We can't seem to go 10 minutes without somebody complaning about Ebay "ruining the hobby". Just like puberty, accept it and adjust.

Yeah, but there's an awful lot of $1 games in that list. As for $50 games, I only say maybe 10. Me thinks it's already too expensive to be parcelled out.