Rarity check Racing Car (Home Vision) Black Cart (PAL)

[karokoenig]

Recently picked up a weird-looking PAL cart on eBay. Imagine my (short-lived) joy when I found it on AtariMania to be tagged with a "Holy Grail":

 

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-racing-car_12644.html

 

Imagine now the mood killer sentence "The white cartridge version of Racing Car is extremely rare" in the description, and my cart is the black version. Still, I haven't seen a cart like that around, and I wonder how rare this version might be. anyone an idea about that?

 

I should add that the cart isn't exactly in good shape. I had to open it to remove quite a bit of dirt and polish away a lot of scratches, so that the dust cover moves at all. So the label (which is a bit detoriated anyway) now has a hole where the screw is.

[Rom Hunter]

Holy Grail status only counts for the white cartridge version.

 

The black cartridge version is one of the more common Home Vision titles.

 

R8 I would say.

 

[karokoenig]

Wow... R8 is still pretty rare. Who would have thought that... I'm more of a gamer than a collector, and I don't mind the game much. Would you say that I could find people here who are interested in buying that thing?

[Dino]

Wow... R8 is still pretty rare. Who would have thought that... I'm more of a gamer than a collector, and I don't mind the game much. Would you say that I could find people here who are interested in buying that thing?

 

R8 for a PAL format game doesnt get you any coin. If you look on ebay germany, you'll find one or two at least with bins of $15-$25 and they never sell

[karokoenig]

R8 for a PAL format game doesnt get you any coin. If you look on ebay germany, you'll find one or two at least with bins of $15-$25 and they never sell

 

Yeah, I saw that. Everyone who thinks he can earn serious cash on german eBay with Atari stuff is either totally new to the "business" or batshit crazy.

 

Not trying to make a buck here anyway. I got this for 2,50 Euro plus 2 Euro shipping, and it's not in mint shape to say the least. So, if there is any collector here who desperately needs that thing to complete a collection - you can have it, as long as I don't lose any money. I'd rather give it away as cheap as possible into loving hands of AA members than try to flip it on ePay.