EricDeLee Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Hey... I've got a great deal today in the local fleamarket! I picked up a woody Atari system (no power cords or controllers... but it works perfectly!!!), and 4 games for $10!!!!!!!!!! The games: Space Cavern Cosmic Creeps Tutankham and... Q'bert's Qubes (Sad part is... I almost passed it up for another Frogger Three Deep) Thank god I didn't!!!!!!!!!! My first REALLY good rarity ... and a wonderful buy!!!!!!!! How much do they normally run for?! Eric DeLee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Most excellent find, I just sold a loose one for $90.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Nice! Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Most excellent find, I just sold a loose one for $90.00. Gee... I wouldn't have thought Space Cavern would be worth that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GruBBworM Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 what do ya want for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Excellent score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted May 9, 2003 Author Share Posted May 9, 2003 I'm not sure if I'm eager to get rid of it so soon. LOL I just went back to the same place and trade Final Fantasy 9 (for PSone) for the following games for the Atari 2600: Joust M.A.D. Frogger Three Deep and 4 mystery Parker brother games. I haven't tested any of the games yet... but I'm getting ready to try them all out. (holding my breath to make sure Q*bert's Qubes works!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncoman Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 thats a nice one id sure like to find one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 dp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Wouldn't it be funny if one of the mystery games turned out to be Mr. Do!'s Castle? Nice score. Even without the Qberts Qubes, that would have been a great score for $10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted May 9, 2003 Author Share Posted May 9, 2003 I got screwed!!!!! The left players difficulty switch on my woody atari is broke! (Thank god that's the only complaint I have! This will end up being a good portable project atari). I tested all of the games. First, and most important out of the bunch: Qubes works like a charm! I cleaned it really good... (debating on if I will leave the price tag on there or try to take it off) and it worked perfectly! All of the other games work as well (I didn't realize that M.A.D. was actually fun!!!). The four mystery Parker Brothers games were: 3 Froggers... and a Popeye Oh well... it was worth it. And besides... for some reason I didn't have Popeye already... so that works for me! Joust was a blast too! Never played it on Atari before but I like it! Eventually... I may end up getting rid of Qubes. The only reason... well... I never was a huge Q*Bert fan to begin with. But I just couldn't pass on that deal! For now... I'll keep it in my collection! I'm a very happy camper today!!! Eric DeLee (BTW... I was at an estate sell today... they had about 8 Commadore 64 sets there. $15 bucks apiece. Think I should get one tomorrow (*the price will be even lower then. I just don't know anything about the Commodore 64. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 (BTW... I was at an estate sell today... they had about 8 Commadore 64 sets there. $15 bucks apiece. Think I should get one tomorrow (*the price will be even lower then. I just don't know anything about the Commodore 64. ) $15 is way too much for commodore carts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted May 9, 2003 Author Share Posted May 9, 2003 Oh... and this seller is kind of strange to figure out. He has three Mario Bros. sitting on his shelf for $23.17 and a SpiderMan for the same price. Ms. Pacman runs at about $8 and Jedi Arena is at $13. And yet... I've picked up a Frogger Three Deep for $1 a few weeks ago (one of my first posts) and yet another Frogger Three Deep labeled at $2 (got that one today in the trade). Oh... and let's not forget... a Q*Bert's Qubes w/three other games... AND a working Atari for $10. You simply can't beat that! But... he's all over when it comes to prices! lol Luckily they are in my favor! I think I need to see if this guy needs a hand with running his sales on the weekends.... just to make sure I get the goodies! Everytime I go in there he seems to have at least one Rarity 5 or above available for sale. Eric DeLee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted May 9, 2003 Author Share Posted May 9, 2003 It wasn't Commodore carts... it was the actual systems. Again... Like I said... I don't know anything about those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 i got lucky and got cubes in the wild too (loose) for .50 cents or so, long ago. Mr. Do's Castle however, I had to ebay, ended up paying ~$30 for it. Great score on qubes tho. try it, it really adds a lot to the qbert gameplay, and the 2600 version is quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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