CincYnoTi Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) I just put up a couple gatefold games on ebay. Two of the Atari brand games have a Sears price tag on them, that also has the same serial number as the equivalent Sears Tele-games version: 12 Street Racer - 99804 Speedway II 21 Video Olympics - 99806 Pong Sports I've always wondered what the story was behind how these games were sold at Sears. I don't have any memories of my own shopping for these at Sears, so I'm asking if anyone else can recall this. I thought Sears only sold the Tele-games versions of Atari games, especially in the early years. But the 12 Street Racer has a Sears sales receipt with it that looks like it is dated 1 20 1980. I would have thought the stock of gatefold boxes/games would have been gone for at least a year by 1980. What are your thoughts & memories of seeing Atari games at Sears? Edited February 7, 2021 by CincYnoTi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhfreak Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Yes Sears sold atari brand alongside the sears brand .... The 1st batch of games we got for the system was from sears, and I recall getting sears basketball and atari outlaw from there ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Sears sold everything...everything.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+H454 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Crazy Climber said: Sears sold everything...everything.... Somebody's Great Grand Pa: "I need a house, a tractor and a full size piano for Ma" Owner of General store: "I'll go get the Sears catalog!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Teams Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Here's the "Atari 2600 VCS" from the 1983 Sears catalog (page 596): 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 20 hours ago, Crazy Climber said: Sears sold everything...everything.... Almost - Sears never offered a "Ma" through their catalog 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Special Teams said: Here's the "Atari 2600 VCS" from the 1983 Sears catalog (page 596): The first Atari I ever saw, was my cousins Sears heavy sixer. My uncle loved Sears, so naturally the Atari was the Sears brand. This is the reason I own (in addition to an Atari brand as well) a Sears H6'r today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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