ltugo Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 It's funny, you know. You spend your adolescence scrimping to save your measely allowance and the spare change you make working part time at Baskin Robbins only to find your favorite Atari cart is $30 at Toys R Us. Then fifteen or twenty years later, people are practically giving it away. Not only that, but you've got an extra room in the house and all this spare time now to blow on your new hobby. Adulthood is pretty cool after all! Anyway, I've just recently gotten into collecting classic computers and videogame systems. On the computer side, I've managed to acquire an Apple /// with a Profile 5Mb hard drive, an Apple IIe, a Tandy 1000HX, a Commodore 128, a Commodore 64, a Tandy 100, a Tandy Color Computer II, a Macintosh SE (dual 800k floppy), and an odd little item called the Micro-Professor, (a book-shaped circuit board with a keyboard used to instruct computer science students in the early 80's). I thought I would just stick with classic computers until one day my wife came back from a garage sale with a mint-condition 2600 Jr. (Rev A.) in a bright red box. Six months, (and innumerable garage sales, swap meets, thrift stores, and ebay sales later), I've ammassed the following collection: Adventure Air-Sea Battle Asteroids Berserk Bowling Breakout Casino Circus Atari Combat Defender Demons to Diamonds Human Cannonball Maze Craze Missile Command Night Driver Outlaw Pac-Man Pole Position Phoenix Raiders of the Lost Ark Slot Racers Space Combat Space Invaders Super Breakout Swordquest Earthworld Video Pinball Warlords Yars' Revenge Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Frogger Popeye Qbert Tutankham Name This Game Donkey Kong Carnival Journey Escape Boxing Chopper Command Frostbite Ice Hockey Kaboom! Pitfall! Seaquest Stampede and Super Challenge Football Yeah, lots of those are dogs, but alot of them are fun too, and all of them were fun to find. Along the way I encountered this site and the community that supports it. I've just got to say, you guys rock! I'm looking forward to keeping my system running for years to come. They can have my games when they pry my Epyx 500XJ from my cold dead hands! LTugo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Cool! Now just tell me where I can find this thing you call "spare time"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candiru Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Welcome to AtariAge. I bet you'd probably like to trade that dog Frostbite for a good rare game like E.T. j/k Seriously though, if you haven't already, take a look at the Marketplace forum and you'll be sure to find some good deals on other Atari and vintage electronic items. Not only can you expand your collection, it'll help you get to know the fine folks here at AtariAge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 with the way the 500xj creates cramped clawed gripping hands, i bet someone would have to pry it out of your hands. and probably after it killed you, because 500xjs are evil EVIL I tell you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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