+Yurkie Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I have been trying to get a complete TigerVision Collection. I am basing my list on Al's list here https://atariage.com/software_list.php?SystemID=2600&searchValue=&searchCompanyID=35&searchRegion=N&searchTvFormat=ALL&searchRarity=ALL&searchLabel=&orderByValue=Ascending&recordsPerPage=100&searchType=NORMAL&Submit=Begin+Search I currently only have 3 in hand Jawbreaker, King Kong and Miner 2049'er. I bought Marauder, Springer (hard to find the NTSC), Polaris (Green Label), Threshold on Ebay yesterday. Please feel free to post any comments about your opinions on any of these games (game play, art, cart ...ect) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 Here is something I found interesting as far as rarity goes. Why are there currently 4 listings for CIBs of Espial, but no loose carts. search : tigervision 2600 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1312&_nkw=tigervision+2600&_sacat=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 5 minutes ago, Yurkie said: Here is something I found interesting as far as rarity goes. Why are there currently 4 listings for CIBs of Espial, but no loose carts. search : tigervision 2600 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1312&_nkw=tigervision+2600&_sacat=0 That is strange, as is those two King Kong cartridges in the white cases. I thought King Kong only came in the blue case, with three or four label variations, but I thought the case was always the same. I always felt Espial was rarer than a six, but I am not a Tigervision expert. Most of my Tigervision games came from buying the all the Tigervision games and manuals (sans River Patrol) from @bfstats in one go. I think I only had King Kong and Jawbreaker before that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 30 minutes ago, jeremiahjt said: That is strange, as is those two King Kong cartridges in the white cases. I thought King Kong only came in the blue case, with three or four label variations, but I thought the case was always the same. I always felt Espial was rarer than a six, but I am not a Tigervision expert. Most of my Tigervision games came from buying the all the Tigervision games and manuals (sans River Patrol) from @bfstats in one go. I think I only had King Kong and Jawbreaker before that. So you have a complete TigerVision collection other than River Patrol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 39 minutes ago, Yurkie said: So you have a complete TigerVision collection other than River Patrol? Yes, cartridge and manual only, no boxes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 I'm thinking about going CIB 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krslam Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Watch for broken prongs (the ones that push open the 2600's dust flap) on these carts. I've had several Tigervision carts, especially the red ones, with busted prongs. Don't know if that's due to weak plastic or poor alignment, but it is an issue. Gameplay-wise, I enjoyed most of the Tigervision releases, though the Atari 800 releases are generally superior to the 2600 ones. I have them all except River Patrol, mostly just loose carts but a couple with boxes and few others with manuals.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 50 minutes ago, Yurkie said: I'm thinking about going CIB 🙄 River Patrol too? Even skipping River Patrol, that is going to be an expensive and difficult task. Are there even any copies of Miner 2049er Volume II on eBay right now? I see one loose one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 just bought this https://www.ebay.com/itm/394228303664 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I've got them all loose only minus Espial and Springer. I might have a manual for one or two of them but I don't keep nearly as good a track of the manual side of the collection as I do the games themselves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 6 minutes ago, Yurkie said: just bought this https://www.ebay.com/itm/394228303664 Are you going for all of them graded? I do not know how much you paid for this, but I hope all those price charting websites do not show this as an $850 sale. The page says best offer accepted, you would hope that those sites do not use this as a price data point of $850 for a graded copy, but they probably will. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, jeremiahjt said: Are you going for all of them graded? I do not know how much you paid for this, but I hope all those price charting websites do not show this as an $850 sale. The page says best offer accepted, you would hope that those sites do not use this as a price data point of $850 for a graded copy, but they probably will. Not going for a graded set, in bought this as a novelty. I will likely have a CIB collection minus River Patrol and this will be the Polaris in the collection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+groundtrooper Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I have a complete CIB Tigervision collection. The exception is my River Patrol box is a Repro. The cart and manual are legit. About Espial, I don't know what it is about Espial carts rarely coming up loose. My Espial CIB was built in parts. I originally had just bought a Repro box never thinking I was ever gonna find a CIB for a reasonable price. I ended up winning a Cart and Manual on eBay that it turned out was from someone that I knew. I didn't know of their eBay name at the time. Then a close collector friend upgraded his Espial CIB and offered me his box. I think he sold the cart and manual to someone else. (He is a REALLY good friend) I also got my River Patrol from him. About King Kong white shells. I believe that the white shell Kongs are PAL variations. I bid on one out of curiosity and for the novelty of the variation and while it was DOA it was inexpensive, and if I remember correctly it shipped from Saudi Arabia so it is/was likely PAL. The only thing at this point that I am still looking for in Tigervision is a loose Blue End Label Polaris. I am missing 2 or 3 plastic cart trays for my CIBs> It's definitely a tough set to complete loose and nearly impossible to complete CIB. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Tigervision titles are interesting. Seems like they run pricier than most other companies in general. I have a complete set minus River Patrol. A little over half boxed. I can’t see me ever being able to pick up a River Patrol, but who knows? I’ve been lucky with other ultra pricey items from time to time. Still looking….. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 17 hours ago, groundtrooper said: About King Kong white shells. I believe that the white shell Kongs are PAL variations. Could also be NTSC. Red King Kongs, orange Marauders and blue Jawbreakers also exist. And Tigervision proto's are brown in same cases. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 On 2/25/2023 at 9:22 AM, Yurkie said: Here is something I found interesting as far as rarity goes. Why are there currently 4 listings for CIBs of Espial, but no loose carts. search : tigervision 2600 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1312&_nkw=tigervision+2600&_sacat=0 The game is rarer loose. I think it's because somebody found a few cases of NEW ones about 20 years back and sold them to collectors for $40 each. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 On 2/25/2023 at 11:56 AM, Yurkie said: just bought this https://www.ebay.com/itm/394228303664 You Animal!! nice 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, Crazy Climber said: The game is rarer loose. exactly what I thought. Maybe I'll buy one of the CIBs on Ebay. When I get it, throw the box and manual away and list as cart only.😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 Anybody want to sell me a Miner 2049er II for a fair price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 On 2/25/2023 at 12:02 PM, -^CrossBow^- said: I've got them all loose only minus Espial and Springer. I might have a manual for one or two of them but I don't keep nearly as good a track of the manual side of the collection as I do the games themselves. Please tell me I’m not the only one keeping manuals in three ring binders. I have nearly all of the manuals for the carts in my collection. I still enjoy reading them and some of their artwork is really cool. I have Espial, Jawbreaker, King Kong, Polaris and Threshold. Espial is my only CIB, the others are lose with manuals except for KK (no manual). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 @sramirez Are you sliding the manual into a clear page, that's got the holes already in it? or oh no.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, Yurkie said: @sramirez Are you sliding the manual into a clear page, that's got the holes already in it? or oh no.... Correct. I found clear sheets of varying sizes at Office Max. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 6 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: Correct. I found clear sheets of varying sizes at Office Max. A relieve to see it done like this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, Rom Hunter said: A relieve to see it done like this. I would hope that no one is punching holes into the manuals. That never occurred to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 27 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: Correct. I found clear sheets of varying sizes at Office Max. Those are 😍Very nice. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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