yobuckz Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Hi, I just played the strangest game of my life called eli's ladder. It was one of the worst video games I've ever played. Anyways, I have never heard of it does anybody know about this game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe1 Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 try here http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html...wareLabelID=161 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x6d696168 Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Hi, I just played the strangest game of my life called eli's ladder. It was one of the worst video games I've ever played. Anyways, I have never heard of it does anybody know about this game? Ya, that game sucks.. But before you throw it away, let me give you $2 for it. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 yeah, I bet you anything you don't have the cartrige. If you do and you don't know how rare it is you should sell it to ME for $3!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Where did you play it? On an emulator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Where did you play it? On an emulator? My first thought was that he unearthed an entire case of Eli's Ladder carts and was just trying one out. That's how these stories usually start off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yobuckz Posted October 20, 2003 Author Share Posted October 20, 2003 I met a guy who collects and he said it was his most prized game but I thought he was joking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 It's no joke. The game might be craptacular, but because it was only sold in Christian bookstores, it's among the rarest of rarities ever made for the Atari 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
san-d-2000 Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 it was only sold in Christian bookstores I thought that was Music Machine. -Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
san-d-2000 Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Never mind I just checked you are right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 If your friend has Eli's Ladder then he must either be a very serious collector or very lucky collector. An AA member recently spent over $1000 on an imperfect one. That is how much it is worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Just out of interest - does anyone know if it ever came in a box? - as I have never seen one before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 No box. Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Never mind I just checked you are right It was Music Machine that was only sold in Christian Bookstores. I bought Eli's Ladder new and I certainly didn't get it in a Christian Bookstore (I think I either got it frlom Hollywood Take-Out or direct from Simage). Anyway, Eli's Ladder is a counting game for children; it has nothing to do with anything about religion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 It was Music Machine that was only sold in Christian Bookstores. I bought Eli's Ladder new and I certainly didn't get it in a Christian Bookstore (I think I either got it frlom Hollywood Take-Out or direct from Simage). Anyway, Eli's Ladder is a counting game for children; it has nothing to do with anything about religion. You might be right, I think everyone assumed since Eli's Ladder sounds like the biblical story of Jacob's ladder that it had to be a Christian game like Music Machine, but the manual doesn't really push the Christian story at all. Maybe this page needs to be updated? http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html...wareLabelID=161 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 You might be right, I think everyone assumed since Eli's Ladder sounds like the biblical story of Jacob's ladder that it had to be a Christian game like Music Machine, but the manual doesn't really push the Christian story at all. Maybe this page needs to be updated?http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=161 Yes. The description is definitely wrong. In this game, Eli is a creature from another planet and his ladder leads to the entrance of his spaceship! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Waitaminute! You're really saying GOD is from another planet, and we have to find this alien to get to the spaceship?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Waitaminute! You're really saying GOD is from another planet, and we have to find this alien to get to the spaceship?! Eli doesn't have to be found. The math problems have to be solved to climb the ladder and enter the ship. The game also came with a wall chart and stickers so kids could display their progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 My, oh my, why on God's green earth would anyone dish out $1K for a children's counting game. This brings to mind a certain saying that might be appropriate: "Hi, my name is ____, and I am an addict." ....then again maybe I'd do that too if I had bags of money just laying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 I think the answer to why this was only sold in religious bookstores, even if it's not overly religious (who says Music Machine is either for that matter, it doesn't look it in emulation) is simple: It's such a fat piece of #%#! educational piece of #%@! craptacular-assed game that only a schmuck with an old Atari 2600 who only buys stuff FROM religious bookstores would buy this for their kid/nephew/cousin/grandson/etc thinking it would be "good" at all. If this was sold at conventional retail, nobody would ever buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 I think the answer to why this was only sold in religious bookstores, even if it's not overly religious (who says Music Machine is either for that matter, it doesn't look it in emulation) is simple: It's such a fat piece of #%#! educational piece of #%@! craptacular-assed game that only a schmuck with an old Atari 2600 who only buys stuff FROM religious bookstores would buy this for their kid/nephew/cousin/grandson/etc thinking it would be "good" at all. If this was sold at conventional retail, nobody would ever buy it. That's not entirely true. Basic Math and Math Gran Prix obviously sold in large numbers and they are just as simplistically craptacular as Eli's Ladder. Simage may have been an educational warehouse and may have tried to push this game in the educator's supplies market which would explain it's rarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 That's not entirely true. Basic Math and Math Gran Prix obviously sold in large numbers and they are just as simplistically craptacular as Eli's Ladder. Simage may have been an educational warehouse and may have tried to push this game in the educator's supplies market which would explain it's rarity. I can't fault the logic. It's not like one can envision any school stocking up on hoards of Atari VCS and cheap color TV's for kids to play Eli's Ladder and Math Gran Prix (especially if they're try to sneak in REAL games from home to play instead). Those schools were much more likely to buy Apple II's and green monochrome monitors instead. So if this was sold to educators, it would be just as rare as in religious bookstores. I just never questioned the description in the AA database nor did I have reason to before now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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