keilbaca Posted November 6, 2004 Share Posted November 6, 2004 Hello all, I just found out that My next base is in Texas, I'll be arriving there end of April. Any good thrift stores for atari games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted November 6, 2004 Author Share Posted November 6, 2004 I just looked on the map on where I will be going, I'm going to be close to Dallas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flack Posted November 6, 2004 Share Posted November 6, 2004 Dallas probably has dozens of thrift stores, maybe hundreds if you consider all the suburbs surrounding it. I'll bet you'll have no problem in finding a few Atari games in central Texas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted November 6, 2004 Share Posted November 6, 2004 There's some decent thrift stores in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Although i'm not exactly happy about someone else moving in on my thrifting turf.......... The problem is, there are virtually no Atari 2600 games to be found around here. I've only been seriously thrifting in the past year or so, and i've only found a handful of commons. There's obviously a lot of competition in this area, so nothing good will sit on a shelf forever. I've found loads of joysticks, but that's about it for the 2600. I have found a few 5200 games and systems, and Sega Genesis sports games that are practically like a plague on most thrift shops. But I have gotten lucky a few times. I found a Lynx not too long ago, a couple of Sega Game Gears and loads of games for it, and even a Vectrex and an Atari Video Music. But a few stores are good, and most suck. I tend to not bother with Goodwill or Salvation Army too much, I think they just eBay most of their decent finds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted November 6, 2004 Author Share Posted November 6, 2004 Well I just looked it up online again because i was bored, turns out that there is a city called randolph, but its not the afb. I'm gonna be close to San Antonio. Meh, oh well, anything there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herr professor Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 http://www.austincomputerworks.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Egg Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 good thing you aint coming to Houston . thrifting here sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 Yes. Oh no, no the San Antonio area! That's mine, all mine! It's all mine, preciousssss! FWIW, the DFW area is well known for being over-fished. I've heard of one guy from DFW who would just start driving along a highway out of town and hit thrift stores in various small towns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexreed Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 Austin computer works is off limits! I got dibs!. Actually they recently stopped selling their old machines (Atari 2600, 8-bit, Commodore) as they are going to be moving. You can still see the pile of donations crammed in a large storage bin behind the counter- but they would not sell anything to me. they said it might go back for sale after they move. When will that be? well they claim as early as January, but this was in August when they told me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 So a guy who's found a Lynx, Vectrex, AND an Atari Video Music wants thrifting tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted November 10, 2004 Author Share Posted November 10, 2004 So a guy who's found a Lynx, Vectrex, AND an Atari Video Music wants thrifting tips? I didn't find a video music... not yet anyways =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Nope, that was me who found the Veccy, Lynx, and AVM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrenchien Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 don't even think of yourself coming near the rio grande valley.. that's where i'm living, searching , and trying to be among the finders of classic stuff. .. you may want to try el paso though, i'm not scheduled to be near by for a long time , near that city.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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