Going on my first hunt for Atari stuff

[That80sGuy]

This Sat. there is a huge "garage sale" in a building at the local fair grounds. I figure theres a pretty good chance of finding some Atari stuff. The whole event is to raise money for a local charity. I'll post back on what I find.

[maibock]

Good luck! Just don't get dejected if you don't find anything. Depends where you are, but around here there's not much Atari anything lying around

 

Hopefully you'll score something nice

[jeepnut24]

Good luck.

 

 

I haven't had any in a while....

[Philflound]

Spring is near and I can smell some good deals out there. In fact, I may create a flyer and start putting it on people's cars. That is, if I get a new job with benefits where I can afford to start buying in droves again.

 

Phil

[candiru]

Let's see how my powers of prediction are.

 

In your future I see a dusty 4-switch woody with Combat and text-label Space Invaders, possibly a copy of Pitfall. Two joysticks, one of which has teeth marks on the rubber boot, the other is missing the boot entirely.

 

Hopefully you have better luck than that, but depending on how things are in your region, that might actually be the good luck. Never know where things will turn up though. It's always a pleasant surprise to find things that were well taken care of.

[Red 5]

20 - 30 tag sales every Saturday in the Spring and Summer.

1 out of 10 has some sort of video game system and games for me to buy.

 

About 1 out of 60 has Atari.

 

Never give up. It's the one that has 50 carts and a heavy sixer for $10 that makes all the rest worth it.

 

(Or a Guardian for $4 )

[SteveW]

There's virtually no Atari stuff around here anymore. Most people have cleaned out their storage rooms and attic areas since the early 1980s, so there's very little going into the public realm anymore. I seem to only find stuff from the early 1990s, like Sega Genesis consoles and games.

 

Like it's been said, don't be too down if you don't find anything in the wild. The first time I went in search of Atari stuff, I had to comb thrifts and garage sales for a couple months before I found anything classic game related (a Vectrex console for $5). But when I did, it really motivated me to pick up the pace and try harder. And to be honest, in the past year or so, i've only found a handful of Atari carts in the wild, and they were all commons with bad labels.

[yuppicide]

Don't say never though! I got my Tooth Protectors for $5 from a garage sale in the town next to where I used to live. I guess they didn't know what they had. It was in a nice cartridge holder that folded open and had a few more games.

 

I sold my Tooth Protectors on eBay for $300. The label was I'd say 8 or 9 out of 10.

[ATARIeric]

fairgrounds in SC ? i bet there will be some damn good pulled pork sandwiches and mashed sweet potato with brown sugar.

 

if you dont find any atari or other gaming stuff, enjoy the food!!!!

[That80sGuy]

Yup! Columbia South Carolina.

 

Tomorrows forcast:

Sunny and temps in the mid 60s

 

Jealous?

[maibock]

Yup!  Columbia South Carolina.

 

Tomorrows forcast:

Sunny and temps in the mid 60s    

 

Jealous?

 

Man, I have some stories to tell about the fairgrounds(we'd tailgate there during football games) good times..

 

Hey, back in college we used to go down to the river and lay out on the rocks, do people still do that? I remember we'd scramble out when the dam would let the water out and the water would quickly rise.. kind of fun in a stupid no fear way.

 

[That80sGuy]

Yeah we still have about 1 drowning a year from people swimming at the rapids.

 

Tailgating is the BEST! Who needs to sit in the stadium when you can watch the game on a portable TV and grill hamburgers

[AtariDude]

I hope that you are able to find at least a few Atari related items. I am going to a computer show this weekend and last year they wanted to have a few Atari related items (Even got a boxed Star Raiders although it was missing the comic book).

[kyle]

That80sguy i dont know about down in SC but here in NC i still find atari stuff i dont have quite often so good luck!

[That80sGuy]

Well I found some carts!!

 

Picked up: 6 for 10 bucks

 

Dodge 'Em

Street Racer

Outlaw

Homerun

Night Driver

 

AND TA DA SwordQuest: Fireworld

 

I have SwordQuest: Earthworld. Now I need to find Waterworld.

 

Did not find any systems or controlers.

[AtariDude]

Glad to hear that you managed to find some cartridges. I did not have any luck on Saturday but the computer has another day tomorrow and maybe there might be different vendors tomorrow.