Atari kid Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Hi everyone my name is Austin I am 12 and from St Louis, MO. I started collection and playing a few months ago. I know Jason from Trade-N-Games and help out around the store and started playing Kaboom over a 2 years ago at his store. High score so far 8375. So far I have over 120 Atari games and a 7800 system to play them on. Jason let me pick the best labels out of the store and all are perfect. Just got a nice Deadly Duck a few nights ago. Just want to post and say Hi I see Jason on all the time and watch his post and will post from the store sometimes. By the way I play Halo all the time. My collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Welcome to AtariAge, very nice collection so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickybaby Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 That's a great start of a collection there! When I was about your age I started helping out at a local used book store in exchange for books. The lady that owns/runs the store is now a very dear friend of mine 15 years later and I still consider her store my place to hide when I want to get away from everything. Good luck and there is a ton of info here on almost if not every system as well as some very helpful and nice people. And again - Welcome to AtariAge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Pretty sweet! Welcome aboard, and guard them there carts wit yer life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Ooooo Nice collection Atari kid. 8375 is good for Kaboom!! I think I can probably only get like half that! Welcome to AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Welcome to AA, kid. :-) Since we're doing the "When I was a boy" schtick, when I was around that age (10-11 actually) I used to get up every morning before school to head across the street to a local arcade, where the owner would let me in early to turn on all the units. He'd then give me a few quarters for my trouble and I'd get in a few games of Pole Position or Robotron or whatever before he opened and I had to run to class. Gotta admit, having a whole arcade to myself for half an hour was fun. :-) Nice collection you've got going there so far. I had to work my way up to good labels when I started out collecting; my first batch of 70 or so cart were pretty grungy, being from a private sale from some guy's garage that had obviously been sitting there for the last couple of decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trade-N-Games Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 He bought alot of them with the little money he has and then on some busy days hes the perfect sales man, the parents ask what is good for a kid around 12 and whatever he says they are like cool i will get that one. SO at the end of the day i hook him up with a few games or whatever he needs. Plus he gets first dibs on labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Welcome, and that is most impressive. When I was your age, there was a little video game shop about 10 minutes away from my house. Thats where I got my Wico bat controller. When we went in there, they had a Donkey Kong Jr. arcade machine. It must have been brand new or very close to it. As I recall, it was almost 3000 bucks. Anyway, I told my Mom I would one day own an arcade machine of my own. I've had hundreds of them now Never got a DK jr. though. Way to go Atari Kid, you are WELL on your way to being a collector! This is a pretty good bunch around here. Honest and helpful. Watchful for our little dudes, too (thats the teacher in me worrying). Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Galaga Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Nice collection so far! Since everyone else is doing it... ...let's see... ...when I was 12...that would have been around the same time my parents picked up our 2600 (which I still play today)(or did we get it around 1980?)...and it was also right before the video game crash...Two of my favorite games came out (Galaga and Ms. Pac-Man)...The year?...1981... (Unlike Cassidy, I told my parents I was going to own a Galaga and it was the first arcade game that I picked up - but not until I was 30. Also unlike Cassidy, I have only owned a few arcade games - instead of a few hundred.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vb_master Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Anything really rare? Oh, if your looking for a really nice game, pick up Thrust+ Platnium from the AtariAge store. Also, if you have a NES pad handy, you can make a sweet Atari 2600 pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Welcome! Those carts look really clean! Wish I had the same luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari kid Posted March 13, 2005 Author Share Posted March 13, 2005 This is all i have so far. What do you think? O and i have Fathom and Spiderman boxed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hex65000 Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Quite impressive. Even the Activisions look good. Lets see... when I was 12; I used to . . . <[ERROr!]> . . . Oh yeah, that was jr. high. I blocked out most of those memories. I did collect a lot of Transformers and play a lot of Atari though. Out of curiosity, what is it about the classic/retro stuff that appeals to you? There are some other youngsters on here too, but I'm curious. Welcome to the forums, overall AA is pretty laid back -- it's an aspect of the culture that I do appreciate. Hex. [ " Taco! Taco! Taco! Taco! " --Gir; Invader Zim ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vb_master Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Gas Hog and Mangia, how much did those all cost you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 that is a very nice boxed collection. It is kind of strange though to see a 12 year old kid holding an xman box. that collection he is holding might be worth around $4,000. If he got those games for $1 a piece he really did good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Bah. Jason put him up to that picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trade-N-Games Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Austin raided my storage room of my collection for that picture for some fun with everyone. He is sitting on my kid vid box set That part of my collection might be worth over $6000 with the way the market is right now on very rare games. I guess i should have thought about the Xman box in the same picture as a 12 year old I would never let a young person see that game on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vb_master Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Yeah, X-Man in there is kinda strange . Burning my eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Very nice collection! I think jason put him up for that picture as well... those are very rare oddities, let alone sealed. And yes, a kid holding x-man is very strange. All he needs is Custer's Revenge and he'll be complete! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Welcome to AA That's a great collection you have there and having a connection for more games is pretty sweet too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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