+bfstats Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Fall of 1984, well after the crash, Kay-Bee Toys had a bin full of "discontinued" 2600 titles (what WASN'T discontinued then?!). Many of the games in the bin were grey-box Atari re-releases. BUT, there were also 6 copies of LOCHJAW at $6.99 each. I thought to myself, I have Shark Attack, why do I need Lochjaw??? Those were the days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinZ Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 -Yeah,around 1997 I saw KayBee selling Jaguars new for $30,wish I had got one(but I did get a new Sega CD for $20!) Later on,I saw Jag CD systems for about the same price there. Saw a 32x develpment kit on Ebay,went for relatively cheap.Wish I got that,but wasnt sure if it was legit- Yeah, I remember KB having some NIB Jaguars w/Cybermorph for $30. That's how I got mine. I still have the box and every paper that came with it. They also had Checkered Flag NIB for $10, the 4 controller adaptor (can't remember the name) NIB for $3, and later on they had a copy of Tempest 2000 for $10, also NIB. I got all of em. Then, a couple weeks later, the local Savers had a used, boxed AvP for the Jag for $12. It doesn't have the overlays or instructions; just the box, sleeve, and cartridge. Needless to say, I DID NOT pass that up. One thing I did pass up I regret was a boxed Lynx II at SLacker's in Fairview Heights, Il. I just got a Nomad and my mom didn't see the need for me to have a Lynx as well. It was like $20 or something like that. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted November 1, 2006 Author Share Posted November 1, 2006 (edited) Back in 85,at "TOYS-R-US",There was an entire display cabinet,almost the whole length of the store,which was at least 40-50 feet long,full of INTV,ATARI 2600,COLECOVISION,ETC,cartridges,most were half price,and i just bought ONE,yes,ONE game,'DONKEY KONG JR."for the COLECOVISION.If I had known then that there was going to be a classic video game crash,I would,or should have, went to the nearest bank machine,taken out at least a thousand dollars,and bought all the games I could fit in the shopping cart.Man I wish I could go back in time!!!!!!!! Edited November 1, 2006 by Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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