Possible Atari Buy

Shipsteam

I have someone that might sell me 3 Atari 2600 consoles (untested) and 78 games for a price of $75-$100. Any of these jump out at you as being rare?

3d tic tac toe


activision skiing


amidar


asteroids x2 1 in box


astro blast x2


barnstorming


basketball


big birds egg catch


boxing by activision


breakout


burger time


carnival by sega x2


centipede


chopper command


circus atari


combat x3


cosmic arc


crystal castles


dark cavern


defender x3


demon attack


digdug


dodge 'em


donkey kong x2


dragster


enduro


et x3


fast food


football


freeway


frogger x3


golf


gran prix


gremlins


home run


jungle hunt


kangaroo


keystone capers


kool aid man


mario bros x2


mash


missile command x2


moon patrol


mouse trap x2 1 in box


mr do


mrs. Pacman x2


othello


pacman x2


pele's soccer


pitfall 2


pitfall x2


popeye


qbert


racquet ball


reactor


river raid


sea quest


skydiver


slot racers


sorcerer's apprentice


space invaders


space jockey


spider fighter


spiderman


starmaster x2


street racer


super challenge baseball


super challenge football


swordquest earth world


swordquest fire world


tennis


tutankham


video olympics


word zapper


yar's revenge

ozzman

no but that is a good resale lot.

RASK1904

75 is ok.

dangevin

Really? I was under the impression that no Atari lot was a good resale lot. A few Xmasses ago I went through about 400 games in lots of 25 apiece and barely made $0.50 per cart on them. And I thought the VCS market had gotten worse since then...

VGS_captmorgandrinker

The only rare one in there is Gremlins, and Mario Bros. usually sells for a couple bucks.



Honestly, unless you were getting this stuff for 20 bucks, it's not gonna be worth your time.

zach18451

Well Atari can be good.

There is many games that are worth over 50.00

Some are worth close to 800.00

but none in that lot are worth more then 4.00

dr.robbie

I had an Atari and maybe 10 games or so that I ended up having to give away because no one was interested in buying it. I just avoid Atari games now.

AllYourBass

Gremlins is definintely the gem of the lot, worth a cool $20. Kool Aid Man is worth a few bucks too.

I'd jump on this in a second... But that's because I can flip Atari consoles locally for $40 each. Even if you sold the consoles for $25 each, you'd get a bunch of free games for you collection (if you collect Atari, that is.)

If you don't collect Atari games and just wanted to flip it all, I'd say it wouldn't be worth the bother.. Loose 2600 games are incredibly hard to get rid of.

Shipsteam

This lot is so tempting... The seller seems pretty locked on to the price of $75 (and even that was difficult to get to). She said the Gremlins game was worth a lot on Amazon along with Mario Bros. that was worth $10. She tested the systems and said they work.


From the pictures she sent me-

Mousetrap (Sealed)
Asteroids (CIB)

Black Atari System (4 switch)
Normal Atari System (4 switch)
Atari Jr. (No power cable, not working?)

icemanxp300

If it was a 7800 pro system Id say do it, However I feel 2600's are pretty useless and like said before $.50 per game. I wouldn't pay more than $50 and that would only be if I wanted it for myself. Last year I bought a 7800 pro w/like 110 games for $80. He originally wanted $120 or more.

I think if you wait that price she wants will lower somewhere near that $40-$50 zone at least in my area it would.

edit: depedning on whats sealed/cib maybe it's a better deal for the price.

dangevin

 

Originally posted by: zach18451

Well Atari can be good.

There is many games that are worth over 50.00

Some are worth close to 800.00

but none in that lot are worth more then 4.00

I can't express to you just how unlikely any game worth $50 is to show up in a random lot full of clearance crap like this.  Much less an R9 like your $800 price tag would fit.

It's not like NES collecting where random stupid uncommon games are worth $50, both licensed and unlicensed. The valuable rarities for the VCS were mailaways, VERY limited release unlicenseds with the circulation and distribution of homebrews, and contest cartridges.

People who try to complete a VCS set by searching in the wild for lots like this soon meet their doom, and convert to NES collectors because it's far, far easier and a hell of a lot more lucrative.

mb7241

Dan is absolutely correct. The odds of finding even a $25 game in an Atari 2600 lot are about the same odds as you would have as winning $100 on a $1 scratch-off lottery ticket. And then those few games that are worth $500+...I'm willing to bet that you would get struck by lightning *twice* (as in on two separate days) before you find any of them in the wild. I tried...oh, believe me, I tried to put together a CIB Atari 2600 set (two strikes right there, one strike due to the extreme rarity of the higher-end games and how many rare games there are for that system, and the second strike was that I wanted them CIB). I believe I got to 9 CIB (or factory-sealed) Atari 2600 games and about an additional 160-170 loose carts before it sunk into my hard head how stupidly improbable that it was for me to complete that set (and I was a broke college kid when I realized this).



On topic...I'd probably stay away from that lot at $75. Assuming they're in great shape, you might get $15-$20 from Gremlins and $8 from Kool-Aid Man, but outside of that, good luck trying to make a profit from the rest, especially if the labels show any Actiplaque or are otherwise less than decent.

HIGHTOWER26

well i would agree with you mostly. However I recently bought a box of Atari 2600 stuff and I have made out pretty well on it. I Bought the Box because it had 4 excellent condition CIB's in it and one of them stuck out to me as possibly being Rare (Crypts Of Chaos). The Box had a light Sixer unit with about 15 Games with Manuals a game Binder and Various game catalogs I have sold most of the Manuals, 3 out of 4 CIB's and Have made $83 off of a $20 investment. Not too Bad. I also found a HERO cart in MINT condition for .50 at a thrift store and sold it for $15 and the Buyer was REALLY happy with it. So you can get lucky with Atari stuff every now and then.

Shipsteam

I think I am going to pass on this lot. The seller said she got another offer and wanted to know if I could beat $75. I dont know who is offering so much but they are crazy.

AllYourBass

That's lame that she got another offer. Do you collect Atari 2600 or were you just planning on flipping the lot?

dangevin

Lol, she's probably just playing you to be honest

zach18451

I had some good luck with atari games

I have found games like crazy climber Rubiks Cube Deathtrap and so on

when you find a lot of 100 atari games there is usually one or two R7s.

I am a member of atariage. com also and you would be surprised the amount of valuable atari games that are found in the wild. My best find in 5 years was Out of Control it was in a lot with 3 pac man and 40 other common games. its always worth it to look...you never know.

Shipsteam

Originally posted by: zach18451

I had some good luck with atari games

I have found games like crazy climber Rubiks Cube Deathtrap and so on

when you find a lot of 100 atari games there is usually one or two R7s.

I am a member of atariage. com also and you would be surprised the amount of valuable atari games that are found in the wild. My best find in 5 years was Out of Control it was in a lot with 3 pac man and 40 other common games. its always worth it to look...you never know.

All the games I listed is what I will be getting.

TheFrisbee

What is out of control worth?

zach18451

around 350.00 loose...

probally over 1,000 CIB

Its made by  avalon hill...the same company that makes wall ball, death trap, london blitz and shuttle orbiter(these are the only video games they made most of there stuff is board game type items)