"crazedclay: SBC murderer" (crazedclay)
07/24/2014 at 18:34 • Filed to: None
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"crazedclay: SBC murderer" (crazedclay)
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what are these worth. Weren't they relatively rare? As in they were all buried in some landfill?
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
07/24/2014 at 18:37 |
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They printed a lot of cartridges (4 million if memory serves right) the buried whatever didnt sell. Not sure how many made it to consumers but I don't think they're super rare or anything.
Spaceball-Two
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
07/24/2014 at 18:37 |
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Very rare!
ly2v8-Brian
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
07/24/2014 at 18:38 |
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They were somewhat valuable, but they found the landfill recently. So I'm not sure how that changed value.
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> crazedclay: SBC murderer
07/24/2014 at 18:40 |
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They just dug all the buried ones out of the landfill, so there's a lot more around now.
ttyymmnn
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
07/24/2014 at 18:41 |
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/27/tec…
MAXIMUMVRM
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
07/24/2014 at 18:53 |
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they printed more cartridges than consoles at the time. About 250000 more I think. And the game was awful and didn't sell, hence landfill.
webmonkees
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
07/24/2014 at 18:56 |
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Know how sometimes something can be more valuable for the anecdotes?
Well, unsold E.T. and a lot of other stuff was taken to the landfill since that was the easiest way to clear the backlog. Since it's not something a company really wants to admit to, it remained a rumor for decades until recently confirmed at ridiculous cost (probably to be recouped by the TV special)
So, no.. you can collect it for a dollar all day at used junk shops, and it sucks as a game. Loose cart, that is. Any game with a good box and instructions is going to cost a bit more..
What they're going to do with the landfill ones, though, unknown. Done right we can have an affordable piece of 80's nerd intrigue. Or they'll have a warehouse full of overpriced dirty crushed Atari boxes till they decide it's cheaper to put them back.
Would I buy a "mint" one from their pile, with certificate of authenticity?
$9.95 for a loose cart, $40 for a set of 6 in a shipping box.
Past that and good luck.
jdrgoat - Ponticrack?
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
07/25/2014 at 00:20 |
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http://atariage.com/software_page.…
Its rarity is a 1 on a scale of 10. It is common, and not valuable.