Now you can't beat the ol' Atari. It's simply the best.
In July 2001, I bought a bunch of atari games off ebay. It took me 3 auctions to collect over 100 different games. List below are the 108 different games in my collection. Yeah, i've got a bunch of duplicates too, so those are going to friends and family.
I did some research on 3 month's worth of ebay auctions from Feb to April 2001. I looked at the auctions that had 50+ games. Typically, the games sold anywhere from $1.10/game to $2.00/game. So I adopted the strategy of not paying more than $1.50/game. It worked as I only payed about $1.00/game!
The chart below shows the quantity of games I own, and the rarity on a scale of 1-10 (10 being most rare, 1 being very common). This excellent rarity guide can be found at Atari Age. Also listed is my high scores for each game. As you can see, I have barely even begun to start playing all these games!
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Quantity & Name |
Rarity |
My High Score |
| 2 |
3-D Tic Tac Toe |
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Adventures of Tron |
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Amistad |
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Armor Ambush |
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| 3 |
Asteroids |
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| 2 |
Astroblast |
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2560 |
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Atlantis |
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Baseball |
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Basketball |
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| 2 |
Berzerk |
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3950 |
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Bowling |
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165 |
| 2 |
Boxing |
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Breakout |
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Burgertime |
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California Games |
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| 2 |
Carnival |
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Centipede |
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Championship Soccer |
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Choplifter |
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| 2 |
Circus Atari |
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| 6 |
Combat |
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Cosmic Ark |
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Dark Cavern |
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| 5 |
Defender |
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Demon Attack |
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Desert Falcon |
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Dig Dug |
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Donkey Kong |
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| 2 |
E.T. |
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Enduro |
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F-18 Hornet |
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Food Fight |
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| 4 |
Football |
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Freeway |
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| 2 |
Frogger |
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| 2 |
Golf |
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Grand Prix |
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| 2 |
Gunslinger |
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H.E.R.O |
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Haunted House |
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| 2 |
Home Run |
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| 2 |
Indy 500 |
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Infiltrate |
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Journey Escape |
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| 2 |
Kaboom |
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908 |
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Kangaroo |
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Karateka |
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Keystone Kapers |
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Krull |
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Laser Blast |
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| 2 |
Lock "N" Chase |
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London Blitz |
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Masters of the Universe
The Power of He-Man |
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Math Gran Prix |
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Maze |
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Megamania |
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| 5 |
Missile Command |
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Montezuma’s Revenge |
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Moon Patrol |
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Ms. Pac Man |
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| 3 |
Night Driver |
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No Escape |
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Odyssey |
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Outlaw |
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Pac Man |
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Pele’s Soccer |
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Pitfall |
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Pole Position |
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Pole Position II |
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Pong Sports |
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Q-Bert |
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Racquetball |
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Raiders of the Lost Ark |
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| 2 |
River Raid |
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Robot Tank |
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Sky Jinks |
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Slot Racers |
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Solar Fox |
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Space Attack |
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| 6 |
Space Invaders |
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Space Shuttle |
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Space War |
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Spider Fighter |
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Stampede |
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Star Master |
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| 4 |
Star Raiders |
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Star Voyager |
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Street Racer |
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| 2 |
Summer Games |
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| 3 |
Super Breakout |
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Surround |
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| 2? |
SwordQuest-Earthworld |
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SwordQuest-Fireworld |
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| 2 |
Target Fun |
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Tennis |
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The Empire Stikes Back |
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| 2 |
Towering Inferno |
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Trick Shot |
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Unknown, label off |
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| 3 |
Vanguard |
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Video Checkers |
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| 2 |
Video Chess |
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| 2 |
Video Olympics |
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Video Pinball |
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| 2 |
Volleyball |
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Word Zapper |
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Xevious |
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| 2 |
Yar's Revenge |
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My Atari 7800.
I went with the 7800, because it can play both 2600 and 7800 games. I wasn't sure what type of games I was getting in these auctions, so I wanted to play it safe and get this system.
I played with a 2600 when I was a kid (I was 7 years old in 1982). And the 2600 system just looks better than the 7800. The 7800 just kinda looks cheap.
But at least I got 6 joysticks in this auction. In the bottom of the picture, you can see the 7800 controllers. They are excellent controllers except for when you are playing a game with alot of horizontal movement (like Missle Command). They are just too dang hard to hold on with all that horizontal movement. |
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