Diary of Finds

This is a log of all the crap I find and bring home. Good, bad, cool, crappy, functional, broken, . . . everything. It doesn't include junk I only saw and didn't buy.

What counts as a find? In the most general terms, something you can go pick up any time you want, or that you can have by just throwing enough money at the owner cannot be counted as a find. True finds occur when fate or luck intervenes to put you in the same place at the same time as an item. If there's a chance you could miss out to the next joker, it's probably a find.

• A find must be second-hand goods.
• Something bought at a regular retail store is not a find.
• Something recieved in a trade or purchased in an auction is not a find.
• Merely seeing something is not a find; it must be indisputably in your possession first.
• Items bought from thrift stores, flea markets, and garage sales always count as finds. Almost always, anyway.
• Anything acquired through dumpster-diving or any other scavenging or salvage operation is a find.
• Something donated by a friend or relative is not a find, though something donated by a total stranger or mere casual acquaintance is a find.

System Abbreviations

Sun 04/04/04

Hardware

Genesis console and controllers, Knox Video RS8x8 routing switcher

New carts

GEN Toejam & Earl

Better labels

PSX Intelligent Qube

Boy, it's been a long time since I've been out hunting. Finding a nice, complete copy of Intelligent Qube was pretty nice, but the video switcher is the real prize.

Before I even knew what it was, the rack-mount apparatus had me mesmerized with its 64 LEDs, 16 buttons, 32 RCA jacks and 16 BNC jacks. It certainly seemed worth the two bucks the seller was asking. Figuring out that its purpose is to route any of eight A/V inputs to any of eight outputs, and that it can be computer-controlled via serial cable made the purchase a no-brainer. It works great except for two LEDs in the lower right corner whose heads were scraped off.

Fri 03/02/01

New carts

SMS Shanghai, Spy vs. Spy, Wonder Boy

Better labels

Picnic

Sat 01/06/01

New carts

Tank Brigade

Sun 06/11/00

Hardware

VIN Plus Encoder from Jovian Logic (converts VGA/RGB to NTSC). Covox Voice Master System II.

New carts

SAT Bug, Daytona Championship Circuit Edition, Robotica, Sega Rally Championship

Sun 05/14/00

Hardware

GEN Mortal Kombat Kontrol Pad with three carts, two Nintendo-brand SNES pads.

More complete carts

NES Excitebike, Metal Storm, Xenophobe (all complete)

Sun 05/07/00

Hardware

Atari Video Pinball (boxed)

Thu 05/04/00

New carts

3DO Cowboy Casino, ESPN Golf--Lower Your Score with Tom Kite, Mad Dog McCree, Sid Meier's CPU Bach, Slopestyle, Station Invasion, Supreme Warrior, Twisted

Dupes

3DO Blade Force, Shock Wave

Sun 03/26/00

Hardware

Boxed ColecoVision

More complete carts

NES Robowarrior, Terminator 2 Computer Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Atari 8-bit)

Sat 01/09/00

Hardware

NES BDL Enterprises Turbo Blaster. Like they took the rapid fire goodies from inside an Advantage stick. Neat.

New carts

NES Clu Clu Land, Dirty Harry, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Duck Hunt, Dynowarz, Fist of the North Star, Ghost Lion, Ghoul School, Goal!, Golf, Hook, Hoops, Hydlide, Magic Darts, Major League Baseball, NES Open Tournament Golf, NES Play Action Football, Nintendo World Cup, Orb-3D, Othello, Rad Racer, Rescue: The Embassy Mission, Rollergames, Shingen the Ruler, Short Order/Eggsplode, Solstice, Starship Hector, Super Glove Ball, Super Mario Bros., Super Team Games, Tag Team Wrestling, Top Gun: The Second Mission, Track & Field II, Volleyball, Wall Street Kid, WCW World Championship Wrestling, Wheel of Fortune: Jr., Wizards & Warriors, World Class Track Meet SMS Alf, Blade Eagle 3-D, Zaxxon 3-D SNES Chrono Trigger

Notes

Mostly funco. Not the SMS or the Chrono Trigger. Me, buy Chrono Trigger at Funcoland prices? Sheeya.

Sat 01/08/00

New carts

NES Air Fortress, Alpha Mission, Archon, Back to the Future, Battle Chess, Bigfoot, Break Time, Bucky O'Hare, Cabal, Casino Kid II, Castle of Dragon, Defender of the Crown, Demon Sword, Dino Riki, Dr. Chaos, Flight of the Intruder, Hudson Hawk, Hunt for Red October, Iron Tank, Journey to Silius, Karate Kid, Mafat Conspiracy, Mendel Palace, Mission, Monster Party, Powerblade, Race America, Section Z, Shadow of the Ninja, Shatterhand, Silver Surfer, Terminator 2, Thundercade, Toxic Crusaders, Twin Eagle, Whomp 'Em, Win Lose or Draw

Notes

Funco again.

Notes

The Break Thru cart had Athena inside. Dammit.

Tue 01/04/00

New carts

NES 10 Yard Fight, Airwolf, All Pro Basketball, Arch Rivals, Athletic World, Bad Street Brawler, Bases Loaded, Bases Loaded II: Second Season, Bases Loaded III, Batman Returns, Batman: Return of the Joker, Break Thru!, Castlequest, Championship Bowling, Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers, Clash at Demonhead, Cobra Command, Conquest of the Crystal Palace, Friday The 13th, Ghostbusters II, Golgo 13, Gremlins 2, Home Alone 2, Ice Climber, Ice Hockey, Joe & Mac, Karnov, Krusty's Funhouse, Legendary Wings, Little League Baseball, Metal Mech, Pictionary, Prince of Persia, Punisher, RoboCop 3, S.C.A.T., Seicross, Snake's Revenge, Tiger Heli, Uncharted Waters, Untouchables, Wario's Woods, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Xexyz

Manuals

NES Abadox, Barbie, Batman: Return of the Joker, Bubble Bobble, Championship Bowling, Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers, Code Name: Viper, Dick Tracy, Duck Tales, Flintstones, Heavy Barrel, Kickle Cubicle, Monster Party, Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$, Rescue: The Embassy Mission, Rollergames, Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six, Tom & Jerry, Wayne Gretzky Hockey, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, World Games

Dupes

NES RoboCop

Notes

Yup. Another Funcoland run.

Sun 01/02/00

Hardware

Boxed 7800 (no sticks), 3 NES controller extension cables

New carts

NES RBI Baseball 3, Ultimate League Soccer PSX Star Ocean The Second Story

Mon 11/29/99

New carts

SMS R.C. Grand Prix, World Grand PrixSNES Street Fighter II Turbo (Super Famicom cart)

Wed 11/10/99

New carts

NES Balloon Fight, High Speed, Rollerball

Tue 11/10/99

New carts

NES Vegas Dream (complete) SMS Cloud Master (complete)

More complete carts

5200 James Bond 007 (with box) INTV Bomb Squad, Space Hawk, Space Spartans (all shrinkwrapped)

Sun 10/31/99

New carts

7800 Mario Bros. LYNX Klax SAT Mechwarrior 2, Sonic Jam PC Zork Trilogy (complete)

Dupes

GEN Ms. Pac-Man

Misc

Lynx carrying pouch

Tue 10/19/99

Hardware

Two Saturn pads

Sun 10/03/99

Hardware

7800 setup

Dupes

Asteroids, Brain Games, Combat, Defender, Dodge 'Em, E.T., Laser Blast, Maze Craze, Missile Command, RealSports Football, Space Invaders, Super Breakout, Swordquest Fireworld, Video Pinball, Yars' Revenge (2) 7800 Asteroids, Centipede, Dig Dug, Food Fight, Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position II

Manuals

Asteroids, Defender, E.T., Laser Blast, Missile Command, RealSports Football, Super Breakout, Swordquest Fireworld, Yars' Revenge 7800 Asteroids, Centipede, Dig Dug, Food Fight, Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position II

Notes

The 7800 is one of the very early ones that plays the cranky Activision carts and the Supercharger.

Sun 09/26/99

New carts

NES 1943, Guerrilla War, Kung Fu Heroes, Tetris (Tengen), Werewolf: The Last WarriorTG16 Cosmic Fantasy 2, Psychosis

Wed 09/22/99

New carts

NES Adventure Island

Sun 09/19/99

Hardware

Intellivision 2, SNES 5-player tap (Hudson)

New carts

INTV Bump 'n' Jump, Checkers, Happy Trails, Las Vegas Roulette, Mind Strike, Popeye, ReversiNES Mickey Mousecapades, Peter Pan & the Pirates

Manuals

INTV Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Armor Battle, Astrosmash, Atlantis, Auto Racing, Beauty & the Beast, Bowling (Sears), Boxing (Sears), Bump 'n' Jump, BurgerTime, Carnival, Checkers, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, Electric Company Math Fun, Frogger, Happy Trails, Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (Mattel and Sears), Las Vegas Roulette (Sears), Lock 'n' Chase, Loco-Motion, Major League Baseball (2), Microsurgeon, Mission X, Mouse Trap, NFL Football, NHL Hockey, Night Stalker, PBA Bowling, PGA Golf, Pitfall!, Popeye, Q*bert, Reversi, Sea Battle, Sharp Shot, Snafu, Space Armada, Space Battle, Space Hawk (Sears), Star Strike, Sub Hunt (Sears), Tennis (Sears), Triple Action, TRON Deadly Discs, TRON Maze-A-Tron, U.S. Ski Team Skiing, Utopia, Vectron, Venture

Overlays

INTV Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (4), Armor Battle, Astrosmash, Atlantis (2), Auto Racing (2), Beauty & the Beast (2), Boxing (4), Bump 'n' Jump (2), BurgerTime (2), Checkers (2), Demon Attack (2), Electric Company Math Fun (2), Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (4), Las Vegas Roulette (2), Lock 'n' Chase (2), Loco-Motion (2), Major League Baseball (4), Microsurgeon (2), Mind Strike (2), Mission X (2), Mouse Trap (2), NBA Basketball (2), NFL Football (3), NHL Hockey (2), Night Stalker (2), PBA Bowling (2), PGA Golf (3), Pitfall! (2), Reversi (2), Sea Battle (2), Sharp Shot (2), Snafu (2), Space Armada (4), Space Battle, Space Hawk (2), Star Strike (3), Sub Hunt (2), Tennis (2), Triple Action (4), TRON Deadly Discs (2), TRON Maze-A-Tron (2), U.S. Ski Team Skiing (2), Utopia (2), Vectron (2)

Dupes

NES Ms. Pac-Man. Pac-Man

Sun 08/08/99

New carts

SMS Global Defense (complete)SCD Heimdall (complete, with guide), Vay (no manual)

Sun 08/22/99

New carts

NES Felix the Cat, Last Ninja, Mad Max, Ninja Crusaders, Pipe Dream, Rockin' KatsPC Half-Life (complete)

Sun 07/25/99

New carts

NESPac-Man (Namco), Super C

Sun 07/18/99

Hardware

5200 Wico joystick + Y-adapter, 5200 power supply, Genesis power supply

Sat 07/10/99 - Sun 07/11/99

Hardware

Atari Lynx II and carrying case

New carts

NES Gun Nac, Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular PSX Wild Arms SAT Ghen War, Mr. Bones SMS Enduro Racer, Psyco Fox LYNX Ninja Gaiden, S.T.U.N. Runner

Dupes

SMS Rastan

Sat 06/26/99 - Sun 06/27/99

New carts

Montezuma's Revenge, Star Strike, Tapper INTV World Championship Baseball, Worm Whomper NES Fire 'N Ice SMS (all complete) Action Fighter, Aztec Adventure, Miracle Warriors, Montezuma's Revenge, The Ninja, Phantasy Star, Wanted, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Zillion

Better carts

Fast Eddie, Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes

Dupes

SMS R-Type

Sat 06/19/99

Hardware

4-switch 2600

New carts

3DO Alone in the Dark, Battle Chess, Flashback: The Quest for Identity, The Horde, Lost Eden (complete) NES Destiny of an Emperor, Legacy of the Wizard

Better labels

Pressure Cooker

Dupes

Berzerk, Centipede, Crackpots, Freeway, Frogger, Kaboom, Pitfall!, Pressure Cooker, Space Invaders, Warlords

Sun 05/29/99

New carts

NES Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing, Bad Dudes, Blaster Master, Cobra Triangle, Dick Tracy, Dragon Spirit, Flying Warriors, Gotcha, Guardian Legend, Kabuki-Quantum Fighter, M.C. Kids, Muppet Adventure, NARC, Nightshade, Remote Control, Robowarrior, Star Force, Taboo, Wolverine, Yo! Noid

Sun 05/23/99

Hardware

Top-loader NES with PS, RF, and controller, Boxed blackface 2600

New carts

NES Castlevania II, Conan, G.I. Joe, Goonies II SNES Illusion of Gaia (complete)

Better labels

Kool-Aid Man

Dupes

Combat, Congo Bongo, Demons to Diamonds, Entombed, Frogger, Haunted House, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man, Pac-Man (2), Pitfall!, Space Invaders, Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Matchups, Vanguard, Video Pinball, Warlords (Sears)

Mon 05/17/99

Hardware

More complete Saturn

New carts

SAT Die Hard Arcade, Golden Axe: The Duel, Nights, Panzer Dragoon

Notes

I had picked up a $30 Saturn from K-Mart, and wanted to return Saturday's unit to the pawn shop. The broad at the pawn had dug up another, this time with a controller and the power cord. She swapped it with me, and I picked up a few titles from the stash that came in with the deck. It turns out that the one from K-Mart was busted, so I returned that one and got my money back.

So in the span of three days, I'd been in possession of three different Saturns, where I had not a single one before. Two went back where they came from. Now I have exactly one, and one is plenty.

Sat 05/15/99

Hardware

Bare Saturn

New carts

GEN Phantasy Star IV (complete) TG16 Bloody Wolf

Dupes

TG16 Splatterhouse

Etc

Ultima Exodus Hint Book

Notes

Yes, the kid's gone nuts and brought home a bare Saturn. Why the hell did I wait so long? I've got a damn lot of catching up to do.

Sun 05/10/99

Hardware

TG16 setup, two 5200 switchboxes, Channel F System II controller

New carts

3DO The Incredible Machine, Syndicate NES Metal Gear, Jeopardy! 25th Silver Anniversary Edition, Street Fighter 2010 TG16 Air Zonk

Dupes

Mountain King, Gyruss, Canyon Bomber (four shrinkwrapped copies)

Mon 04/26/99

New carts

NES Astyanax, Athena, Karate Champ, Lone Ranger, Ninja Gaiden II, Predator, RoboCop, Rush 'n Attack, Sky Shark, Smash T.V., Snake Rattle 'n Roll, Top Gun, Wizards & Warriors II

Notes

Another Funco run. This time traded in my dupe of Dragon Warrior 3. Wotta racket.

Sun 04/25/99

New carts

3DO Space Ace (complete) GB Pocket Bomberman (complete) NES Dragon's Lair (complete), Death Race, Fester's Quest, Gyromite, Infiltrator, Kings of the Beach, Platoon, Rad Gravity, Raid on Bungeling Bay, Rock 'n Ball, Rocket Ranger, Silent Service, Star Voyager SNES Top Gear 3000, Ms. Pac-Man

Dupes

INTV Sewer Sam

Notes

Except for the Dragon's Lair, the NES stuff came from another Funcoland trip.

Tue 04/20/99

New carts

NES 3-D Worldrunner, Abadox, Anticipation, Captain Skyhawk, Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum, Destination Earth Star, Freedom Force, George Foreman's KO Boxing, Heavy Shreddin', Incredible Crash Dummies, Jack Nicklaus' Major Championship Golf, John Elway's Quarterback, Magic Johnson's Fast Break, Magmax, Operation Wolf, Racket Attack, Renegade, Solar Jetman, Star Soldier, Stinger, Target: Renegade, Tecmo Baseball, Town & Country Surf Designs, Ultimate Basketball, Urban Champion, Zanac

Variants

NES Impossible Mission II (Epyx)

Weirdo carts

NES Ninja Gaiden III (demo cart)

Dupes

NES Ultimate Stuntman, Quattro Sports

Notes

Kinda went nuts at Funcoland, snatching up cheapo carts. The Ninja Gaiden III demo cart was pricey ($13), but too good to leave behind. Pics pending.

Sun 04/18/99

Hardware

Commodore 2002 monitor, external floppy drive for some unknown system (probably PC), extra PSX A/V cable.

New carts

8BIT K-razy Shoot-Out C64 Frog Master, Jungle Hunt, Le Mans, Retro Ball INTV ABPA Backgammon, Beamrider, Ice Trek, Zaxxon PSX Sentient SMS Quartet

Overlays

INTV ABPA Backgammon (2), Sharp Shot (2)

Dupes

C64 Centipede

Sat 04/17/99

Hardware

Odyssey (with 5/6 carts and many pieces)

New carts

NES Jeopardy!, Jeopardy! Jr. Edition, Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition, Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle GEN Ms. Pac-Man

Dupes

NES Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition

Notes

Damn, I'm stupid. Picked up a dupe of a cart I had just found an hour earlier.

Sat 03/20/99

New carts

3DO Guardian War, Gridders, Shock Wave, Soccer Kid NES Puss 'N Boots, Circus Caper

Sat 03/13/99

New carts

5200 Realsports Soccer NES Burai Fighter, Deadly Towers, Hollywood Squares, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Palamedes, Phantom Fighter, Ski or Die C64 Turbo Load and Save

More complete carts

INTV Atlantis (complete), Frogger (complete), Q*bert (complete), Truckin' (complete except for one overlay)

Dupes

Asteroids, Defender, Missile Command 5200 Centipede, Defender, Dig Dug, Football, Galaxian, Joust, Kaboom!, Moon Patrol, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man (2), Pole Position, Q*bert, Realsports Tennis INTV Dragonfire (complete)

Notes

Didn't realize I didn't have a 5200 RS Soccer before now.

Sat 02/27/99

Hardware

Intellivision ECS

New carts

GEN Bible Adventures NES Lunar Pool (complete) TG16 Dungeon Explorer

notes

Another ECS. Same place and price as one last month. Weird.

Sat 02/13/99

New carts

NES Desert Commander, Image Fight, Krion Conquest, Star Trek 25th Anniversary (complete) SNES Captain Novolin (complete)

Sat 02/06/99

Hardware

Commodore 1702 monitor

New carts

INTV Slam Dunk Super Pro Basketball

Tue 02/02/99

New carts

NES Gauntlet (complete)

More complete carts

C64 Fast Load (complete) NES Donkey Kong Classics (complete)

Sat 01/23/99

Hardware

Intellivision ECS

New carts

Soccer (Sears) CV Nova Blast SMS Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars GEN Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (boxed), Eternal Champions (boxed), Mortal Kombat II (complete), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Dupes

Beany Bopper, Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris Superkicks INTV Astrosmash, Auto Racing, B-17 Bomber, Bomb Squad, Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack, Major League Baseball, Sea Battle

Sun 12/06/98

New carts

Spy Hunter SMS Alex Kidd in Miracle World (complete), Monopoly, Parlour Games

Better labels

5200 Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

More complete carts

Maze Hunter 3-D (complete)

Dupes

5200 Centipede, Congo Bongo, Dig Dug, Frogger, Kangaroo, Mario Bros., Moon Patrol, Pac-Man, Popeye, Q*bert

Sat 12/05/98

Hardware

Complete 2600A setup

New carts

Rubik's Cube, Mr. Do! NES Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach (complete), Chessmaster, Code Name: Viper, Strider (complete), To The Earth (complete), Zelda II: The Adventures of Link (complete)

Better labels

Dolphin, Galaxian, Journey Escape, Atlantis, Solar Storm, Pac-Man (Sears) O2 K.C.'s Krazy Chase!

Dupes

Asteroids, Asteroids (Sears), Atlantis (2), Berzerk, Berzerk (Sears), Bowling (Sears), Breakout (2), Combat, Cosmic Ark, Defender (2), Demon Attack, Demons to Diamonds, Dig Dug, Dodge 'Em, Donkey Kong, Galaxian, Joust, Jungle Hunt, Kaboom!, Megamania, Miniature Golf, Missile Command (3), Night Driver (3), Pac-Man, Phoenix (2), Q*bert, RealSports Baseball, Riddle of the Sphinx, Seaquest, Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle, Space Invaders (2), Spitfire Attack, Star Raiders, Super Breakout (2), Swordquest Fireworld, Vanguard (3), Warlords, Yars' Revenge

Notes

Jeez. Not a bad day after taking a two-month break from hunting. I'm totally amazed that someone didn't beat me to the 2600 stuff. I strolled into the store, wandered over to the TV area, and there was a bigass bag with sixty one carts, all neatly stacked with the titles visible. I wasn't keen on the idea of shucking out the skins for it just to get a Mr. Do. Then I noticed the Rubik's Cube. Gimme gimme gimme.

Sun 09/27/98

New carts

NES Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle and Friends, Batman, Lemmings, Rambo, Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland

Label Variants

Super Challenge Baseball (Intellivision Inc.), Space Invaders (Sears picture)

Dupes

Armor Ambush, Berzerk, Big Bird's Egg Catch, Carnival, Demons to Diamonds, Dragster, Journey Escape, Kaboom, Seaquest, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Stampede, Street Racer, Vanguard

Sun 09/20/98

New carts

Earth Dies Screaming 3DO Alone in the Dark 2 GEN Phantasy Star II (boxed, with hint book) NES Bad News Baseball (boxed), Cybernoid (boxed), Spelunker (with manual)

Better labels

NES Mario Bros., Venice Beach Volleyball (with manual)

Dupes

NES Micro Machines

Sun 09/13/98

Hardware

4-port 5200 (boxed, complete, four sticks), blackface 2600, assortment of 2600, 5200, and 7800 controllers

Accessories

RGA Video Game Brain, Atari 2600 carrying case, two 12-foot 5200 joystick extension cables

Manuals

5200 Atari 5200 Owner's Manual, Centipede, Missile Command, Pac-Man, Pole Position, Realsports Football (plus playbooks), Super Breakout

Overlays

5200 Centipede (unpunched), Frogger (2), Super Breakout (unpunched), Realsports Football (1), Pac-Man (4)

New carts

Math NES Chiller SMS Black Belt, Casino Games, Kung Fu Kid, Maze Hunter 3-D, Missile Defense 3-D, Penguin Land, Zillion II: The Tri-Formation

Better labels

Alpha Beam with Ernie, Cookie Monster Munch 5200 Frogger, Football, Q*bert

Dupes

Centipede, Pac-Man 5200 Centipede (2), Missile Command, Pac-Man (2), Pole Position, Super Breakout (staying with the boxed system), Popeye,

Notes

Nothing devastatingly desirable, but a nice haul.

Sun 08/30/98

New carts

NES RoadBlasters (boxed), Shockwave (boxed)

Sun 08/23/98

New carts

CV Roc 'n Rope, Space Panic

Better labels

CV Cosmic Avenger, Mouse Trap

Dupes

CV Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, Donkey Kong Junior, Frantic Freddie, Lady Bug, Looping, Mr. Do!, Mr. Do!'s Castle, Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle, Space Fury

Manuals

CV Burgertime, Cosmic Avenger, Donkey Kong, Frenzy, Gorf, Ken Uston Blackjack / Poker, Looping, Mr. Do!, Pepper II, Popeye, Q*bert, Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle, Space Fury, Turbo, Venture

Overlays

CV Ken Uston Blackjack / Poker

Sat 08/15/98

Hardware

TeleCaption II closed-caption decoder, ASCII Saturn Stick

New carts

Secret Quest (shrinkwrapped), Crypts of Chaos, NES The Rocketeer

More complete carts

Mouse Trap (Atari, shrinkwrapped)

Notes

These TeleCaption units make pretty sweet cable tuners for hitching up to the Commodore monitors. The Saturn stick looks to be a pretty solid piece. Too bad I don't have a Saturn yet.

Sun 08/02/98

Hardware

Jaguar pad

New carts

CV Tarzan NES Total Recall, Adventure Island 2, Defenders of Dynatron City (complete), VICE: Project Doom (complete), Darkman (complete)

Thu 07/30/98

New carts

NES (all boxed) Knight Rider, Adventures of Bayou Billy, Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll

Wed 07/22/98

New carts

NES Willow (boxed), Adventures of Tom Sawyer (boxed), Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters (complete), Battletoads/Double Dragon (complete)

Sun 07/12/98

New carts

NES North and South, Michael Andretti's World Grand Prix SNES Donkey Kong Country

Sat 07/11/98

New carts

NES Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, F-15 City War, Isolated Warrior

Sun 07/05/98

New carts

NES Solomon's Key (complete)

More complete carts

NES Spiritual Warfare (complete)

Sat 06/27/98

New carts

NES Kid Niki: Radical Ninja, Lode Runner, Mechanized Attack

Sun 06/21/98

Hardware

ColecoVision Expansion Module #2

New carts

NES F-117A Stealth Fighter (complete), Quattro Arcade, Solitaire (with manual), Tiny Toon Adventures Cartoon Workshop (with manual)

Wed 06/17/98

Better labels

Crackpots

Sun 06/07/98

New carts

NES Gargoyle's Quest II (complete), Space Shuttle Project, Stunt Kids, Thunder & Lightning

Picked up for trading

NES Color A Dinosaur

Wed 06/05/98

New carts

Superman (Sears) NES M.U.L.E. (with manual), Stealth ATF (complete)

Label variants

Sky Diver (black)

Dupes

Combat, Pac-Man (2), Raiders of the Lost Ark, Space Invaders (2), Tennis, Video Pinball

Sun 05/31/98

New carts

C64 Star Trek Strategic Operations SimulatorNES Bonk's Adventure, City Connection, Deja Vu, Jungle Book

Fri 05/29/98

New carts

PC (all boxed, complete) Overlord, Ultima VII, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder

Sun 05/17/98

New carts

NES Dungeon Magic (with manual), Monster in my Pocket, Ultima: Quest of the Avatar (with box), Uninvited

Sat 05/16/98

Hardware

Mindscape Powerplayer joystick (nice stick!), C64 Excelerator Plus disk drive

New carts

NES Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance, Battle Tank, Might & Magic: Secret of the Inner Sanctum, Rampart, Swords and Serpents, Ultima: Warriors of Destiny TI Burger Builder, Chisolm Trail, Early Reading, Number Magic, Pro Typer, Reading Roundup, Tunnels of Doom

More complete carts

NES Dragon Warrior III

Dupes

Name this game TI Addition and Subtraction 1, Alligator Mix, Alpiner, Blasto, Car Wars, Hunt the Wumpus, Multiplication 1, Munch Man (2), Number Magic, Parsec, Reading Roundup, TI Invaders (2)

Notes

Wow! A nice cache of boxed and complete NES carts, lots of RPG's.

Fri 05/15/98

Hardware

Emerson Arcadia 2001 system, boxed and complete. It has evidently never been removed from the packaging.

New carts

ARCA Ocean Battle PC Plundered Hearts (boxed, complete)

More complete carts

ARCA (all shrinkwrapped) Alien Invaders, Breakaway, Cat Trax, Escape, Space Attack, Space Raiders, Tanks A Lot INTV (all complete)Donkey Kong, TRON Deadly Discs, TRON Maze-A-Tron, TRON Solar Sailer

Dupes

INTV (many with manual and overlays) Microsurgeon (2O), Swords & Serpents (2O,M), Hover Force, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (2O,M), Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin (2O), Armor Battle (2O,M), Auto Racing (2O,M), B-17 Bomber (2O), Frog Bog (2O overlays, Bandai Electronics manual), Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (Manual only), Major League Baseball (1O,M), Night Stalker (2O,M), Sea Battle (2O,M), Space Battle (2O,M), Space Hawk (2O,M), Star Strike (2O,M), Sub Hunt (2O,Sears Manual), Tennis (2O overlays, Bandai Electronics manual), Triple Action (2O), TRON Deadly Discs (2O,M), TRON Solar Sailer (2O,M)

Notes

Nice batch of Emerson Arcadia! All evidence suggests that the console had never been removed from its packaging, and all the carts were still shrinkwrapped. Can you guess what comes next? That's right! I took the console out to check it out, and it's busted. Hours of disassembly and shotgun diagnosis indicated that the CPU is fried. Now tell me where the fuck I'm supposed to get a replacement Signetics 2650 processor to restore this beauty? God damn, I hate Emerson. Bunch of fucknuts.

Plundered Hearts is sure out of place on a list of cartridges for dedicated game consoles, but I really dig Infocom games.

Sun 05/10/98

New carts

NES Sesame Street ABC & 123 PC Jewels of the Oracle, Isle of the Dead, Beyond the Wall of Stars, Inca, Crime City, Wing Commander II Deluxe Edition, Shadow Caster

More complete carts

Reactor (shrinkwrapped)

Dupes

5200 Frogger

Notes

Lacking any significant console games at the flea market today, I picked up a bunch of potentially shitty PC CD-ROM games. I can see the PC becoming a fallback system when hunting. The Frogger had no label. I was willing to gamble 75 cents on a mystery cart.

Sun 05/03/98

New carts

NES Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance, L'Empereur, Spot

Dupes

NES Pac-Man, Secret Scout

Sun 04/26/98

New carts

NES Kiwi Kraze, Mystery Quest, Videomation O2 (all boxed, complete) Blockout!/Breakdown!, Computer Intro!, Invaders From Hyperspace!, Sub Chase!/Armored Encounter!

More complete carts

CV (all boxed, complete) Carnival, Lady Bug, Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle O2 (all boxed, complete) Alien Invaders--Plus!, Football!, Matchmaker!/Buzzword!/Logix!

Dupes

O2 (all boxed, complete) K.C. Munchkin!, Speedway!/Spin-Out!/Crypto-Logic!

Notes

Nice stack of boxed O2, and boxed CV doesn't ever show up around here.

Sat 04/25/98

Hardware

Oldass Oscilloscope (doesn't work, goddammit), PC PowerPad Pro, NES Arkanoid Controller (also busted; these things are such fucking garbage).

Fri 04/10/98

New carts

SMS Double Dragon, Fantasy Zone, Kenseiden, R-Type, Spellcaster

Dupes

SMS After Burner, Pro Wrestling, Time Soldiers TI Personal Record Keeping

Sat 04/04/98

New carts

SNES Secret of Evermore (boxed), X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (boxed)

Notes

Blockbuster is currently ditching much of their 16-bit rental stock for $7 apiece. Gotta love it.

Fri 04/03/98

New carts

NES Pinball Quest SNES Kirby Superstar (boxed), Super Bomberman 2 (boxed) GEN Dune: The Battle for Arrakis (boxed)

Dupes

NES Captain Comic

Tue 03/31/98

New carts

NES R.C. Pro-Am II

Dupes

NES Road Runner, Toobin, Rainbow Islands

Sun 03/29/98

Handhelds

Mattel Football 2 (boxed)

New carts

NES Vindicators, After Burner (with manual), Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six, Adventures of Lolo

Sat 03/28/98

Hardware

SNES Championship Joystick (C&L controls)

New carts

NES Rampage (with manual), Mappyland, Wacky Races, Secret Scout, Boulder Dash

Thu 03/12/98

New carts

NES Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man, Big Nose the Caveman

Better labels

NES Big Nose Freaks Out

Thu 03/05/98

New carts

INTV Pac-Man (Atarisoft), Thin Ice, Thunder Castle, Electric Company Word Fun, NHL Hockey V20 Donkey Kong, Road Race, Tooth Invaders, VIC Music Composer

Label variants

INTV Golf (I.I.), Vectron (regular purple label), Donkey Kong (white case), Demon Attack (different picture)

Dupes

INTV Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (2), Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin, Armor Battle, Astrosmash, Atlantis, BurgerTime, Carnival (2), Diner, Donkey Kong, Frogger (2), Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack, Lock 'n' Chase (2), Major League Baseball, NFL Football, PBA Bowling, PGA Golf, Pitfall!, Sea Battle, Space Armada, Space Battle (2), Star Strike, Star Strike TRON Deadly Discs, TRON Maze-A-Tron, Utopia V20 Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position, Q*bert, Star Trek Strategic Operations Simulator

Overlays

INTV Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (2), Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin (1), Armor Battle (2), Atlantis (2), PBA Bowling (2), BurgerTime (2), Demon Attack (1), Electric Company Word Fun (2), Major League Baseball (1), NFL Football (2), NHL Hockey (2), PGA Golf (4), Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (4), Lock 'n' Chase (4), Pitfall! (2), Sea Battle (2), Space Battle (3), Star Strike (4), TRON Deadly Discs (3), TRON Maze-A-Tron (2), Utopia (2), Vectron (2)

notes

Can't get the VIC-20 Donkey Kong to work.

Sun 03/01/98

New carts

NES Rainbow Islands

Thu 02/26/98

Hardware

Commodore 1084S monitor

Sun 02/22/98

Hardware

4-port 2600 setup (four sticks, two pairs paddles, PS, RF)

New carts

NES The Immortal

More complete carts

Asteroids, Bowling, Breakout, Casino, Combat, Freeway, Indy 500, Kaboom, Pac-Man, Video Chess (all boxed, complete)

Accessories

Atari Game Center

Sat 02/21/98

Hardware

SMS Epyx 500XJ stick, light phaser, switchbox, power supply

New carts

INTV Lady Bug SMS E-Swat

Wed 02/18/98

Hardware

Votrax Type 'n Talk Aquarius System, Mini-expander, two controllers

New carts

8BIT Choplifter!, Delta Drawing Learning Program, Facemaker, Gateway to Apshai, Journey to the Planets, Kindercomp, Memory Manor, River Raid, Summer Games Aquarius Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin, Biorhythms, Night Stalker, Utopia

Better condition

8BIT Gateway to Apshai

Label variants

8BIT Donkey Kong (Labeled by American Techna-Vision. Weird.), Star Raiders (Star Raider)

Dupes

8BIT BASIC Computing Language, Computer Chess, Defender, Dig Dug, Galaxian, Missile Command, Pac-Man

Notes

Why the hell did I pick up an Aquarius?

Sun 02/08/98

New carts

Basic Math NES Bee-52, Impossible Mission II

Label variants

Hangman (Atari Corp. Silver label)

Notes

Finally found a Basic Math. Damn elusive cart for a "common."

Thu 01/29/98

Hardware

Texas Instruments TI-59 calculator with printer and a buttload of external modules and magnetic card things. Pretty cool.

New carts

8BIT Gorf, Deluxe Invaders TI Moon Mine

Manuals

8BIT Deluxe Invaders Gorf, Wizard of Wor TI Alpiner, Burgertime, Car Wars, Microsurgeon, Moon Mine, Pac-Man, Parsec, TI Invaders

Dupes

TI Car Wars, Pac-Man, Parsec

Thu 01/22/98

New carts

TG16 Ordyne, Sidearms (in a Boxing Champions Forever case), TV Sports Basketball, World Court Tennis

Sat 01/17/98

Hardware

Competition Pro joystick 5200 Wico joystick with adapter, two standard 5200 sticks TI 2600 stick adapter

New carts

TI Centipede, Microsurgeon

Tue 01/06/98

New carts

O2 Smithereens, Conquest of the World (complete)

Notes

Why am I scoring good Odyssey2 stuff all of a sudden?

Wed 12/17/97

Hardware

Odyssey 2 with The Voice

New carts

O2 Alpine Skiing! (CMB), The Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt (CB), Hockey!/Soccer! (CMB), Killer Bees! (CMB),

More complete carts

O2 Freedom Fighters! (CMB), K.C. Munchkin! (CMB), Monkeyshines! (CMB), The Quest for the Rings! (All there), UFO! (CMB)

Dupes

O2 Pick Axe Pete! (CMB), Speedway!/Spin-Out!/Crypto-Logic! (CMB)

Notes

Pretty cool stash of boxed carts. Only thing missing is the manual to The Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt, though underneath the plastic there was a Christmas nametag ("To Kurt from Stephen") and a handful of dessicated pine needles, presumably from the Christmas tree. Thanks for keeping this stuff in good shape, Kurt. Ya chump.

Fri 12/12/97

New carts

INTV Pole Position, Sewer Sam

Better labels

INTV NFL Football

Label variants

INTV Bowling (INTV Corp), BurgerTime (white Intellivision Inc.), U.S. Ski Team Skiing (white Intellivision Inc.)

Dupes

INTV Astrosmash, Boxing, Frogger, Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (2), Major League Baseball (2), Night Stalker, PGA Golf, Sea Battle, Space Armada, Space Battle, Tennis, Triple Action (2), U.S. Ski Team Skiing

Notes

The first day I saw this bag o' carts I passed it up. (Ten bucks for two crappy old Intelly carts I don't have and a couple of label variants? Phooey! I'll wait for them to cut the price.) I picked it up the next day after finding somebody who wants the Pole Position more than I did.

Thu 12/11/97

Hardware

TeleCaption II closed-caption decoder, Amstrad PC1512SD computer, bag of PC cards (ethernet, hard drive controller, ethernet, and two 3270 cards)

Better labels

Mario Bros., Pole Position ("Pole Positn")

Dupes

Air-Sea Battle, Armor Ambush, Asteroids (2), Atlantis, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Combat, Defender (3), Demon Attack, Demons to Diamonds, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (2), Football, Frogs and Flies, Golf, Home Run, Joust, Krull, Megamania, Missile Command, Moon Patrol, Ms. Pac-Man (2), Night Driver, Pac-Man (2), Pitfall!, Pole Position, Pole Position II, RealSports Boxing, Robotron: 2084, Space Invaders, Space Jockey (2), Spider Fighter, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (2), Super Challenge Football, Venture, Video Olympics (2), Video Pinball, Yars' Revenge

Notes

I got the computer and cards strictly for cannibalizing parts. Right now, they've already been stripped down to their most essential components.
The TeleCaption II unit, on the other hand, is damn useful. More than just a closed-caption decoder, it's a cable box complete with freakin RF and A/V inputs and outputs. I had my doubts that a piece of TV equipment from 1986 would be able to handle 70+ cable channels, but it does. Fits perfectly atop a Commodore 1702 monitor.

Notes

Bigass bag of 2600 carts for seven bucks. Forget taking time to check the contents, just buy the damn thing and sort it out at home.

Mon 12/08/97

New carts

Haunted House (Sears)

Thu 12/04/97

Dupes

Barnstorming, Berzerk, Bowling, Combat, Combat, Donkey Kong, Football, Frogs and Flies, Golf, Human Cannonball, Lock 'n' Chase, Mario Bros., Missile Command, Mouse Trap, Pac-Man, Pac-Man, Pitfall!, Q*bert, Sky Diver, Space Invaders, Stampede, Stargate, Street Racer, Video Chess

Notes

Some asshole kids had torn the labels off most all these and replaced them with a patchwork of pieces cut from a Tyco radio-controlled car manual. All I could really notice about them without tearing open the bag (the thrift employee wouldn't let me) was that the labels weren't like anythng I'd seen before. Ah, well. For five bucks, I was willing to gamble. At least now I have an ample supply of "project cases."

Sat 11/15/97

New carts

NES Three Stooges, Hatris, Mighty Bomb Jack, Overlord (with dox)

Label variants

Kangaroo (silver foil)

Better labels

Demons to Diamonds, Pitfall II: Lost Caverns, Mouse Trap, Warlords

Dupes

Air-Sea Battle, Arcade Pinball, Basketball, Canyon Bomber, Chopper Command, Combat (2), Congo Bongo, Defender, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Enduro, Home Run, Ice Hockey, Miniature Golf, Missile Command, Pac-Man, Pitfall!, Space Invaders (2), Tennis CV Zaxxon (2)

Wed 11/12/97

Dupes

Ice Hockey, Megamania, Pitfall II: Lost Caverns, River Raid, Spider Fighter

Mon 11/10/97

Hardware

Atari 5200 setup--4-port console, PS, switchbox. This unit is one with the "*" in the serial number. Supposedly it works with the 2600 cart adapter.

Better labels

5200 Pitfall!, Robotron: 2084, Soccer, Super Breakout, Vanguard

Label variants

5200 Moon Patrol (grey Atari Corp.)

Dupes

5200 River Raid, Centipede, Dig Dug, Jungle Hunt, Kangaroo, Mario Bros., Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position, Qix, Star Raiders, Popeye, Q*bert

Sun 10/12/97

Hardware

Boxed Microvision with Blockbuster and Sea Duel carts

New carts

NES Baby Boomer (with dox)

Sat 10/11/97

Hardware

Channel F with manual

New carts

CHF (box & dox except as noted) #10-Maze/Cat and Mouse, #18-Hangman, #20-Video Whizball (no dox), #21-Bowling, #23-Galactic Space Wars, #24-Pro Football, #26-Alien Invasion INTV Shark! Shark! NES Road Runner, Tiles of Fate

Better/more complete carts

CHF (box & dox except as noted) #1-Tic-Tac-Toe/Shooting Gallery/Doodle/Quadradoodle, #2-Desert Fox/Shooting Gallery, #3-Video Blackjack, #4-Spitfire (no dox), #5-Space War, #6-Math Quiz I, #7-Math Quiz II, #8-Magic Numbers, #11-Backgammon/Acey Ducey, #12-Baseball, #13-Robot War, #15-Memory Match, #16-Dodge It (loose), #17-Pinball Challenge

Dupes

Dolphin, Planet Patrol CV Pitfall!

Thu 10/09/97

Hardware

Commodore CM-141 monitor

Sun 10/05/97

Hardware

Seven 2600's (five 4-switch woodgrain, one Sears 6-switch, one Atari 6-switch), two boxed

Boxes

Alien, [Pele's] Championship Soccer, Ice Hockey, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Super Challenge Baseball

New carts

NES The Black Bass

Better labels

Fantastic Voyage, Joust, Demon Attack, Dragonfire, Frogger, Berzerk (Sears)

Dupes

Fishing Derby, Stampede, Combat, Pac-Man (2), Space Invaders, Swordquest Earthworld, Riddle of the Sphinx, Frogger, Asteroids (Sears)

Notes

Seven of the damn things. Can you believe it? What was I thinking? Well, the price was right for dirty useless 2600's in dubious working condition.

Sat 10/04/97

Hardware

4-switch woodgrain 2600 setup (console, ps, rf, sticks, paddles) INTV Master component, Intellivoice, Intellivision II with power supply and two controllers

Controllers

Booster grip, two Kid's Controllers, Video Command Controller by Zircon--looks just like a Channel F controller except it has a fire button on the front.

New carts

INTV PBA Bowling, Mouse Trap NES Spiritual Warfare (with manual)

Boxed carts

Berzerk, Bridge, Frogger, Raiders of the Lost Ark

Label variants

Slot Racers (picture) INTV Lock 'n' Chase, Tron Deadly Discs, Utopia (white) NES King of Kings (with manual)

Better labels

Combat (text), Dark Cavern, Haunted House, Indy 500 (picture), Missile Command, Omega Race, Video Olympics (picture)

Manuals

Combat, Dark Cavern, Donkey Kong, Haunted House, Ice Hockey, Indy 500, Omega Race, Pac-Man, Slot Racers, Super Breakout, Video Pinball INTV Astrosmash, Bomb Squad, Boxing (Sears), BurgerTime (2), Chip Shot Super Pro Golf, Donkey Kong, Frog Bog, Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack, Lock 'n' Chase, Night Stalker (Sears, 2), Pac-Man, PBA Bowling, Snafu, Space Battle, Space Spartans, Star Strike, Triple Action, Utopia

Overlays

INTV Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (3), Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin (2), Armor Battle (1), Astrosmash (2), Atlantis (1), Beauty & the Beast (1), Bomb Squad (1), Boxing (2), BurgerTime (4), Demon Attack (3), Dragonfire (2), Frog Bog (2), Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (4), Lock 'n' Chase (2), Loco-Motion (2), Microsurgeon (2), NASL Soccer (1), Night Stalker (3), PBA Bowling (4), Sea Battle (2), Snafu (5), Space Battle (5), Space Spartans (1), Star Strike (2), Triple Action (1), Utopia (4)

Dupes

Backgammon, Circus Atari, Ice Hockey, Pac-Man, Starmaster, Super Breakout, Video Pinball 5200 Moon Patrol, Space Dungeon, Vanguard INTV Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (2), Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin, Armor Battle, Astrosmash, Atlantis, Beauty & the Beast, Bomb Squad, BurgerTime, Demon Attack, Donkey Kong (2), Dragonfire, Frog Bog, Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (2), Loco-Motion, Microsurgeon, NASL Soccer, NBA Basketball, Night Stalker, Sea Battle, Snafu (2), Space Battle, Space Spartans, Triple Action, Utopia

Notes

Man. That's a lot of shit for one day.

The 2600 setup was a neat find. It came in this spiffy plastic carrying case like the ones video rental stores use for current systems. Tailor-made for holding a 2600 with accessories and eight carts. The carts that came with it were neat too, not for their rarities but for their spectacular condition. Not a single blemish on any of the labels.

Sat 09/27/97

Hardware

Two 2600's (six-switch and four-switch)

New carts

Mouse Trap (Atari)

Label variants

RealSports Volleyball (grey)

Dupes

Asteroids, Battlezone, Defender, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Journey Escape, Jungle Hunt, Midnight Magic, Pitfall!, Space Invaders, Space Jockey, Warlords 5200 Centipede, Congo Bongo, Decathlon, Dig Dug, Frogger, Galaxian, Gorf, Jungle Hunt, Kangaroo, Pac-Man, Popeye, Realsports Baseball, River Raid, Soccer

Wed 09/24/97

Hardware

Atari SC1224 monitor

Tue 09/23/97

Hardware

Sinclair QL computer (PS, printer interface, some other cables, and lots of these kooky little tiny tapes)

Sun 09/21/97

Hardware

Sears Pong with Battery Eliminator

New carts

NES Bump 'n' Jump, Kickle Cubicle

Fri 09/19/97

Hardware

Two Sears Video Arcade 2 joysticks, TG16 setup (deck, ps, pad)

New carts

Defender (Cooper Black), Superman (odd pirate, not Cooper Black)

Label variants

Air-Sea Battle (picture, PAL), Star Raiders (PAL)

Dupes

Haunted House, Othello, Space War, Street Racer TG16 TV Sports Football

Sun 09/14/97

New carts

Rabbit Transit 8BIT Frogger

Better labels

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle

Dupes

8BIT Q*bert

Sun 09/07/97

Hardware

Atari Video Music, with manual

New carts

CV Frantic Freddie, Montezuma's Revenge, Mr. Do!'s Castle, Sewer Sam, Spy Hunter, Wing War

Notes

Woo! AVM kicks ass!

Sat 09/06/97

New carts

Jawbreaker INTV World Cup Soccer O2 War of Nerves! NES Fantasy Zone, King of Kings, Venice Beach Volleyball

More complete carts

INTV Centipede (boxed)

Label variants

Phoenix (grey)

Dupes

Commando, Decathlon, Video Chess INTV Microsurgeon

Handhelds

Frogger tabletop

Sun 08/31/97

Hardware

TurboGrafx-16 setup (console, PS, RF, tap, two pads), Boxed complete 6-switch 2600

New carts

TG16 New Adventure Island (with manual) NES Galactic Crusader, King's Quest V (with manual), Super Spy Hunter

Dupes

Air-Sea Battle, Combat, Outlaw

Wed 08/27/97

New carts

SMS Vigilante

Sun 08/24/97

Hardware

8-BIT Koalapad (boxed)

New carts

8-BIT 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe, Archon, Bounty Bob Strikes Back, Gateway to Apshai, Jumpman Junior, Pitstop, Basic XL, Star Wars: The Arcade Game, Wizard Of Wor

Better labels

8-BIT Miner 2049er

etc

8-BIT "Cart-Clone" thingus; some sort of RAMcart from what i gather. Also an odd cart labelled only "Protrain" that doesn't work.

Notes

It's been exactly one year that I've been keeping this log. How about that.

Sat 08/23/97

Hardware

6-switch 2600, PS, sticks, paddles, keypad

New carts

Bank Heist, Up 'n Down

Better labels

Enduro (blue label), Freeway, Megamania, Pressure Cooker, Pole Position, Space Invaders (black), California Games, Popeye, Canyon Bomber (sears, text)

Label variants

Fishing Derby (colorless picture)

Dupes

Keystone Kapers, Berzerk, Combat, Galaxian, Missile Command, Pac-Man, Star Raiders, Donkey Kong, Lock 'n' Chase, Amidar, Defender (sears), Yars' Revenge (sears),

Manuals

Bank Heist, Enduro, Fishing Derby, Freeway, Keystone Kapers, Megamania, Pressure Cooker, Berzerk, Combat, Galaxian, Pac-Man, Pole Position, Space Invaders, Star Raiders, Donkey Kong, California Games, Lock 'n' Chase, Amidar, Popeye, Canyon Bomber (sears), Defender (sears), Yars' Revenge (sears), Up 'n Down

Accessories

Video game center (holds either a 2600 or an Intellivision)

Thu 08/21/97

New carts

NES Shinobi, Superman

Better labels

Seaquest

Sun 07/10/97

New carts

NES Sqoon

Tue 07/05/97

Hardware

Commodore 1902 monitor

Sun 07/03/97

Hardware

6-switch 2600, two Spectravideo Quickshot II joysticks, Wico bat-handle joystick, paddles, Arcadia Supercharger

New carts

Party Mix, Survival Island, Sword of Saros NES Mega Man (with dox)

Better labels

Dodge 'Em (black), Swordquest Earthworld, Video Pinball, Yars' Revenge, Zaxxon

Label variants

Air-Sea Battle (text), Casino (green text)

Manuals

Air-Sea Battle, Asteroids, Berzerk (plus Atari Force #2 comic), Breakout, Casino, Combat, Communist Mutants from Space, Defender, Dodge 'Em, Dragonstomper, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Escape From the Mindmaster, Fireball, Frogger (Starpath), Missile Command, Pac-Man, Phaser Patrol, Pitfall!, Pole Position, Rabbit Transit, Space Invaders, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Starmaster, Suicide Mission, Surround, Swordquest Earthworld (plus comic and poster), Target Fun, Video Pinball, Yars' Revenge (plus comic), Zaxxon

Dupes

Asteroids, Berzerk, Breakout, Combat, Communist Mutants from Space, Dragonstomper, Escape From the Mindmaster, Fireball, Killer Satellites, Missile Command, Pac-Man, Phaser Patrol, Pitfall!, Pole Position, Space Invaders, Starmaster, Suicide Mission, Surround

Accessories

Two Atari Game Program Cases (those notebook-looking things that hold eight cartridges each)

Notes

The Spectravideo sticks are interesting--fitted with real microswitches and selectable auto-fire. Much higher quality than the Spectravideo sticks I'm used to seeing (read "not pure garbage").

Nice stash of Starpath stuff. Seems that Supercharger tapes get found in bunches. What sucks is that there were only five released Starpath games I didn't have. The Party Mix, Survival Island, and Sword of Saros tapes came in this batch with no manuals; Frogger and Rabbit Transit manuals came with no tapes. Arrgh!

Wed 07/30/97

New carts

Artillery Duel/Spike's Peak

Etc

2-XL 8-track tapes: 50's and 60's Nostalgia, The Basics of ABC's, Believe this or not, General Information, Pre-School Facts and Fantasies, Science Fiction II, Sports II

Sun 07/27/97

Hardware

Vectrex

New carts

NES Ms. Pac-Man (Tengen) VEC Armor Attack, Berzerk, Solar Quest

Notes

Yay! Finally found a bloody Vectrex!

Sat 07/26/97

Hardware

Atari 410 tape drive, Atari 850 I/O interface, Atari SF354 disk drive, cables and power supplies and junk

New carts

8BIT Joust, Music Composer, Zaxxon NES Gemfire

Dupes

Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris Superkicks, Asteroids 8BIT E.T. Phone Home!, Galaxian, Missile Command, Pac-Man

Fri 07/25/97

Hardware

Coleco Ms. Pac-Man tabletop

Sun 07/20/97

Hardware

Sears Video Arcade (heavy-ass "tank" version), four 2600 driving controllers, Atari 5200 (2-port), 5200 Power Supply

New carts

NES Dragon Warrior III

Dupes

Adventure (Sears), Asteroids (Sears), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Race, Space Jockey, Target Fun, Video Pinball

Thu 07/17/97

Hardware

C64 Commodore 64C, Cardkey 1 Numeric Keypad, power supply and cables8BIT Atari 65XE, Atari 810 drive, power supply and cables

New carts

SMS Alien Syndrome, Ghost House, Space Harrier 3-D

Etc.

Bigass box with about 150 CD jewel cases :)

Sat 07/12/97

Hardware

Wico ball-top joystick

New carts

Fast Eddie, Frostbite 7800 Double Dragon NES Blues Brothers (complete), Captain Comic, Popeye, Terra Cresta, Wally Bear and the 'No!' Gang, Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth (complete) SMS Golvellius: Valley of Doom (complete), Rastan (complete)

Better labels

8BIT Spy Hunter

Dupes

Squeeze Box

Sun 07/06/97

Hardware

Joysticks (3) COCO Deluxe Joystick (boxed)

New carts

NES Eliminator Boat Duel, Mutant Virus

Software

C64 Loads of original disks with manuals, some boxed (catalog them later)

Sun 06/29/97

Hardware

2600 Trak-ball. Different from my other one; this one is labelled "Pro-Line Trak-Ball," has a black base instead of gray, is missing the "joystick/trak-ball" switch on the side, and the circuit board is completely different.

Fri 06/27/97

New carts

Golf (Sears) 7800 Crossbow

Label variants

Brain Games (text), Combat (text1), Dig Dug (foil), Hangman (text), RealSports Soccer (foil), Street Racer (picture)

Better labels

Air-Sea Battle (picture), Amidar, Cosmic Ark, Enduro, Moonsweeper, Pac-Man (Sears), Reactor, Spider-Man, Starmaster, Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-ups, Street Racer (text), Video Olympics (picture)

Dupes

Adventure (Sears), Armor Ambush, Asteroids (2), Basketball, Bowling, Breakout, Combat (3), Demon Attack, Dodge 'Em, Donkey Kong, Dragster, Football, Freeway, Frogger, G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike, Gorf, Grand Prix, Kaboom (3), Laser Blast, M*A*S*H, Megamania, Missile Command, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man (2), Pitfall! (2), Pole Position, Q*bert (2), River Raid, Skiing, Space Invaders (3), Star Raiders, Starmaster, Super Breakout, Tennis, Video Olympics, Video Pinball, Yars' Revenge CV Donkey Kong Junior, Omega Race, Turbo

Notes

The thrift store had been sitting on all these carts for two months, about fifteen to a bag for $10. It didn't take long for them to get dumped from the bags, buried at the bottom of a box under a pile of other junk, and subsequently ignored. Guess the guy running the joint had a fit of neatness, crammed all seventy carts into one bag, and stuck a $15 tag on it.

Sat 06/21/97

New carts

CV The Heist, Pitfall!, Subroc, Super Action Football, Turbo TI Blackjack and Poker, Rabbit Trail

Dupes

Ghostbusters CV B.C. II: Grog's Revenge, Chuck Norris Superkicks, Decathlon, Front Line, Root Beer Tapper

Sun 06/15/97

Hardware

NES Game Genie

New carts

NES Dragon Warrior II, Monster Truck Rally

Better labels

Arcade Pinball

Sun 06/08/97

Hardware

TurboGrafx-16 RF switchbox, VIC-20 power supply

Sun 05/25/97

New carts

NES Frankenstein: The Monster Returns, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Skull & Crossbones TG16 It Came From The Desert (CD), Ys Book I & II (CD), docs for both

Sat 05/24/97

Hardware

TG16 Complete TurboGrafx-CD setup (console, power supply, TurboTap, two controllers, RF switchbox, bottom half of carrying case), second bare console NES Epyx 500XJ joystick

New carts

NES Alien Syndrome, Pyramid TG16 (all with case and docs) Alien Crush, Bomberman, Cadash, Dungeons & Dragons: Order Of The Griffon, Shockman, Tricky Kick

Label variants

Combat (01)

Dupes

TG16 Keith Courage In Alpha Zones

Sun 05/18/97

New carts

Slots, Stellar Track COCO Castle Guard, Castle of Tharoggad, Dragonfire, Dungeons of Daggorath, EDTASM+, Graphic Pak, Rampage, Stellar Lifeline, Wildcatting NES Super Sprint

Better labels

Maze Craze (picture), Stampede

Dupes

Barnstorming, Bermuda Triangle, Combat, Cosmic Ark, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Gorf, Hunt & Score, Lock 'n' Chase, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man, Pac-Man (Sears), Space War, Spider Fighter, Starmaster, Super Challenge Baseball COCO Downland

Sat 05/17/97

Hardware

Atari 800XL, two 2600 Epyx 500XJ sticks, TI99/4A sticks

Sat 05/10/97

Hardware

4-post woodgrain 2600, Tandy Color Computer 3

New carts

Shuttle Orbiter, Video Chess COCO Downland, Math Tutor, Reactoid, Tetris

Lavel variants

Video Checkers (text)

Better labels

Super Challenge Football

Dupes

Berzerk, Chopper Command, Combat, Defender, Donkey Kong, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Enduro, Night Driver, Pac-Man, Super Challenge Baseball 7800 Dig Dug

Sun 05/04/97

New carts

NES Puzzle (can't make it work), Rolling Thunder

Label variants

Air-Sea Battle ("02" text), Grand Prix (-04 Blue)

Better labels

Ice Hockey, Superman (text)

Dupes

Space Shuttle, Miniature Golf, Mountain King

Sat 04/26/97

Hardware

2600 Remote Control Joysticks

New carts

Blackjack (Sears), Defender II, Off the Wall (boxed), Oscar's Trash Race, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Survival Run 7800 Alien Brigade NES Challenge of the Dragon

More complete carts

Canyon Bomber (shrinkwrapped)

Label variants

Air-Sea Battle (text)

Better labels

Dare Diver

Tue 04/22/97

New carts

Crash Dive V20 Adventure Land, Avenger, Centipede, Clowns, Defender, Mission Impossible, Moon Patrol, Ms. Pac-Man, Poker, Pole Position, Q*bert, Radar Ratrace, Raid on Fort Knox, Sea Wolf

Label variants

Jungle Hunt (foil) V20 Mole Attack (metal)

Better labels

Donkey Kong, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Frogger, Mario Bros. V20 Slot

Dupes

Asteroids, Combat, Gorf, Homerun, Othello, RealSports Football, Solar Fox, Space Invaders V20 8K RAM Cartridge, Centipede, Clowns, Cosmic Cruncher, Gorf (2), Omega Race, Pin Ball, Raid on Fort Knox, Super Smash

Handhelds

Nintendo Donkey Kong multi-screen game & watch

Fri 04/11/97

Better labels

Venture

Label variants

Basic Programming (text)

Sun 04/13/97

Hardware

Odyssey2 with box (needed a minor repair)

New carts

O2 Monkeyshines!, Out of this World!/Helicopter Rescue!

Dupes

O2 K.C. Munchkin!, Speedway!/Spin-Out!/Crypto-Logic!

Sat 04/05/97

Hardware

Sega Master System model 3010-B (has Hang On built in), Suncom Tac-2 joystick, Borland Science Toolkit Interface Box (An odd bit of hardware. Cart-shaped box with four RCA jacks on the front, and a cable terminating in a 9-pin male D-sub. It apparently interfaces various devices like temperature and seismic sensors with an Apple II+/IIc/IIe through the joystick port.)

New carts

NES Klax, Pinbot

Fri 04/04/97

Hardware

Odyssey 3000

New carts

CV Decathlon V20 Pin Ball, Super Smash

Label variants

Night Driver (picture), Tron Deadly Discs (INTV white)

Better labels

Gorf, Pitfall II, Wizard Of Wor V20 The Count

Dupes

Space Cavern, Super Cobra

Sat 03/29/97

New carts

C64 Big Bird's Funhouse (complete) O2 Type & Tell

Thu 03/20/97

New carts

NES Joust

Sun 03/16/97

New carts

Space Invaders (Sears) 8BIT Asteroids, Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

Dupes

Amidar 8BIT Defender

Thu 03/13/97

Hardware

Commodore VIC-20 (bare)

New carts

NES Donkey Kong 3, Double Dribble TI Hustle

Dupes

TI Video Chess

Sat 03/08/97

Hardware

Radio Shack TV Scoreboard, 6-switch 2600

Label variants

Backgammon (1978 black), Human Cannonball (black), Joust (grey)

Better labels

Breakout (black), Dodge 'Em (black), Grand Prix, Omega Race

Dupes

Amidar, Asteroids, Basic Programming, Basketball, Combat, Cosmic Ark, Defender, Demon Attack, Donkey Kong, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Football, Frogger, Grand Prix, Homerun, Journey Escape, Maze, Missile Command (Sears), Night Driver, Othello, Pac-Man, Phoenix, Q*bert, Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle, Space Invaders, Space Jockey, Star Raiders, Super Challenge Baseball, Tank Plus, Warlords, Yars' Revenge (Sears)

Fri 03/07/97

New carts

5200 RealSports Football

Dupes

5200 Centipede (2), Galaxian, Kangaroo, Mario Bros., Pac-Man, Popeye, Realsports Football, Super Breakout

Mon 03/03/97

Hardware

2600A

New carts

Kung-Fu Master

Better labels

Infiltrate, Skateboardin'

Dupes

California Games, Casino, Defender, Ghostbusters, Pac-Man, Spiderdroid 7800 Choplifter!

Sun 03/02/97

Hardware

2600jr

Better labels

Carnival, Dolphin, Dragster, Eggomania, Keystone Kapers, Mega Force, Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle

Dupes

Asteroids (2), Berzerk (2), Centipede, Chopper Command, Combat, Defender (3), Dragster, Laser Blast, Missile Command, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man (3), Pitfall, Popeye, Q*bert, RealSports Baseball, RealSports Tennis, River Raid, Space Invaders (2), Star Raiders (3), Super Cobra, Swordquest Earthworld 7800 Ms. Pac-Man

Fri 02/28/97

Hardware

Colecovision Expansion Module #1, bare 7800 console

Sat 02 22/97

Hardware

2-port 5200

New carts

C64 James Bond 007, Star Post

Sun 02/16/97

Hardware

Beat-to-hell Intellivision

New carts

COCO Galactic Attack, Slay the Nereis NES Kirby's Adventure

Better labels

Robot Tank

Dupes

Dragster, M*A*S*H, Skiing

Sat 02/15/97

Hardware

Bare Atari 400, ten knackered PC-compatible motherboards full of all sorts of neat EPROM and TTL chips and junk

Dupes

5200 Q*bert

Wed 02/12/97

Handheld

Coleco Zaxxon mini-arcade with manual & beaten box

Mon 02/10/97

Hardware

Atari 7800 setup--one that works with the infamously cranky Activision carts & the Supercharger.

New carts

7800 Ace of Aces, F-18 Hornet, Tomcat F-14 Flight Simulator, Touchdown Football

Better labels

7800 One-on-One Basketball

Dupes

7800 Asteroids, Centipede, Choplifter!, Crack'ed, Dark Chambers, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Fight Night, Galaga, Hat Trick, Jinks, Joust, Pole Position II, RealSports Baseball, Robotron 2084, Xevious

Sat 02/08/97

Hardware

Filthy NES deck

New carts

Fantastic Voyage, Omega Race SMS Miracle Warriors, Pro Wrestling

Better labels

5200 Star Wars: The Arcade Game

Lavel variants

3-D Tic Tac Toe (text label), G.I. Joe Cobra Strike (black & white label)

Thu 02/06/97

Hardware

7800 console + ps

Sun 02/02/97

Hardware

Partially knackered CV Super Action Controller (used it to revive another partially knackered one), 2600 Kid's Controller

New carts

Miner 2049'er (with manual), Alpha Beam with Ernie CV Jumpman Junior NES Tombs & Treasure (with manual)

Better labels

Gorf--Goddamn spotless label. Gorgeous. (with manual)

Sat 02/01/97

New carts

Steeplechase

Thu 01/30/97

Hardware

Atari Super Pong

New carts

NES A Boy and His Blob, Toobin'

Sun 01/26/97

Hardware

6-post Sears, 4-post blackface SMS Light phaser

New carts

Berzerk (Sears), Canyon Bomber (Sears), Coco Nuts, Skateboardin', Track & Field

Better labels

Defender (Sears), Pitfall II: Lost Caverns

Label variants

Basketball (black), Indy 500 (text2 orange type), Maze Craze (black), Shark Attack (stick letters)

Dupes

Adventure, Asteroids, Astroblast, Atlantis, Berzerk (2), Breakout, Centipede, Chopper Command, Combat (2), Defender, Demon Attack, Dodge 'Em, Donkey Kong (2), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Fishing Derby, Frogger (2), Haunted House, Infiltrate, Kaboom, Moon Patrol (2), Ms. Pac-Man (2), Pac-Man, Pitfall, Q*bert, Raiders of the Lost Ark, RealSports Baseball, Space Attack, Space Invaders, Space War, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Superman, Swordquest Fireworld, Tennis, Venture, Video Pinball (2), Warlords, Wizard of Wor, Yars' Revenge

Broken

Frogger, Video Chess

Sat 01/25/97

Hardware

2600jr.

New carts

Venture (Atari), Task Force

Better labels

Mega Force, Ghostbusters, Shark Attack, Crystal Castles, Donkey Kong Jr. (Atari), Kool-Aid Man

Label variants

Centipede (gray), Homerun (black), RealSports Baseball (gray), Street Racer (yellow text), Atlantis (no pic)

Dupes

Asteroids, Barnstorming, Battlezone, Chopper Command, Combat (2), Cosmic Ark, Dig Dug, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Galaxian, Gorf, Joust, Jungle Hunt (2), M.A.D., Moon Patrol, Pac-Man, Pole Position, Q*bert (2), RealSports Boxing, Sky Jinks, Space Invaders, Star Raiders, Video Pinball

Broken

Demons to Diamonds, Tac-Scan

Fri 01/24/97

New carts

NES Dudes with Attitude, Godzilla

Dupe carts

NES Pac-Man (unlicensed)

Sat 01/18/97

New carts

NES Bible Adventures (with manual), Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land, Joshua: The Battle of Jericho (with manual), Little Nemo: The Dream Master, Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt x 2, Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet

Dupe carts

NES The Legend of Zelda

Thu 01/16/97

Label variants

Slot Machine (regular, non-inverted label)

Fri 01/10/97

Hardware

SMS setup--console (with Missile Defense 3D built in), PS, 2 pads, light gun, 3-D glasses.

New carts

NES Battle of Olympus, Donkey Kong SMS Great Golf, ThunderBlade, World Grand Prix GEN Herzog Zwei

Sat 01/04/97

Hardware

Atari 7800 setup minus power supply (Lucky I found that extra last week. It's fate, I tell you!)

New carts

Air Raiders, Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom, Pete Rose Baseball, RealSports Soccer 7800 Food Fight

Better labels

Double Dunk, Ms. Pac-Man (gray), Super Cobra, Spider-Man 7800 Ballblazer

Label variants

River Raid (blue label), Super Challenge Football (INTV white label) 7800 Pole Position II (picture)

Manuals

Adventure, Air Raiders, Asteroids, Astroblast, Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom, Combat, Defender, Double Dunk, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Frogs and Flies, Midnight Magic, Ms. Pac-Man, Othello, Pac-Man, Pete Rose Baseball, Pitfall, Raiders of the Lost Ark, RealSports Baseball, RealSports Soccer, RealSports Tennis, River Raid, Solaris, Space Invaders, Spider-Man, Super Challenge Football, Super Cobra, Swordquest Earthworld 7800 System Owner's Manual, Ballblazer, Choplifter!, Donkey Kong Jr., Food Fight, Galaga, Hat Trick, Karateka, Pole Position II, Super Huey UH-IX, Xevious

Dupes

Adventure, Asteroids, Astroblast, Combat, Defender, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Frogs and Flies, Midnight Magic, Missile Command, Othello, Pac-Man, Pitfall, RealSports Baseball, RealSports Football, RealSports Tennis, Solaris, Space Invaders, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Starmaster, Swordquest Earthworld, Vanguard7800 Choplifter!, Donkey Kong Jr., Galaga, Hat Trick, Karateka, Super Huey UH-IX, Xevious

Fri 01/03/97

New carts

NES Super Mario Bros. 2 SNES Ranma 1/2 Hard Battle, Super Smash TV

Sun 12/29/96

Hardware

Atari 800XL power supply, Atari 7800 power supply, Epyx 500XJ joystick (2600)

Sat 12/28/96

Hardware

C64 Super Graphix Jr. printer interface

New carts

3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (Sears), Bowling (Sears), Hunt & Score, Tron Deadly Discs, Warlords (Sears) NES Defender II, Linus Spacehead (can't make it work)

Better labels

Speedway II

Label variants

Breakout (freaky 1986 orange label, "Use with Joystick Controllers" typo)

Manuals

C64 GEOS User's Guide, 64C System Guide, SX-64 User's Guide

Dupe carts

Midnight Magic

Fri 12/27/96

Hardware

Sony Trinitron multistandard monitor, model PVM-1271Q. This thing is mean . You can hook up and select among two composite signals, RGB, VTR, and CMPTR. The composite and RGB lines have also have outputs. The VTR and CMPTR connectors aren't quite as simple as the regular BNC connectors for everything else, but they shouldn't be a major hassle. To top it all off, it can handle all the major video standards: NTSC, PAL, SECAM, and NTSC 4.43 (whatever that is). There's a sticker on the back proclaiming "FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY." No duh. A normal consumer wouldn't have a clue what to do with this monster, and apparently the thrift store didn't either. Definitely worth more than the $20 I paid for it.

Mon 12/23/96

Hardware

Commodore 1702 Monitor. My third. Woohoo! The thrift didn't mean to sell it. It was originally bundled with a C=64 setup priced at $75, then they decided the monitor would be good for demonstrating VCR's, but I caught a guy who didn't have a clue. He stuck a $10 price tag on it for me, and I hightailed it out of there before anybody could catch me. Lesson: put a 'NFS' sticker on anything you don't want sold. Bwahaha!

Better labels

NES Bubble Bobble

Thu 12/19/96

New carts

Mountain King INTV Bowling (Sears), Boxing (Sears)

Better labels

RealSports Volleyball

Label variants

Ghostbusters (picture)

Dupes

Mouse Trap

Sun 12/15/96

Hardware

Sears Video Arcade II (console only)

New carts

Basic Programming, Blackjack, Chase, Checkers, Encounter at L-5, Concentration, Miniature Golf, Outer Space, Private Eye, Sneak 'n Peek, Space Combat

Better label

Thunderground

Label variants

Indy 500 (text), Maze (picture)

Sun 12/08/96

Hardware

4-switch woodgrain 2600 setup, Wico Boss stick

New carts

Beamrider, Beany Bopper, Cosmic Creeps, Donkey Kong (Atari), Donkey Kong Jr. (Atari), Double Dunk, Frogger II: Threedeep! , Maze, RealSports Tennis, Video Checkers 7800 Xenophobe 8BIT Big Bird's Funhouse, Microsoft BASIC II Programming, Miner 2049er, Ms. Pac-Man, Popeye, Sesame Street Letter-Go-Round, Spy Hunter

Better labels

Amidar, Dragonfire, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Superman (black) 8BIT Centipede

Label variants

Canyon Bomber (black), Pole Position (grey), Spacechase (plain text)

Dupes

Asteroids, Berzerk (2), Bowling, Centipede, Chopper Command, Circus Atari, Combat, Commando Raid, Demon Attack, Frogger, Haunted House, Pac-Man, Pitfall, RealSports Baseball, River Raid, Space Attack, Space Invaders, Space Jockey, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes, Strawberry Shortcake: Musical, Super Breakout, Yars' Revenge (Atari and Sears versions) 8BIT Computer Chess

Notes

Another great day! Six new 2600 R's, one ER, and one new 8-bit R. Today and Friday may have just made this my best single weekend ever.

Fri 12/06/96

New carts

Crossbow, Dragonstomper , Escape From the Mindmaster , Fireball, G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike, Killer Satellites, Masters of the Universe, Q*bert (Atari), Star Fox, Star Wars: Jedi Arena, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle, Suicide Mission 8-BIT Computer Chess NES Legend of Zelda, Tetris

Manuals

Air-Sea Battle, Atari Force #5, Battlezone, Combat, Communist Mutants from Space, Crossbow, Dig Dug (multilingual), Dodge 'Em, Dragonstomper, Escape From the Mindmaster, E.T. "Tips on Getting E.T. Home Fast!", Fireball, Indy 500, Killer Satellites, Midnight Magic, Phaser Patrol, Pole Position (multilingual), Q*bert (Atari), Reactor, RealSports Baseball (87), RealSports Football (87), Solaris, Space Shuttle (now I can finally play this), Star Raiders (ditto), Star Wars: Jedi Arena, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Suicide Mission, Super Baseball, Super Breakout, Venture, 2600A Owners Manual TI994A Pole Position

Better labels

Circus Atari (black), Dodge 'Em (black), Galaxian, Solaris

Label variants

Canyon Bomber (black), Space Shuttle (weirdo "-04" white label), Surround (text)

Dupes

Communist Mutants from Space, Phaser Patrol

Seven new R's and two ER's, including all seven of the original Starpath games; I only wish I could have found the Supercharger. A good day by most anyone's standard. My best in months. Only a couple of the carts had any defects at all in their labels, and darn near every one had a manual. Somebody sure must have liked their Atari to have taken such good care of their carts. All seven Starpath games were in the case with the normal carts instead of in the basket with regular audio tapes. We all know how rare it is to find a thrift store whose employees have that sort of acumen, but to make it even better, their perspicacity didn't cost me anything extra. All a buck apiece. Bwahaha!

And I finally replaced the copy of Masters of the Universe I "traded" to Curt Charlton--aka skeletor on IRC. Now if I could only find a copy of Lost Luggage, which he was supposed to have sent me. The little asshole rat bastard fucker. (grumble grumble)

Thu 12/05/96

Hardware

Sega Genesis Power Base Converter, 2600jr.

New carts

C64 International Soccer, Music Machine, Omega Race, Tooth Invaders NES Monopoly

Fri 11/29/96

New carts

TG16 Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf, Power Golf

Sun 11/24/96

Hardware

7800 Setup (console, PS, sticks)--organ donor candidate for Bankzilla

New carts

3-D Tic-Tac-Toe, Football (Sears), Star Raiders (Sears), Winter Games 7800 Asteroids, Fight Night NES Rygar

Label variants

Backgammon (picture), Outlaw (picture), Superman (picture)

Better labels

Circus Atari (picture), Space Shuttle 7800 Karateka

Dupes

7800 Choplifter, Ms. Pac-Man (2), Pole Position II (3), Xevious

Sat 11/23/96

New carts

Arcade Pinball NES Milon's Secret Castle GEN James Pond

Label variants

Othello (text)

Fri 11/15/96

New carts

TG16 Boxyboy, Deep Blue, Keith Courage In Alpha Zones (No, I didn't already have this. Well, I did have it a long time ago when I bought the system new, but the game frustrated the living shit out of me, so I destroyed the card. Boo hoo. Shut the fuck up.), Samurai Ghost

Sun 11/10/96

New carts

7800 Impossible Mission (boxed complete), Super Huey UH-IX (boxed, complete)

Dupes

7800 Ballblazer (boxed complete)

Sat 11/09/96

Hardware

Small-rainbow 2600jr

New carts

No Escape!, Poker Plus, Pong Sports, Street Racer, Thunderground INTV Donkey Kong Junior, Safecracker NES TMNT II (in a High Speed box) SMS Phantasy Star VIC-20 Home Babysitter

More complete carts

CV Mouse Trap (overlays)

Better labels

Skiing INTV Atlantis

Label variants

Asteroids (Sears "64"), Enduro (blue label), Space War (text), Video Olympics (text)

Dupes

Asteroids, Boxing, Combat, Dragonfire, Freeway, Ice Hockey, Jungle Hunt, Ms. Pac-Man (2), Phoenix, Space Invaders, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back INTV Astrosmash, Beauty & the Beast, Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack, Pitfall!, Space Armada, Space Battle (2), Tennis, U.S. Ski Team Skiing VIC-20 Cosmic Cruncher, Omega Race

Thu 11/07/96

New carts

Basketball (Sears), Circus, Speedway II CV River Raid

Better labels

Commando Raid

Dupes

Space Shuttle, Word Zapper, Yars' Revenge (Sears) CV Q*bert, Space Fury

Weirdo carts

NES Terminator 2 prototype

Sun 11/03/96

Hardware

SMS Boxed SMS setup

New carts

INTV Truckin'

Better labels

INTV Frogger, Space Hawk, Sub Hunt

Dupes

INTV Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Astrosmash, Auto Racing, Beauty & the Beast, Frog Bog, NBA Basketball, NFL Football, Night Stalker, Nova Blast, Space Armada, Space Battle, Space Spartans, Star Strike, Swords & Serpents, Triple Action, TRON Deadly Discs (2), TRON Maze-A-Tron, U.S. Ski Team Skiing

Fri 11/01/96

Better labels

Demons to Diamonds

Label variants

Casino, Fishing Derby

Sun 10/27/96

Hardware

Intellivision I console

New carts

Asteroids (Sears), Super Football NES 1942

Label variants

Championship Soccer (text), Robot Tank (blue label)

Dupes

Midnight Magic

Sat 10/26/96

New carts

SMS California Games (BI), Cyborg Hunter (B), Great Baseball, Hang-On/Safari Hunt (BI), ShinobiNES Bomberman, Xenophobe

Dupes

Vanguard

Fri 10/25/96

New carts

Alien, Burgertime, Frogs and Flies, International Soccer, Space Cavern, Trick Shot

Better labels

M*A*S*H

Label variants

Name This Game (fancy case)

Dupes

Cookie Monster Munch, Moon Patrol, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes

Weirdo carts

NES World Champ prototype

Sat 10/19/96

New carts

8-Bit Centipede C-64 Moon Patrol INTV Carnival SMS Bomber Raid, Choplifter, Time Soldiers

Better labels

Boxing, California Games, Dragonfire 7800 Xevious

Label variants

7800 Pole Position II (both main and end labels upside-down)

Dupes

Missile Command, RealSports Baseball, Yars' Revenge 7800 Galaga, Joust 8-Bit BASIC Computing Language version A SMS After Burner, Ghostbusters, Rambo: First Blood Part II

Fri 10/18/96

Hardware

5200 Complete boxed 4-port

Better labels

5200 Centipede

More complete games

5200 Centipede (B)

Dupes

5200 Galaxian

Manuals

5200 Galaxian, Centipede

Overlays

5200 Galaxian, Centipede

Tue 10/15/96

Hardware

Sears Pong Sports IV (boxed). This one is wicked cool! Complete with owners manual and the original purchase receipt, dated 12/26/79.

Sun 10/13/96

Hardware

6-post woodgrain console, 4-post woodgrain, small-rainbow jr., 4 power supplies, odd sticks, five sets of paddles

New carts

Bugs, Defender (Sears), Night Driver (Sears), Sssnake, Warplock INTV Vectron (2O) NES Burger Time, River City Ransom, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

More complete games

INTV Swords & Serpents (box)

Better labels

Circus Atari, Enduro, Haunted House, Moon Patrol, Pitfall, Spider-Man

Label variants

Outlaw (yellow text), Golf (taped-out typo)

Dupes

Air-Sea Battle, Asteroids, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Circus Atari, Combat (4), Dark Cavern, Defender, Demon Attack, Demons to Diamonds, Dodge 'Em, Donkey Kong, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (2), Enduro, Frogger, Golf, Gorf, Megamania, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man (2), Pole Position, Q*bert, RealSports Baseball, River Raid, Solar Storm, Space Invaders (3), Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Starmaster, Super Breakout, Swordquest Fireworld, Towering Inferno, Video Olympics, Warlords, Yars' Revenge NES Bionic Commando

Sat 10/12/96

Hardware

bare 4-post console 5200 4-port setup (console, PS, switchbox, 3 sticks), bare 4-port console (odd one...bottom half of case is from a 2-port) INTV Intellivoice module

New carts

Breakaway IV, Donkey Kong Jr., Flash Gordon, Gunslinger, Slot Machine (weird inverted main label), Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-ups 8-bit Pengo INTV TRON Deadly Discs, TRON Solar Sailor, Utopia NES Bubble Bobble VIC-20 Alien, Gridrunner

Better labels

Robot Tank, Spider Fighter, Tennis 5200 Galaxian

Dupes

5200 Defender, Missile Command, Pac-Man (2), Pole Position, Space Dungeon, Star Raiders, Super Breakout (2) INTV Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Boxing, NASL Soccer, NFL Football, Night Stalker, Space Battle, Star Strike, Tennis, Triple Action, TRON Maze-A-Tron

Manuals

INTV Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin, Atlantis, Auto Racing, B-17 Bomber, Beauty & the Beast, Boxing, Demon Attack, Donkey Kong, Dreadnaught Factor, Ice Trek, Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack, Las Vegas Roulette, Microsurgeon, Motocross, NASL Soccer, NFL Football (+playbook), NHL Hockey, Night Stalker, Nova Blast, Pitfall, Reversi, River Raid, Sea Battle, Space Battle, Space Hawk, Star Strike, Swords & Serpents, Tennis, Tron Deadly Discs, Tron Maze-a-Tron, Tron Solar Sailor, US Ski Team Skiing, Utopia, Venture

Fri 10/11/96

More complete games

7800 Choplifter (IB)

Sat 09/28/96

Hardware

SMS Console, controller

New carts

INTV Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (OIB), Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin (IB), Beauty & the Beast (B), Blockade Runner (oIB), Dragonfire (OIB), Horse Racing (OIB), Microsurgeon (IB), NFL Football (OIB), Nova Blast (OIB), Pitfall! (oIB), Space Spartans (OIB), Super Pro Football (IB), TRON Maze-A-Tron (OIB) SMS After Burner (IB), Altered Beast, Gangster Town (IB), Ghostbusters (B), Great Basketball (IB), Rambo: First Blood Part II (B), Reggie Jackson Baseball

More complete games

INTV B-17 Bomber (O), Bomb Squad (OIB), NBA Basketball (OIB), Space Armada (OIB), Tennis (OIB), U.S. Ski Team Skiing (OIB)

Better labels

Boxing, Decathlon

Dupes

INTV Boxing (IB), Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (OB), Major League Baseball (OIB), PGA Golf (oB) Asteroids, Centipede, Pac-Man, Pitfall, Stampede, Tank Plus, Target Fun, Warlords

Sat 09/21/96

New carts

Bridge, Bump 'n' Jump, Motocross Racer, Pole Position, Sprintmaster; NES Tengen Pac-Man (unlicensed)

Better labels

Chopper Command, Grand Prix, Ice Hockey, Racquetball, Seaquest, Super Challenge Football

Label variants

Eggomania (fancy case), Football (text label), Video Olympics (numbered text label)

Dupes

Astroblast (2), Chopper Command (2), Combat (2), Defender (2), Golf, Journey Escape, Jr. Pac-Man, Missile Command, Pac-Man (5), Pitfall, Q*bert, Race, RealSports Baseball, Sky Jinks, Solar Fox, Space Invaders, Spider-Man, Star Raiders, Starmaster, Super Breakout, Super Challenge Baseball, Vanguard

Sat 09/14/96

Probably my best single day of hunting

Hardware

Sears Super Pong IV (complete) 2600 jr. (decorative aluminum band damaged), Starpath Supercharger; C64 base unit (2), 1541 disk drive (2), Vicmodem, Datasette, 1702 monitor; CV Console (works), power supply; INTV Intellivision 1 (works); TG16 Console, power supply, controller, switchbox

Controllers

Nine sticks (assorted brands), three pairs paddles, two Video Touchpads; 5200 Two standard joysticks (one with Rev.9 flex circuit with graphite-coated contacts!), two Wico 5200 sticks, one Wico 5200 keypad, Masterplay 5200 Interface (!!!); CV Three standard controllers, Suncom Joy-Sensor

New carts

Atari Video Cube, Congo Bongo, Space Shuttle, Spider-Man, Zaxxon; C64 Fast Load, Jumpman Junior, Kickman; COCO Checkers; INTV Q*bert, Tennis; TG16 Tale Spin; V20 Cosmic Cruncher, The Count, Mole Attack, Speed Math/Bingo Math

Better labels

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Dupes

Air-Sea Battle, Asteroids (3), Chopper Command, Combat (4), Dark Cavern (2), Donkey Kong, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Enduro, Frogger, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man (4), Pitfall, Popeye, River Raid (2), Space Invaders, Super Breakout (2), Tutankham, Warlords; 5200 Miner 2049er; INTV Sub Hunt; V20 Omega Race

Sat 08/31/96

Hardware

Boxed 2600 (4-post woodgrain, complete)

New carts

8-Bit Pole Position, Qix; INTV Atlantis, Auto Racing, Bomb Squad, Boxing, Frogger, NASL Soccer, NBA Basketball, PGA Golf, Sea Battle; TI Pac-Man

Better labels

Frogger, Riddle of the Sphinx, Swordquest Earthworld, Vanguard

Dupes

Combat, Pac-Man, Star Raiders, Tennis, Video Pinball

Sat 08/24/96

Controllers

NES Arkanoid controller