Atari Games Worth Anything?

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I have a pretty large box of over 100 Atari games at home and was wondering if they carry any value like some other old systems/games. I have a few seemingly weird games like Krull and Snoopy vs. the Red Baron. Is digipress the best place to look for this sort of thing?
 
It all matters on which ones. Some like Bounty Bob strike back go for $500+ or Atlantis 2 that go up to $1000. Unfortunately the vast majority of atari games are next to worthless.
 
There is a website I remember seeing which has various prices for old Atari games. I don't remember the link thought but it was very interesting.
 
I was looking for something like this, thanks.
Turns out I have a Colecovision that is a 7. Up 'n down.
I've also got a few fives.
 
Digitpress is where its at for 2600 games.

98% of them are worth nothing, even the uncommon ones. But if you have something rare, it could be worth quite alot.

Most of the 'money' games are games that came out right around the time of the crash. Those games got clearanced out for pennies, some never left the warehouse, etc.
 
I traded in about 25 atari carts to a local Gametrader store for about 2 bucks apiece, I was very pleased with that since so many were crap... was able to get a copy of The Darkness basically for free
 
I've been on the lookout for a copy of Texas Chain Saw Massacre for a while now, but haven't seen any in a long time. I have a large collection of boxed Atari 2600 games and I love em. They may not be worth anything but as a gamer I respect them and look back fondly at great stuff like Frostbite, River Raid and Yars Revenge.
 
[quote name='rabidmonkeys']I've been on the lookout for a copy of Texas Chain Saw Massacre for a while now, but haven't seen any in a long time. I have a large collection of boxed Atari 2600 games and I love em. They may not be worth anything but as a gamer I respect them and look back fondly at great stuff like Frostbite, River Raid and Yars Revenge.[/quote]

I'll have a look tomorrow when I'm at work and see if we have TCM for you :)
 
[quote name='Paco']ET is worth LULZ[/quote]

it sure is :D

I actually bought 4 copies from my store for 99 cents a piece (2 with boxes and 2 without) and sold the 2 without to people I know for 5 bucks each (they're giving them as gag gifts to other gamers) so I've not only got teh lulz but also 6 extra bucks :D

anyone want the 2 boxed ones?
 
[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']I have a few seemingly weird games like Krull and Snoopy vs. the Red Baron. [/quote]Snoopy teamed up with Krull? Wow, that is rare.

Sorry, I really have nothing to add to this conversation other than the fact that unless you find a store like zman did to trade in tons of the old games, you've got a big box of memories, with little value otherwise.

But memories are worth a lot to some of us. Adventure was the game that I really fell in love with as a kid and it's why I've been into games since. Hard to believe something as archaic as that game was with those blocks that looked like oddly shaped ducks that were supposed to be Dragons could have captured a girls imagination like it did. But it did. I loved that game.
 
I liked Snoopy & The Red Baron too.

My favorite Atari games were mostly based on the best arcade games. As a little little kid (5 to 7 years old) I wasn't yet spoiled by the NES's standard for home coversions. Actually, Atari had this *really* talented 2nd party developer called General Computer that did pretty much *all* the good arcade translations that Atari published. Thus my favorites were...

-Asteroids (Atari, based on the arcade game)
-Bowling (Atari)
-Carnival (Coleco, based on the arcade game by Sega)
-Centipede (General Computer, based on the arcade game)
-Circus Atari (Atari, based on the arcade game)
-Crystal Castles (General Computer, based on the arcade game)
-Dig Dug (General Computer, based on the arcade game by Namco)
-Journey: Escape (Data Age)
-Mario Bros (General Computer, based on the arcade game by Nintendo)
-Mouse Trap (Coleco, based on the arcade game by Exidy)
-Ms Pac Man (General Computuer, based on the arcade game by Namco)
-Q*Bert (Parker Brothers, based on the arcade game by Gottlieb)
-Real Sports Tennis (Atari)
-Snoopy and The Red Baron (Atari)
-Venture (Coleco, based on the arcade game by Exidy)
-Video Pinball (Atari, based on the arcade game)

Those were pretty much my favorites. I never got the appeal in games like Spider-Man, Missile Command, Superman, Haunted House, Space Invaders, Swordquest, or even pitfall.
 
Atari had great arcade games, and therefore had great home games that didn't look exactly like the arcade versions (some better than others), but it was like an arcade at home and the gameplay was so good it didn't matter.
 
Man, I loved Krull back in the day.

My favorite game was Jr. Pac-Man though. This video really doesn't do it justice.

[MEDIA]http://youtube.com/watch?v=uvDsBRXIzVw[/MEDIA]
 
[quote name='Xevious']There is a website I remember seeing which has various prices for old Atari games. I don't remember the link thought but it was very interesting.[/quote]

Damn you to Hades from whence you came...
 
i just found a box of atari games in my great grandpas garage. i'm pretty sure they aren't worth anything considering he thinks computers are stupid....


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[quote name='GuilewasNK']My favorite game was Jr. Pac-Man though. This video really doesn't do it justice.[/QUOTE]

yeah - old thread... the arcade version of this gets some of the most play time on my cabs. It's tough!
 
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