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PDorr3
09-03-2004, 03:13 PM
Well my dad has been cleaning out his old house that he had lived in while he was younger so we can sell it (the house is empty now) but along the way he found me a BRAND NEW colecovision in mint condition w/ all hook ups along w/ its mint condition box (it has all styraphoam, and i think inserts) but to make it even better he also found a mint condition (w/ box, same conditions) atari expansion pac for the colecovision also (if any1 can tell me how much these are worth mint w/ boxes id appreciate it) and some empty (some mint) atari boxes w/ no games sadly :( as well as getting some extra colecovision controllers and a STILL IN BOX colecovision joystick.

Anyway yesterday be brought me home one last box from the basement which includes an atari video pinball system (can any1 tell me about this?) w/ alot of wires as well as this yellow system that has no noticible name on it w/ two knob controllers and a secondary little brown box that says on off, the only place w/ any type of brand name are the controllers which say on them ColorGame. Any idea what this is? there were no games w/ it or anything.

I can get a picture of these systems a little later (i gotta go on my other cpu) as well as get some pictures of my mint colecovision stuff so u guys can tell me a value.

Thanks!

Edit- Here is an ebay auction for the video pinball, only mine has no box
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4315&item=8128912404&rd=1

vision89
09-03-2004, 03:28 PM
My Digital Press Guide states the Colecovision is worth $30, though I've seen the systems alone sell for about $40-$50, I would venture to say that in the box and mint you are looking at $60-$100, again this is just a ballpark figure though, and timing is everything, I just checked ebay and Colecovision stuff seems be selling pretty low at the moment. I would also guestimate that a mint expansion pack would sell for somewhere around $20-$30, maybe a little more or less. It sounds like the other systems you have are dedicated "pong" systems. The Atari pong systems seem to sell for more than the others I've seen, though as to the exact worth I'm not sure. When you mentioned the yellow system my first thought was that it was an RCA Studio II, however I don't think the Studio II system has knobs on it and I know it has a label on the system stating what it is. I would guess that if its not an RCA Studio II then it is a Pong system . I hope this helps, and since my curiosity is kind of struck on the yellow system I'd really like to know what it is also :) Hope this helps!

o2william
09-03-2004, 05:08 PM
The yellow system sounds like a Pong unit to me too, maybe an Odyssey 300? Try visiting Pong-Story (http://www.pong-story.com)... there are a lot of pics there that might help you identify your console. (The site can be a little confusing to navigate, so here's a link to its site map (http://www.pong-story.com/sitemap.htm).)

Video Pinball is a fun little system. I don't think you'll find it's worth all that much money, but I'm sure you can get a few bucks on eBay (but try it first, you might wanna keep it!).

CONGRATS!