atari 5200 Zenji.

[vintagegamecrazy]

I have been trying to find a copy of Zenji as it is one of my lasat few games I need to complete my collection and it hasn't turned up too often at all anymore, I have looked in online stores and posted on various sites and no one has been selling copies. I saw two auctions featuring it on Ebay but that't the only place its turned up and it went for decent money. I think this game is rarer than the guide suggests maybe a 6 or a 7 at least and probably worth more. The same with Frogger II, does anyone else think the same about this game or has any one been tracking this game like I have too, we need to look into this more. Here is a link to an Ebay auction that I lost today with a boxed one and it's gotta be the reason that auction sold for so much because the rest is common games.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8220203241&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEDW%3AIT&rd=1

[video_game_addict]

Most of the Big box Activision games are harder to find than you would expect of an Activision title. Those big boxes were used on more than just the 5200. You could be adding to your searches & seek out Colecovision versions as well. Maybe even the C64. The only distinguishing characteristic is in the bottom flap, an add-on piece that states for the 5200, or for Colecovision, or for Commodore, etc. If you open them up, they used a generic plastic tray which itself is molded for all three sizes of carts. So take the bottom flap off, and no one would be able to tell which version you have. Then all you need are the cart & docs to add to it. And in some cases the same docs were used for multiple platforms too. Like the Atari 8-bits & 5200 are the same on some titles. Those bottom flaps are a pain, I'm missing a couple of mine, they just get torn off, as they originally held the gatefold covers shut, and inquiring minds had to peek at it.... So they go missing in alot of the auctions I've viewed.

But HERO, Space Shuttle, Decathlon & Zenji are all equally rare. Loose carts they maybe R4-R6, but finding them boxed is closer to R7-R8 Very difficult to find these boxed complete in the 5200 box.

There's actually a Zenji C64 box up on ebay right now, but this one is a disk, and I've not seen the disk version box before to gauge thickness. It looks like correct box though with the bottom flap. It's right here (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5155595884) But assuming that is the correct size, just take the bottom flap off, and throw the 5200 cart in box. :P

[vintagegamecrazy]

Got that right about boxes for Activision, I need Zenji period, as it's one of my last three games needed for a complete 5200 collection. I think Zenji is the rarest of the above mentioned, as I see very few of them in the wild and in's not usually on Ebay the others are, and they pop up in collections less frequently than most other Activision games, I say it's an R6.

[vintagegamecrazy]

Whew I hate double posting, my PC obviously loves it as it just did it now. x_x

[video_game_addict]

Just missed one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8225838918