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    Default Atari 2600 R1 Question

    I have a simple but weird issue which anyone that has Atari 2600 games might also come across this problem. I have a bunch of Rare 1 games which I'll list below. What do I do with them? I know people use them to make home brews with them. Here is a list:

    1. Pac-Man x11
    2. Combat x12 (one with the Gate Fold Box)
    3. Asteroids x10 ( 3 in Box )
    4. Circus Atari x3
    5. Breakout x2
    6. Video Olympics x2
    7. Video Pinball x2
    8. Casino x2
    9. Defender x3
    10. Basketball
    11. Berzerk
    12. Vanguard

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    You could avoid buying more if you dislike having so many duplicates of R1's, though bulk buys can be tough to ignore. Some suggestions:
    1) Build a coffee table
    2) Create some necklace bling
    3) There's a site that purchases and makes stuff from old carts
    4) See if a homebrewer could utilize them
    5) Slowly sell them to new-comers to the retro/Atari community
    6) Donate to gaming conventions or local clubs
    7) Throw them at a neighbors barking dog
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    I'll take a Defender for shipping cost.
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    Sell them off to homebrewers. That or give/sell at a cheap price to people.

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    give them free to me!

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    Most retro-gaming stores will only give you a quarter for those titles....best to sell or give to homebrewers or someone just starting out collecting
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    wait till you come across a cheap 2600 system and buy it. Then add some of those titles to the system and sell it as a package on ebay or something.

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    I could use most of those actually

    If you have anything crafty to think up with them it would be cool. Don't want to build something? Sell them off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mailman187666 View Post
    wait till you come across a cheap 2600 system and buy it. Then add some of those titles to the system and sell it as a package on ebay or something.
    Actually that is what swlovinist is going to do for me this week. I traded him a boxed Video Arcade 2 for a 4 Switch and he is going to sell it with my extra joysticks and 50 games that weren't the commons.

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    I could use most of those actually

    If you have anything crafty to think up with them it would be cool. Don't want to build something? Sell them off.
    I might able to sell them. I am not sure yet but I'll let people know when or if I do sell them.

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    I need a Video Olympics and a Basketball...

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