Man-o-Vision Air Raid

[kevincure]

So even though I more or less collect only NES forward, I'm pretty familiar with the Stadium Events equivalents of the Atari era. I know Air Raid is more or less the Holy Grail for every collector of that era. I'm pretty sure someone must have it, because everyone always cites it as a released game. But if guys like rolenta and dp and hardie don't have one (as far as I know), then who actually owns this game? And what do you think it would go for, price wise, on the open market? Surely more than NWC Gold, right?

[moycon]

Someone did a survey a while back and this was the entry for AIR RAID

AIR RAID
xxx pitfall harry
. Ebay jimk@... ($531 10/15/99)
. rick weis [4] (bought from pitfall harry)

So I guess Rick owns one that he bought from Pitfall Harry

[Buyatari]

I think a loose copy would fetch around 2k.

The highest priced gold NWC sold for 6.5k I doubt anyone would pay close that for a loose Air Raid. But who knows.

Adam

[wberdan]

i know that an air raid sold in the past year for like 2 thousand.... that nwc cart that adam mentioned was ridiculous, - no one in their right mind would put up that cash for one.
there definetely are air raids out there, and i would guess that it is rarer than the NWC cart by far.....

willie

[digitalpress]

@Kevin: the company that produced Air Raid is "Men-a-Vision" :P

Also I don't know if you were around about a year ago, our own member Charlie owns the game as well.

[Sylentwulf]

Was that ever proven?

[Sega Hitman]

I seem to remember a thread in the battlezone where Charlie agreed to post pictures of Air Raid (maybe Stadium Events too). I never saw a thread with the pictures though. If the pictures were ever posted, I'd appreciate it if somebody could post the link. If they haven't been posted, than somebody start a battlezone topic, because this is a decent enough topic, it would be a shame if it got dragged over there.

-Hitman-

[Buyatari]

that nwc cart that adam mentioned was ridiculous, - no one in their right mind would put up that cash for one.

Yes our own Captain Falcon attempted to sell it for 6,500.00 and was unable to do so.

HOWEVER the reason he was trying to get so much was because thats how much he paid. Yes, he bought it for $6,500.00. He wasn't able to resell it for that price but it did exchange hands for 6.5k. There have been other copies that sold between 4k-6.5K as well. One just sold on ebay for close to 4k I think that was the cheapest I've ever seen a gold nwc sell for and quite a few have exchanged hands.

Adam

[wberdan]

that nwc cart that adam mentioned was ridiculous, - no one in their right mind would put up that cash for one.

Yes our own Captain Falcon attempted to sell it for 6,500.00 and was unable to do so.

HOWEVER the reason he was trying to get so much was because thats how much he paid. Yes, he bought it for $6,500.00. He wasn't able to resell it for that price but it did exchange hands for 6.5k. There have been other copies that sold between 4k-6.5K as well. One just sold on ebay for close to 4k I think that was the cheapest I've ever seen a gold nwc sell for and quite a few have exchanged hands.

Adam

the friggin worst part is that im going to have to buy that some day.. man that pisses me off! damn it

willie

[orrimarrko]

I spoke with the guy (Pitfall Harry) who recently sold his copy of Air Raid to Rick Weis - here's the posts on the atariage forum:

http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewt...959&highlight=

Basically, there are only 4 or 5 known copies in existence. The guy who sold it said that he has only seen one other scan of the cart, and spoken with two others who he believes to own it.

He bought his at a thrift store in Southern California in 1998 for $.99!!

(The story is in the thread at the link above, about half-way down.)

As far as price goes, there are reports of $1,500 for the cart in the not so distant past, and although he wouldn't say, I believe that Rick may have paid $2,000 for it.

Basically, you may have a better chance at getting struck by lightning then to have an opportunity to own this cart (even if price wasn't a factor.)

Good luck!

Steve

[wberdan]

yeah, but doesnt this cart have a pretty sketchy background? i know that there are some out there, but i thought it was hazy if it was ntsc or pal... regardless, its really rare- but its a real freak that no boxes have turned up and is there any information at all known about men-a-vision?
it was probably like two guys in a garage who only made 10 copies to begin with
hah

willie

[ubersaurus]

1 box has been claimed to have turned up. I don't remember who owns it but they never scanned it.

Also the scanline issue was just shoddy programming-it uses the NTSC color set.

[orrimarrko]

yeah, but doesnt this cart have a pretty sketchy background? i know that there are some out there, but i thought it was hazy if it was ntsc or pal... regardless, its really rare- but its a real freak that no boxes have turned up and is there any information at all known about men-a-vision?
it was probably like two guys in a garage who only made 10 copies to begin with
hah

willie

Hey Willie,

Go to that link I posted above - Pitfall Harry goes into a lot of detail about the cart, and what he believes it's background is. Since he definitely had one, I'd like to believe him. He did a lot of research on the cart, and probably knows more about it than most.

Take care,
Steve

[portnoyd]

that nwc cart that adam mentioned was ridiculous, - no one in their right mind would put up that cash for one.

Yes our own Captain Falcon attempted to sell it for 6,500.00 and was unable to do so.

HOWEVER the reason he was trying to get so much was because thats how much he paid. Yes, he bought it for $6,500.00. He wasn't able to resell it for that price but it did exchange hands for 6.5k. There have been other copies that sold between 4k-6.5K as well. One just sold on ebay for close to 4k I think that was the cheapest I've ever seen a gold nwc sell for and quite a few have exchanged hands.

Adam

The cheapest one so far was about $1,400. From Jason Wilson (DreamTR) to Martin Nielsen (nespit), IIRC. There's one on eBay right now.

dave

[Buyatari]

The cheapest one so far was about $1,400. From Jason Wilson (DreamTR) to Martin Nielsen (nespit), IIRC. There's one on eBay right now.

dave

According to DreamTR the cheapest he has ever sold a gold NWC for was 4k. So either someone isn't telling the truth or it was for a grey NWC or trade was also factored in.



Adam

[portnoyd]

The cheapest one so far was about $1,400. From Jason Wilson (DreamTR) to Martin Nielsen (nespit), IIRC. There's one on eBay right now.

dave

According to DreamTR the cheapest he has ever sold a gold NWC for was 4k. So either someone isn't telling the truth or it was for a grey NWC or trade was also factored in.

Adam

It was definitely gold.

http://www.nespit.com

And definitely for $1200:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/view...r=asc&start=25

dave

[Buyatari]

Then someone isn't being completely honest.

Adam

[portnoyd]

Then someone isn't being completely honest.

Adam

No offense to him, but I'll give you one guess who. :/

dave

[orrimarrko]

Then someone isn't being completely honest.

Adam

No offense to him, but I'll give you one guess who. :/

dave

Ding, ding, ding...We have a winner!

[orrimarrko]

By the way, I'm just wondering why this thread turned into a NWC postfest.

Wasn't Kev's question about Air Raid?

Steve