bye-bye

it's tough times for atari around our house lately. after keeping all my games boxed up for months i finally decided to pull the trigger and sell my entire atari collection.
as a kid i never owned atari. my best friend had it and i spent hours in his living room honing my skills. later we got intellivision which boasted better graphics and the first voice card (intellivoice) for home video games. but i always felt that the game design and sheer volume of titles made atari the overall winner. so as nintendo replaced atari as the preferred platform, then outdone by super nintendo and sega into the 90's i began seeing more and more of the old atari games and systems showing up in thrift stores and bargain boxes in video game stores. i don't think i ever spent more than about fifteen bucks for one of these used consoles and about a dollar per cartridge. and then one day i realized i had collected 4 consoles and over 70 games!
it was great to be able to go back and be that kid with the big atari collection. sadly though, as time went by i rarely had anyone to play them with. and so i decided i've had my fun and am now ready to let somebody else enjoy a little of the 8 bit magic. so if you're curious, while the bidding is still hot, check out my stuff.