Atari 2600 Air Raid box found

[megasdkirby]

I always thought tthe game was made in 1984...

Right now, the auction is at $12.5K. All because of a box. True, IF it's real, it's something never seen before, so in a way it's "one of a kind".

Still, it's just a box. I say this game will go over $20K...for a box. It's Stadium Events all over again!

[chrisbid]

I always thought tthe game was made in 1984...

Right now, the auction is at $12.5K. All because of a box. True, IF it's real, it's something never seen before, so in a way it's "one of a kind".

Still, it's just a box. I say this game will go over $20K...for a box. It's Stadium Events all over again!

at least air raid is a unique game. sure it is a poor quality hack of another not-so-great game, but at least it is unique. stadium events is a label variation

[megamaniaman]

I always thought tthe game was made in 1984...

Right now, the auction is at $12.5K. All because of a box. True, IF it's real, it's something never seen before, so in a way it's "one of a kind".

Still, it's just a box. I say this game will go over $20K...for a box. It's Stadium Events all over again!

True enough, but at least we will not have 10 PAL Air Raids trying to be sold for insane amounts of money. A loose Air Raid or two may surface, but I doubt anything more than that will surface on Ebay.

[TonyTheTiger]

I always found it interesting that timing matters so much with these things. Random homebrew made in 1982? Collector's dream. Random homebrew made in 1998? A fun diversion. This isn't a knock. It's just goes to show the mythos of something being old and obscure can really make a world of difference. There's a little Indiana Jones in all of us.

[ProgrammingAce]

One of the black bio force ape competition homebrew carts i released at MGC last week for $35 has already been resold at auction for over $80. It's all marketing...

[UnpluggedClone]

Google 4 Gaga

[Icarus Moonsight]

Me: Yes, Mr. Loan-Officer! I'd like to take out a loan for twenty-five thousand dollars.

Loan Officer: To what purpose?

Me: I'm going to buy a box.

Loan Officer: A box? You mean a big-box store?

Me: No, just a box. For an old Atari game.

Loan Officer: Alright buddy, where's Aston Kutcher hiding, where are the cameras!?

[otoko]

Me: Yes, Mr. Loan-Officer! I'd like to take out a loan for twenty-five thousand dollars.

Loan Officer: To what purpose?

Me: I'm going to buy a box.

Loan Officer: A box? You mean a big-box store?

Me: No, just a box. For an old Atari game.

Loan Officer: Alright buddy, where's Aston Kutcher hiding, where are the cameras!?

In my bum, he's right next to the monkey.

[DreamTR]

Me: Yes, Mr. Loan-Officer! I'd like to take out a loan for twenty-five thousand dollars.

Loan Officer: To what purpose?

Me: I'm going to buy a box.

Loan Officer: A box? You mean a big-box store?

Me: No, just a box. For an old Atari game.

Loan Officer: Alright buddy, where's Aston Kutcher hiding, where are the cameras!?

Circa 2005

Random Dude: Yes Mr Loan Officer! I would like to buy this house!

Loan Officer: What a great investment, houses are excellent!

Random Dude: How about this car also? I want to buy the newest and latest model!

Loan Officer: Sure we can do that!

Circa 2010
Random Dude: I paid $300K for my house and now it is only worth $180K? WTF?
Random Dude: I paid $35K for my car and with monthly payments it was $60K and now it needs work? WTF?


Just because someone "invests" in a cardboard box or buys one does not mean it's silly. I put money down on video games and boxes which people thought were ridiculous for me to buy at the time and I've sold some games for incredulous amounts of money. In turn my grandfather wanted me to invest in a mortgage company but he lost his life savings from it after 10 years of getting dividend checks...

I stick with what I know and that's always worked for me.

I don't think "that money can be better spent" when I see something like this. THe box has NEVER come up. If I had $25K lying around I would try and outbid Wonder007 just because I doubt another one of these is going to pop up, but unfortunately I have limitations and don't want to sell my pinball machines to try and compete with the big boys on this one...

[Icarus Moonsight]

I think you misunderstood what I was driving at there. Right aspect, wrong party.

[megasdkirby]

HOLY SHIT!!

OVER 30K!

It's incredible...

Did this "Wonder 007" guy win it?

[neotokeo2001]

HOLY SHIT!!

OVER 30K!

It's incredible...

Did this "Wonder 007" guy win it?

Yes. It was Wonder.

[megasdkirby]

All I can say is...

"What the good grief is wrong with people!?"

[Policenaut]

unbe-fucking-lievable!!

[AcePuppy]

Congrats Jose!

[megasdkirby]

Remind me never to collect for the 2600 or NES.

In the long run, I think I will die from a coronary from all the money wasted.

[betamax001]

Huh I thought it would be higher actually...though 30,000 isnt anything to laugh at!

[Damaramu]

Hey now, let's not poo-poo on other peoples' hobbies. But to be honest, I could buy 2 more of my current car with that amount!

[Snapple]

Since it is now April 10th (almost 11th), and the shoe never dropped, I think it's safe to say this isn't an April Fool's joke. And since it was sold, it's either real or a very horrible scam.

I hope Wonder007 is happy with his purchase. You could feed a third world country for a year with that box.

[Leo_A]

I always found it interesting that timing matters so much with these things. Random homebrew made in 1982? Collector's dream. Random homebrew made in 1998? A fun diversion. This isn't a knock. It's just goes to show the mythos of something being old and obscure can really make a world of difference. There's a little Indiana Jones in all of us.

The difference is this one was sold in stores when the system was still commercially active. So anyone going after the futile goal of a complete 2600 set needs this. Plus it's very unique and recognizable, and there's value in that.

It's not even an original game, I believe it's been proven to be just a hack of Space Jockey.