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Do you collect other systems ?

Post by Elesias » Sat Oct 09, 2004 5:18 pm

Yes, I know, you're fond of your Atari computers and consoles. :D

By the way, do you have other favourite systems ?
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Re: Do you collect other systems ?

Post by Atari Frog » Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:16 am

There are other systems I really like but not to the point of collecting. It's really A8 computers all the way.

I do have a fairly large collection of gaming magazines from the 1980-85 era though... not counting the Atari ones :)

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Post by atarimania » Sun Oct 10, 2004 5:17 pm

I don't collect only A8, I also collect VCS games (main part of my collection), Atari Pongs, ST family computers, Lynx, Jaguar, Arcade games (I have Pole Position and Gauntlet) and Atari goodies (posters, ads,etc.) :mr.green:

The only no-Atari system I collect is the Vectrex...
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Post by Andre » Sun Oct 10, 2004 5:53 pm

atarimania wrote: Arcade games (I have Pole Position and Gauntlet) .
Very nice! I have a "Dig Dug"-machine in my basement ...
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Post by pongbeat » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:19 pm

Any consoles from 70's to 2k!
But 2600 is my favorite after comes Coleco, Vectrex, Intellivision...i have reach more than 120 consoles and hundred of games!
Some computers are welcome also, Atari of course but any machines who accept cartridges (msx, ti4...)...and with my 3000 records of disco, funk, techno and industrial i don't know where i could sleep in the next years :lol:
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Post by Elesias » Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:24 am

pongbeat wrote:i have reach more than 120 consoles and hundred of games!
Wow ! You'll have to show me all this stuff :wink:
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Post by sku_u » Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:59 pm

Besides for the Atari systems, I have 30+ other game consoles. The other non-Atari consoles I either actively collect for or have completed are Colecovision, Intellivision, Astrocade, Arcadia 2001, Odyssey2 and the Sega Dreamcast.
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Post by Elesias » Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:08 pm

sku_u wrote:Colecovision...
Thumbs up ! :wink:
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Post by deathtrappomegranate » Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:01 pm

I have many 8-bit computers from the 70s and 80s.

I really only collect A8, but I dabble in others too. I have some C64 stuff (I know, I'm an infidel!), some Acorn, Apple and Sinclair stuff, and various others (inc lots of Atari ST). I've also been known to buy some 2600 items from time to time.

I don't yet have a Commodore Pet, but that's a temporary situation.

If the prices ever come down, I'd also like to get an Elan Enterprise. It was not supported, but the spec was phenomenal for an 8-bit machine.
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Post by Elesias » Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:36 am

The Elan is a pretty interesting (and uncommon) machine, but I don't own one.

However, I have a PET (CBM 3016), and it really looks like a dinosaur, making him really funny. But, as you may see on my website, I'm fond of Colecovision and Oric above all else.
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Post by Atari Frog » Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:00 am

The Elan Enterprise would probably be my computer of choice as well 8)

I have to say I really love the Apple (it IS history after all) and C64. The Spectrum range and Oric really have personality despite their technical limitations. The basic MSX series is nothing special but it has so many great Japanese games it would be a crime to dismiss it. The Amstrad CPC never did anything for me and never will. Never tried any of the BBC machines.

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Post by Andre » Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:52 am

deathtrappomegranate wrote: I have some C64 stuff (I know, I'm an infidel!)
Ok, now I can admit that I collect some stuff for other computers too :roll: To be precise I collect "Last Ninja" for all computers it was released for. You could buy this game for Commodore computers, Spectrum, CPC and even the Acorn BBC has it - but nobody ever made it for Atari 8-Bit Image
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Post by atarimania » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:38 am

Andre wrote: Ok, now I can admit that I collect some stuff for other computers too
:mr.green: :mr.green: :mr.green:

I am the only one Atarimaniac 8)
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Post by deathtrappomegranate » Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:25 pm

Atari Frog wrote:Never tried any of the BBC machines.
The Acorn machines were generally good for the time. The BBC, in particular, had a great dialect of BASIC, including WHILE/WEND, PROC/ENDPROC, REPEAT/UNTIL and other Pascal-like structures. It also had a built in assembler, so you could embed 6502 assembly language right into BASIC programs.
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