Archive for the ‘Consoles & Handhelds’ Category

The Atari 2700, with wireless controllers, never reached the market.  An ex-employee of Atari is placing an Atari 2700 prototype on ebay.  Current price of $1500 as I type, with over 4 days remaining. Here is the Wikipedia entry for the 2700.  This made me laugh…

The 2700 was set for release, and even had ads made for it. Everything seemed ready for the system’s launch, but one problem destroyed its chances. The controllers had a working radius of 1000 ft; this meant the 2700 could affect nearby 2700s, as well as other remote controlled devices, such as garage doors and TVs.

 


Atari 2700 prototype
Atari 2700 prototype

The next Xbox 360 Arcade might be bundled with a motion controller and associated mini-games. At $200, I just might nab myself one, even if it does show a complete lack of imagination.

Hammi hit me up with a Play N Trade gift card for my birthday so I was back in their store today looking around.  I was able to pick up the following:

Thanks, Hammi!

Play N Trade has finished cataloging their massive NES take and everything went on sale last weekend. Though I didn’t get everything I wanted, I did pick up a bunch of games. They have 1/2 of them (or about 600 titles) out on the floor right now. The other half will go up Sunday.

If you’re looking for anything in particular rare or otherwise you may want to give the store a call and check to see if they have it.   I’ve seen the entire take and I know there will be a ton of really cool stuff that may help you fill out your SNES or NES collections.  They’ve got the largest local collection of 3rd party NES carts you’ve ever seen.  You know you want a copy of Bible Adventures.  The really rare stuff is behind the glass at the counter so don’t forget to check that out too.  Swing by and tell’m Adam sent ya.  😉

I had no idea Mr. Do was ported to the SNES.

I do now.  It is also now the single most expensive SNES cart I’ve ever purchased. I’ll bring it to the party for show and tell. Or maybe we’ll play some good old fashioned SNES games sometime at my place.