Re: Is this stuff rare?

[Duven]

I all I recently moved house and I found bunch of Atari 2600 games I bought when I was young. From checking online some of these seems to be quite rare. I am not a collector myself but I am sure someone else might appreciate the following titles all games are (PAL):

Bumperbash - 9 (Extremely Rare)
Mangia - 10 (Unbelieveably rare)
China Syndrome - 5 (Rare)
The Challenge of Nexar - 4 (Scarce +)
Space Shuttle - 3 (scarce)
Football Real Sports Soccer - 4 (Scarce).

I am interested in seeing what people would pay for these as I am intending to put them on Ebay after xmas. I also have a Spectravideo Compumate (PAL) version still in box.

Thanks

[EMZayas]

Don't those "extremely rare" and "unbelievably rare" carts usually go for hundreds of dollars/pounds/euros? I think so.

But, it's always best to wait for Martyg to come in and tell ya. He knows a whole LOT more than anyone else here.

You have some really nice things there (too bad I'm in debt :()

[martyg]

Duven - by the ratings descriptions in parenthesis, it looks like you're lifting your rarity ratings from AtariAge? Those ratings are not for PAL versions, Atari Age only rates NTSC releases.

Games that are rare for North American (NTSC release) can actually be quite common for European, etc. release. There were, for instance, a lot of PAL Mangia's released and very few NTSC. Bumper Bash is also much easier to find in a PAL release than in an NTSC. Likewise for the PAL version of the Spectravideo Compumate - much more commonly seen than the extremely rare NTSC variant.

[deathtrap]

The WIP PAL database has PAL Bumper Bash as a rarity 6, and Mangia as either 7 or 8, depending on whether the label is branded Spectravideo or Spectravision.

FWIW a boxed, near-mint Spectravideo Compumate (PAL) sold recently on ebay for GBP 55.00. It was originally listed with a BIN of GBP 30.00, though.

[Duven]

Hi guys thanks for your comments on this its appreciated. By the sounds of it those items in PAL are not as rare as I initally believed....I guess it pays not to get too pumped up !!

Cheers