spmahn
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During my usual weekly stops at the Goodwill and Thrift stores this week, I made a rather odd find, a brand new factory sealed copy of Berserk for Atari 2600. Now I typically pass on anything pre NES, but given that this was only 3 dollars, I picked it up as a conversation piece if nothing else.
Now how, or why, a copy of Berserk for 2600 would appear on it's own, and go 30 years without being opened is beyond me, but is it worth anything? I know I've read that around the time of the market crash in '83, a lot of retailers were practically giving 2600 games away for free, and I know I remember as a kid there were still some stores that had leftover inventory that they were trying to get rid of, and this would have been as late as 1994.
I doubt it's worth much at all given the fact that Atari 2600 isn't popular amongst a lot of collectors, and the fact that so much of the stuff for the console is dirt common and cheap, but still an interesting conversation piece if nothing else.
Now how, or why, a copy of Berserk for 2600 would appear on it's own, and go 30 years without being opened is beyond me, but is it worth anything? I know I've read that around the time of the market crash in '83, a lot of retailers were practically giving 2600 games away for free, and I know I remember as a kid there were still some stores that had leftover inventory that they were trying to get rid of, and this would have been as late as 1994.
I doubt it's worth much at all given the fact that Atari 2600 isn't popular amongst a lot of collectors, and the fact that so much of the stuff for the console is dirt common and cheap, but still an interesting conversation piece if nothing else.
