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The Storage Locker => The Treasure Chest => Topic started by: mhuynh9 on December 21, 2013, 06:34:54 PM

Title: Found the best Christmas present I ever got in a locker this week
Post by: mhuynh9 on December 21, 2013, 06:34:54 PM
It was 1983 and my parents were immigrants and never truly understood what a young boy wanted for Christmas.  They loved me and worked very hard but it was a very different culture.  Christmas morning I opened this present and I have never felt more excited about a present.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=240411636126293&set=a.205277492973041.1073741826.205275549639902&type=1&theater
Title: Re: Found the best Christmas present I ever got in a locker this week
Post by: the teacher on December 21, 2013, 07:02:35 PM
I remember those......now I feel old....... :-[
Title: Re: Found the best Christmas present I ever got in a locker this week
Post by: Travis on December 21, 2013, 08:09:21 PM
Nice score! Ataris and games can be worth a pretty penny.
Title: Re: Found the best Christmas present I ever got in a locker this week
Post by: calcoastgal on December 22, 2013, 11:44:58 AM
Looks just like the one my mom sold at a yard sale years ago. We only had one TV channel growing up so most weekend nights we had family Space Invader wars. Thanks for the memories!
Title: Re: Found the best Christmas present I ever got in a locker this week
Post by: alloro on December 22, 2013, 12:47:01 PM
Nice score! Ataris and games can be worth a pretty penny.

It's not really that way anymore. You can get an Atari Flashback console with 75 built-in games for around $50.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Atari-Flashback-4.0-Classic-Game-Console-Universal/23993446
Title: Re: Found the best Christmas present I ever got in a locker this week
Post by: bwd111 on December 23, 2013, 09:50:37 AM
And the best thing about the atari is that it was helped to be created at the Universirty of Utah with the godfather of the creator of pong.
Title: Re: Found the best Christmas present I ever got in a locker this week
Post by: HomeGrownPromos on December 23, 2013, 11:32:27 AM
It's not really that way anymore. You can get an Atari Flashback console with 75 built-in games for around $50.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Atari-Flashback-4.0-Classic-Game-Console-Universal/23993446

The original systems still fetch a decent amount with gaming purists.. The casual gamer would much prefer the new flash consoles.
Title: Re: Found the best Christmas present I ever got in a locker this week
Post by: mhuynh9 on December 24, 2013, 06:55:25 AM
The Atari games are worth about $5 a piece on Ebay and I might sell the whole lot for $75.  It will not break my heart if I don't sell it anytime soon. 
I still have fond memories of that system.
Title: Re: Found the best Christmas present I ever got in a locker this week
Post by: bwd111 on December 26, 2013, 11:49:33 AM
i LOVE THAT ATARI