Atari 5200 with trackball controller

Introduced in 1982 by Atari as a replacement for the famous Atari 2600, the Atari 5200 was in essence an Atari 400 computer without a keyboard, it soon developed a strong cult following with its library of high-quality games.

In its prototype stage, the Atari 5200 was codenamed "Pam" after a female employee at Atari, as were many of their game consoles, e.g. "Stella" (Atari 2600) and "Colleen" (Atari 800).

And now for your delectation, a complete system, with rare trackball controller and 13 games all it appears for under 10 bucks.

Atari 5200 only on ebay.com
seller ships to US only

A guide to Collectible Microcomputers

Microcomputers, collectible microcomputers to be exact, can be quite confusing little beasts especially when it comes down to ..err.. collecting them. That's where books like the aptly named Collectible Microcomputers can come in handy. Collectible Microcomputers, an impressively huge retro gaming & vintage computing coffee table book, features over 700 computers from 1971 to 1993, complete with photos, specs and general info, all compiled into an excellent black and white tome. Impressed? Interested? Good, for you can learn more and/or buy Collectible Microcomputers. Merely follow the pretty obvious link I just posted.

Atari 2600 Jr + 51 Games

In 1986, a new version of the Atari 2600 was released, unofficially referred to as the 2600 Jr. With its introduction came a resurgence in software development both from Atari and from third parties. Indeed so popular is the system that 21 years on, homebrew games for the system are still being made and sold by hobbyists with several new titles available each year. How could you overlook a massive 128 bytes of Ram.

Atari 2600 emulators

Atari 2600 Jr only on ebay

The Monkey Island Bounty Pack

The Monkey Island Bounty Pack is a rather rare collection of the three absolutely best comedic adventure games ever created: The Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck's Revenge & The Curse of Monkey Island. Learn more by visiting the Lucasarts Museum and -as usual- MobyGames. Get your greedy hands on said collection through a Monkey Island Bounty Pack ebay auction. Seller ships worldwide and the games run on PCs.

Saturn Starter Pack!

Your chance to own the second best games console ever! Yes its Sega's mid '90s bad boy, The Sega Saturn! This was an economic failure compared to its main rival the Playstation, but such grace, such beauty such style! The system allows you to exclusively play such arcade classics as Sega Rally, Daytona USA and Virtua Fighter! This little package comes with a nice steering wheel, to make that arcade feeling complete. Want to buy it? Look here. Want to know more about the Saturn? Look here!

The First Zork Game up for auction

One of the first interactive fiction computer games and an early descendant of Colossal Cave Adventure. Written in 1977–1979, "Zork" was originally MIT hacker jargon for an unfinished program. The implementors named the completed game Dungeon, but by that time the name Zork had already stuck. Three of the original Zork programmers joined with others to found Infocom in 1979.

Zork distinguished itself in its genre as an especially rich game in terms of both the quality of the storytelling and the sophistication of its text parser, which understood full sentences, not just single verbs or nouns.

And now the miraculous has happened, yes you guessed theres a near mint copy on ebay

Zork for:
model 1 TRS 80
with 32K and
onedisk drive

Zork on ebay

Amstrad GX4000

Amstrad GX4000, essentially an Amstrad CPC 6128 plus without a keyboard and disk drive, was a commercial flop with only a handful of original games released for it, but also a highly sought after 8-bit game console. So, after reading a bit on Amstrad's history, you'll be happy to know that a mint condition Amstrad GX4000 complete with two controllers and Burning Rubber cartridge has just hit ebay.co.uk. Surprisingly it's one of the few consoles that ship worldwide and one of the fewer Amstrad GX4000 under 30£ (for now, at least).

Amstrad GX4000 auction

The 32-bit Amiga 1200 and lots of retro games

If it weren't for the hideous conspiracy of baked bean sellers the 32-bit home computing beast that was the Amiga 1200 would have been as huge a success as her older Amiga 500 sister. The Amiga 1200 had a brand new powerful graphics chip, a 32-bit 68020 processor, a better OS and a smart price tag, but apparently never sold good enough to save Commodore. Despite the brilliant new games and being backward compatible in a way the PS3 will never be.

Now, provided you live in the UK, you can get a boxed Amiga 1200 with 11 fantastic boxed games including: Frontier Elite II, Power Monger, Mortal Kombat and Theme Park. Have a look at this (probable) bargain:

Boxed Amiga 1200 & 11 games auction

The rest of Europe could have a look at a few other and quite fine boxed games collection for the Amiga. Thankfully they ship to the UK too.

Amiga games lot #1

Amiga games lot #2

Divers 2000 Edition - The Ultimate Dreamcast!

TITLE

Dreamcast DIVERS 2000 CX-1
PLATFORM

Dreamcast
DEVELOPER

Sega
PUBLISHER

Sega
RELEASE JAP

21. april 2000
NO. OF PLAYERS

1-4
SERIES

Modern console
Fuji Television Divers 2000 Series CX-1 - an impressive title, and an even more impressive piece of Sega hardware.This very special version of the Dreamcast came with everything a serious user could ever want. A remote (for the tv-function), a controller, keyboard, Vibration Pack, internet and teleconference software, a headset and an instruction video. And even though the built-in screen is fairly small, it is of exceptional quality.The unit is designed to be used every day, and even the antenna doubles as a place to hang the headset when it is not in use. Down the sides are two rows of LEDs, that light up when the unit is in use - a feature that definitely does not make the overall appeal any less.Games are loaded from the top, just like your regular Dreamcast. Unfortunately neither a slot or tray loading drive made it to production, even-though it would have went well with the "Sonic head/iMac" look.The DIVERS 2000 was released in the midst of the short Dreamcast life-span, and is considered as Sega's last contribution to Dreamcast collectors the world over.

Atari Jaguar CD Combo and 6 Games

The Atari Jaguar, released in November 1993, eventually wound up as a commercial failure and prompted Atari to leave the hardware business. After the Atari Corporation properties were bought out by Hasbro Interactive in the late 1990s, Hasbro released the encryption coding to the Jaguar, finally opening the doors for homebrew development.

Several game companies, including Telegames, ScatoLOGIC, and Songbird Productions, have not only released previously unfinished materials from the Jaguar's past, but also several brand new titles to satisfy the system's cult following.

Auction item includes games Blue Lightning, Hover Strike, Dragon's Lair, Myst, Vid Grid and Primal Rage. Seller in US, ships worlwide.

Atari Jaguar CD Combo

Dark Tower Board Game

Dark Tower is a 1981 electronic board game by Milton Bradley Company, for one to four players. The object of the game is to amass an army, collect the three keys to the Tower, and defeat the evil within.

Working copies of Dark Tower are increasingly hard to find. The game went out of print shortly after release due to a lawsuit. The suit was brought by two men who claimed to have presented the original concept for "Dark Tower" to Milton Bradley in the late Seventies. Thereafter, they claimed, MB independently developed the game based on their proposal. As part of the resolution of the lawsuit, Milton Bradley pulled the game off the market.

Dark Tower Fansite

Dark Tower Game on ebay.com

N64 GoldenEye 007

As promised, here's a Retro Treasures post about GoldenEye 007, the best FPS for the Nintendo 64 and the first console shooter that actually worked, since it wisely introduced the analog stick to the mechanics. The game, still highly playable and definitely not a rarity, is widely available and shouldn't be difficult to track down. The following ebay auction is the cheapest I could find and one of the few that are targeting a worldwide audience.

GoldenEye 007 auction