Box and Instruction Manual included! It was fifteen dollars, got a discount due to corrosion on the battery contacts, a concern if the Pinball Kickers would fully work. Took it home cleaned it up and works like a charm. I do not consider the Tomy Pinball tables as just toys although they were marketed as such. Both have features of real Pinball tables including motorized Score Number Wheels, Sounds, Steel Painted Playfield, Flippers, Rollover Score Switches, Reactive Bumpers and Slingshots that are controlled by solenoids. Pinball collections in consoles are great and are important in preserving real Pinball Tables to play in a digital format. However, the small tables are also good to collect, another diversion in capturing the real feel of a Pinball game, the fun of the steel ball hitting the "glass." I bought the larger Astro Shooter table years ago at the Swap Meet, also still works great.
Review with tear down here: viewtopic.php?f=52&p=614562#p614562
8 Ball "Trakball"- $6.00 Amazon Shipped
Another ball; to complete the Trakball housing I recently bought from the swap meet. Just a pic to show how clean the pool ball fits in the Kenningston and Inland Trakballs. This is my simplest and yet an eye catching functional mod. A Trakball is the almost perfect control offering both precise and quick adjustments; on to Centipede, Reactor and REZ.
Arcade Centipede regulation sized Cue Ball on the left and 8 Ball on the right
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Atari Six Switch VCS 1978 Model - $20.00 Swap Meet
The seller wanted twenty five, I showed a twenty dollar buill and got the reduced price. Later, I showed the "Woody" Atari to a regular Retro game seller at another stall gloating on my find. He mentioned he was going to buy it before the Swap Meet opened, but she wanted fifty and would not budge. Not the Heavy Sixer, this is the 1978 model that came out one year later. Still a nice collectable with the level select switches in front. It came with the original paddles and the elusive 9 volt mono earphone plug power brick. The power cord has a huge lead, can go all the way across the living room. Even the RF cable is long, sharp eyed Atari owners should recognize the adapter on the end in the pic below. Also came with two joysticks, but one was missing the outer black plastic and rubber sleeve. Not a problem, I have PLENTY of different styles of 2600 joysticks. The Atari also included the ORIGINAL 1978 box!
I took the VCS apart for a thorough cleaning. The Reset switch spring was partially popped out, an easy wind back into place. Dusted out the interior with a clean paint brush and clean out the cart slot with a folded cardboard saturated with rubbing alcohol. Player number 1 port had a pushed in pin, used needle nose pliers to pull it back in place.
One thing I love about the original Atari is that a game cart plugs in very easy and works every time. Almost to the point of a ZIFF socket, its really smooth. A genius design in adding an auto opening dust cover in the game carts. The angled cart connector has a very robust metal housing surrounding the slot inside. The 2600jr and 7800 consoles has to be held to remove a cart. Any NES toploader owner will be surprised in the ease of how the "Woody" console takes in the game carts and without having to pivot depress.
Tony Lyon wrote:http://retrovideogamesystems.com/atari-2600-facts-you-might-not-know/
The original box to come with the Heavy-Sixer is also well known for it’s picture of a chess piece. This can be seen as the fifth picture in from the top right hand corner of the box. Although there were other pictures on the box representing various games, the chess piece is famously remembered due to a gentleman in Florida suing Atari for displaying the picture on the box and without Atari actually producing a chess game available to play.
These are quite rare as only 250,000 of these were manufactured before production was moved to Hong Kong where it was more viable to mass produce them at low cost (thinner cases and internals).
In 1978, only 550,000 out of the 800,000 produced were sold, leading to the founder of Atari inc, Nolan Bushnell to leave the company were he set up a Pizza Time Theater, later to be known as ‘Chuck E. Cheese!’ which became quite successful.
In 1979 the woody became the best selling Christmas present up to date selling over 1,000,000 units, and over 2,000,000 in 1980
Pink Floyd Pulse Book and Case (No CDs) - $1.00 Swap Meet
Just a very nice Limited Edition case with a hard back mini photo book inside that has shots of Pink Floyd in concert. Inside there is a Sting concert ticket stub, not sure why the owner stuck it in here. Unusual that there is a Two AA battery operated LED tucked inside that would emit a flashing light thru the binder end. Lucky no battery leakage, after verifying the LED works with new AA batteries, I left the battery holder empty. Disappointing that there are no CDs, maybe I'll put my other Pink Floyd Discs in there. Or maybe buy the inexpensive non blinking light music discs to make this CIB.
Wiki wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_(Pink_Floyd_album)
The original CD cover features an "eye-like" machine that has clock pieces inside, there is a planet in its centre, and on the outside it shows evolution as it moves backwards. It starts in the sea, moves to the bacteria which evolve into fishes, then into egg type creatures, then into eggs that hatch birds, and birds follow the trail of an aeroplane. There are six pyramids in the desert, and in the bottom of the sea, one can observe a city in the shore.
Early CD versions came with a blinking red LED on the side of the case. This was designed by EMI contractor Jon Kempner, who was awarded the platinum disc, using the now discontinued LM3909 LED flasher IC. The circuit was powered by a single AA cell; the battery life was stated to be over 6 months. Some versions were also made with 2 AA batteries and later editions of the CD set did not feature the blinking LED.
'Essentially, it's a device which we thought was entertaining. It's an idea of Storm Thorgerson's which related to Dark Side and the pulse, and it's a live album so the box is "alive". After that, in terms of seriously deep meanings, one might be struggling a bit.'
— Nick Mason
Simpson Commercial Volt Ohm Meter ME-48 C/U - $5.00
Look up Simpson 260 to get an idea about this Military issue version. This meter is better with the separate dials. I would have paid twenty for this, even if the it did not work.
CRTGAMER: "How Much?"
Seller: "Ten Dollars."
CRTGAMER: "How about Five?"
Seller: "Make it seven."
CRTGAMER: "It may not even work"
Seller: "Ooookay five bucks"
The VOM works great with leads from my other dial meter and is very robust. You know its heavy duty and vintage when the housing is Bakelite not flimsy plastic. The Mad Scientist in me; I love playing with the zero out OHM setting and trying the different volt ranges. Unlike a digital, this Dial Meter does not need a battery to check volts so its always ready to use. The Dial may not be as accurate for reading a resistor, but the visual needle response is better then numbers flicker of a Digital. For OHM readings the meter does not take a meek AA battery but a larger run time capacity D Cell. There is another compartment for 22.5 volt battery with resistor isolators, not needed for what I'm using the meter for. There is a 5000 volt multiplier plugin if I ever wanted to test a Bus station or a Heliarc Welder lead and risk killing myself. The commercial meter is that capable. I still have not picked up an oscilloscope but this is a very sweet start.
Simpson Catalog: http://www.simpsonelectric.com/uploads/File/test-equip-08.pdf
GBA Crash Huge Adventure- $2.00 Swap Meet
This price is almost as good as all the 85% carts I have been having shipped in from Gamestop. Side scrolling platformer, bust the crates just like in the PS1.
Wii Safecracker - $4.49 Gamestop
Thanks to mjmjr's recommendation, I had to pick this up. Held off buying the PC version a few years back, thought it was just a bunch of safes to open. Turns out to be various puzzles, similar to Myst.
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So i'll leave that to some one else.
