Air Raid - Men-a-Vision!!! Just found out!

[fed...@earthlink.net]

Hi,

I just wanted to let everyone know what the T-Handle cart on Ebay I am
auctioning is. I just found out after 4+ years! Heres a quote from the
guy that mailed me about this. Thanks Ben!

"The cartridge is "Air Raid" by Men-A-Vision. Air Raid is, without a
doubt, the rarest of all the production
(non-prototype) cartridges ever made for the Atari 2600. It is so rare
in fact, that even veteran collectors doubt its very
existence. I got my confirmation from 2 other collectors who have the
cart. Both believed that they were
the only two known to have the cartridge up until I contacted them. Your
cart, then, is the 4th known copy."

Men-A-Vision only made this 1 game and obviously not many were
distributed initially and hardly any left alive now!

Heres the auction theres a couple days left:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=179494838

Thanks everyone!

[Shane Shaffer]

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 16:39:02 -0500, fed...@earthlink.net wrote:

>Hi,
>
> I just wanted to let everyone know what the T-Handle cart on Ebay I am
>auctioning is. I just found out after 4+ years! Heres a quote from the
>guy that mailed me about this. Thanks Ben!
>
>"The cartridge is "Air Raid" by Men-A-Vision. Air Raid is, without a
>doubt, the rarest of all the production
>(non-prototype) cartridges ever made for the Atari 2600. It is so rare
>in fact, that even veteran collectors doubt its very
>existence. I got my confirmation from 2 other collectors who have the
>cart. Both believed that they were
>the only two known to have the cartridge up until I contacted them. Your
>cart, then, is the 4th known copy."

Hah! Don't get me wrong, Air Raid is a very rare cartridge,
but 4 known copies? I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few
collectors who have 4 copies themselves. Anyone who doubts the game's
existence is someone who hasn't been into classic gaming for long at
all. Might be a top 10 rare game, but certainly not the rarest.
Ought to bring a princely sum on Ebay though.

- Shane Shaffer
sdsh...@erols.com
http://www.geocities.com/sdshaffer2600/

[fed...@earthlink.net]

I've been collecting for 10 something years, I've never seen one. Neat cart
anyway!

[paul]

Shane Shaffer wrote:
>
> Hah! Don't get me wrong, Air Raid is a very rare cartridge,
> but 4 known copies? I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few
> collectors who have 4 copies themselves. Anyone who doubts the game's
> existence is someone who hasn't been into classic gaming for long at
> all. Might be a top 10 rare game, but certainly not the rarest.
> Ought to bring a princely sum on Ebay though.

I agree with shane, its rare but I've seen a few people over the last
year ask
about the same cart. Its easily found at the atari 2600 nexus
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~bilstein/atari2600nexus/

[Robert Worne]

Shane Shaffer <sdsh...@erols.com> wrote:

: Hah! Don't get me wrong, Air Raid is a very rare cartridge,
: but 4 known copies? I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few
: collectors who have 4 copies themselves. Anyone who doubts the game's
: existence is someone who hasn't been into classic gaming for long at
: all. Might be a top 10 rare game, but certainly not the rarest.
: Ought to bring a princely sum on Ebay though.

Well JerryG jumped in the fray, I guess there are a few "stealth" big-time
collectors pondering over this right now.

[Cadimus]

Robert Worne <rwo...@primenet.com> wrote:

> Well JerryG jumped in the fray, I guess there are a few "stealth" big-time
> collectors pondering over this right now.

Don't forget a few "broke" big time collector who is banging his head on
the wall over this poor timing.