Retro Gaming Hacks

Find the Holy Grails

Collect the hardest of hard-to-find golden age retro games.

It all starts out so cheaply. You buy an old Atari 2600 and a stack of games at a yard sale for a few bucks, or maybe you just dig your old setup out of the attic. Bit by the collecting bug, but still keeping your financial priorities intact, you hunt down bargains and start to build up a relatively inexpensive collection.

But before long you can’t find any games that aren’t already checked off on your master list. You’re starting to pay some eBay prices you swore you’d never plunk down for some old pieces of plastic and silicon. You’re ever so close to completing your collection; you just need a few more games. You’re ready to start paying out the big bucks and find the last few super-rare items you need—the “Holy Grails,” as they say.

Or maybe you’ve just got a whole bunch of crap in the basement and want to know if any of it’s worth the big bucks so you can sell it on eBay to hapless collectors. In either case, you’ll find this hack beneficial. I’ll tell you about some of the rarest classic video game stuff, how it got so rare in the first place, and why collectors prize them.

I’ve heard dumb-luck stories of people getting some of the items in this hack for a quarter. That’s twenty-five American cents. Folks, this isn’t going to happen to you. If you want these goodies, you’ll have to be ready to pay up. The best way to do it is to keep an eye on online auction site http://www.eBay.com. Search the completed ...