A Momentary Lapse of Awesome

Posted on Mar 22nd 2012 at 03:05:42 AM by (nupoile)
Posted under C64, C64 commodore 64

Frequently I check the local craigslist for old video game stuff. Rarely do I buy anything, but sometimes good things come up. I've gotten a PS2 and games, a Neo Geo pocket color and a couple of other things, but it doesn't add up to much for all the looking I do.

Awhile back I got a pretty cool lot, the ad said it was a C64 but when we got there it turned out to be a Vic-20 and TI-99 4A with games and cords and stuff. So I've been keeping my eye out for a C64.

Today I didn't have work because of snow and happened to find a C64 listed on craigslist.

This is what I got for $30 today:

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Check out the cool art on this game:
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Look at this weird connector, can you imagine this being sold today? The wire is kind of covering it up but there are several dip switches on the cartridge:
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Lots of games and programs, copied and otherwise:
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AOL 3.0! Remember these?
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"Now with 64 colors!"
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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. This is one of the best parts of the whole lot:
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Back when there were manuals with games. Here are a few pages:
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The game originally came with neat pack-ins or "feelies". The "Fluff" and glasses aren't with this copy anymore.
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This is a page the C64 printer made:
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I don't think it shows up in the picture so well but there are hundreds of pages of instructions, manuals and hand written pages from back in the day. Neat stuff.
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Just some more cords, two Genesis controllers (they work on the C64) and a Nintendo emulator.
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Not bad for a day off of work and only $30. I haven't actually got it to display on the monitor yet, I think it's a loose connector or something. I have a bunch of Vic-20 and C64 wires and stuff already so I'm not too worried about getting it to work.

The ad didn't describe all the particulars but it turned out the guy selling this was the same guy I bought a Pong console from last year. It's not the very first way you could play Pong at home but it's what most people would think of as the first Pong console.
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Comments
 
Wow, that is quite a haul for only $30.  You just don't see stuff like that on Craigslist around where I live.  I think that earns you a Golf Clap.
 
Very nice C64 lot, and I hope you get it up and running. I've bought a couple C64 setups from Craigslist, but one of them didn't work (bad RAM I believe.) I chuckled at the AOL disk. I remember getting these like crazy and formatting them for my own use. Saved me a bit of money on floppies back then.
 
very nice find.
 
Nice haul, does the floppy drive actually work? That would almost be worth the full price of the whole lot. (Except the boxed games)
My 1541 from my dad's C64 stuff was in the box and even had the little paper insert in it when we dug it out, yet it still didn't work!
 
@FireStar: Usually it's an alignment issue with the 1541. Here is a guide so you can get it going: http://home.comcast.net/~safeharborbay/tcr/cbm/1541.html
 
Thanks guys. As far as I know it is all in good shape and working, other then not getting it to display on the screen. Admittedly the C64 could be broken but I am optimistic that it is only a connection issue that I can fix. The guy I bought it from was the original owner, it has been in storage for awhile and all worked fine beforehand. He had been using the monitor elsewhere so it should be fine.

Unfortunately I may end up just putting it all away before I dig into it too deep. Our house doesn't really have a good place for this sort of thing to be set up and running as I would like. The next house will definitely have more room.

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