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Single-player. Air Raid is a 1982 shoot 'em up published for the Atari 2600 by Men-A-Vision, the only game released by the company. [1] The cartridge is a blue T-handle design with a picture of flying saucers attacking a futuristic city. It had extremely limited distribution, [2] making it highly sought after by video game collectors.
Feb 14, 2010 · It is a Christian game and was only sold via phone order. The only known ad for the game was in Christianity Today. Red Sea Crossing is the most expensive Atari 2600 game when it is cartridge only, by about $10,000. Air Raid sells for more when it comes with a box.
Oct 23, 2023 · Top 10 Most Valuable Atari 2600 Games Ever Sold. Based on actual sale history, these ultra-rare Atari games have commanded the highest dollar figures: Air Raid (Boxed) – $33,433 – Complete with box & overlays. Gamma Attack (Loose) – $20,000 Est. – Rarest loose cartridge.
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Air Raid is an extremely rare Atari game, by the one-hit-wonder developer Men-A-Vision. Your objective: Save two buildings from the attacks of flying saucers. Sounds very much like something that would be made in the early 80s. And in a theme you will find common in this article… the quality of game says very little about its desirable nature. As o...
In 1984, rich families could actually purchase a personalized video game from developer Personal Games. That game would feature the name of the aging individual of your choice, as well as a slot to write their name right on the cartridge. It is estimated that they only ever sold about 10 of these well wishes out of the 300 cartridges produced. Not ...
In the early 1980s, a small company named Xante had a pretty forward thinking concept: Create writable game cartridges for the Atari game console, and offer a sort of rental service to its customers. Game players could visit a Xante kiosk to pay a small fee to have a new game written to their game cartridge. It all sounds like early Blockbuster Vid...
Are you ready for one of my favorite game descriptions of all time? Via Wikipedia: “The player controls a young boy who must eat plates of pasta placed in front of him by his mother, who will keep feeding him until his stomach explodes on-screen. To prevent this, the player can throw it to a cat, who occasionally appears at the window, and a dog, w...
We tend to keep Retro Dodo (mostly) family friendly, so we won’t go into too much detail about what exactly you might do if you were to play X-Man. But let’s just say that this not so family friendly game was an “adult video game cartridge” that could be purchased via mail order. Game play is said to be a Pacman inspired endeavor that eventually cu...
We have seen that pretty much any video game about the Bible has very low sales, and ultimately becomes a rarity for collectors. So Red Sea Crossing is no different. Did the tale of the parting of the Red Sea by the hands of Moses make for great video game moments? I mean… I doubt it! But if you happen to have one of the “few hundred” copies that w...
Superman was not a particularly rare Atari game… they made and sold a ton of them. But if you happen to have the extremely rare Sears version that had an alternate cover with yellow text (instead of the usual red text), you might be sitting on a fortune. Yes people.. it really comes down to that… you got a label with a different color, it’s value m...
You thought we were done with religious video games? Well so did I… but apparently not. The Music Machine was a video game produced in 1983 and was only available for purchase in christian bookstores! Game play is visually similar to Nintendo’s Game and Watch title “Fire”, where you catch falling objects. Except, in this case, you collect the “Frui...
It is a tale as old as time: Pepsi Vs Coca Cola. But did you know that there was actually a game about it? Yes, Coca Cola actually produced a Space Invaders clone that allowed you to blow Pepsi out of the sky. The joke video game was produced as a promotional item to be handed out at sales conventions. And there were only ever 125 copies produced. ...
You may remember this as one of the worst video games ever made! But did you know that they actually buried thousands of them in the desert after the game’s epic failure? And in 2014, about 900 of them were recovered in an excavation as part of a documentary. You can read about the legendary Atari Video Game Burial here. Some of them were preserved...
Jun 25, 2021 · One of the Atari 2600’s rarest games — a third-party titled called Air Raid, known for the distinctive T-shaped handle on its cartridge — recently brought more than $10,000 at auction to ...
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Nov 10, 2017 · Air Raid. Video game collectors generally regard Air Raid as the holy grail of Atari cartridges. Only a few are known to exist, and even fewer come with the box. Even on its own, the game sells for around $3,000. No, that wasn't a typo -- just the cartridge is worth around three thousand dollars.
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Air Raid is a 1982 shoot 'em up published for the Atari 2600 by Men-A-Vision, the only game released by the company. [1] The cartridge is a blue T-handle design with a picture of flying saucers attacking a futuristic city. It had extremely limited distribution, [2] making it highly sought after by video game collectors.
