ATARI 8-Bit Smorgasbord | Thrift PICK-UPS September 2026

I would like to see you compare the original cost of the video games you feature against other products a kid could have purchased in the same time period. For instance, one Nintendo game might have been equivalent to a toy package including one Star Wars figure, one MOTU figure, a GI JOE vehicle, four bubblegum trading card packs, a baseball and glove, and a parachute rack toy soldier. Although many of us are old, the younger fans won't realize how expensive these items were. The Atari system you showed in this video, I think you might have been able to buy nearly the full year product line of GI JOE for the same price tag.

Great pick ups John. Look forward to some of the new videos on the items you picked up. Cheers.

An abominable snowman with black fur? You'd see that sucker from space 😁😁 Love the XEGS those pastel buttons look great.

Some absolute bangers esp the atari 8 bit that XEGS is nice, almost as nice as mine in a 90% box.

Love to see you get a XEGS. I had one growing up and got into programming because of it. The paperwork you have there don't appear to the same as mine. The one I have has a basic programming book with a white cover and spiral spine. The set is a prized piece of my collection.

Hi! I have several volumes of the Sesame Street Library books (1–11 and 15) that I would love to find a good home for.

My mom bought them one at a time during her grocery trips to Winn-Dixie, picking up each new volume as it became available and whenever she could afford the extra expense. Based on the copyright dates, this would have been around 1978–1979.

I'd love to pass them along to someone who would appreciate them. If you're interested in giving them a new home, please let me know. I'd be more than happy to send them your way!

I predict a slew of 8bit home computer Friday Plays in our near future. It's interesting how drab the Atari 800 cartridges are since the 2600 versions had such nice artwork once you got out of that first generation

All those video games… That's what I call a jackpot!

Wow! Nice find on the XE GS, looking forward to the video. A few years back, a friend of mine picked up a Turbo Grafx 16 at a yard sale, complete-in-box for… 25 cents, looked like the components were taken out once then put back in the box. I was jealous, but he puts in the yard sale time to make those kinds of finds. He also found a Fender Strat for $20.

I tried to kind of pantomime what that Mindscape stick would be like to use. It's a neat find, but I don't think I'd like it. The Epyx 500 XJ was my all-time favorite Atari/Commodore stick.

Why are paper dolls not still popular? I loved them growing up ! I would like to see the Rampage game as well as Perfection…and yeah the timer did have me stressed out

Wow congo bongo….I have a faint memory of that. Really more so the name, I don't remember anything about the game itself.

I have that namco plug and play but the battery box has a missing spring connector the guy at the flea market got me he said it worked 😂

I had that sleeping bag! Holy cow, that brings back memories! Thank Jon.

Wait a minute. There was a Rampage board game? I had no idea and I spent a LOT of quarters on Rampage.