I cruised onto www.deja.com and searched the RGVC archieves. Here's a message I posted when it first came to light:
rom: Tim Snider (timchrissnider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Subject: How to know when you've made it as a 2600 game designer
Newsgroups: rec.games.video.classic
Date: 1999/11/13
I was cruisin' through eBay when I can across this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=196995049
This is the game I made last year. Same guy is also auctioning off copies of
Edtris and Oystron. I don't know whether I'm flattered or insulted.
Whatdya think about auctioning off homebrews on eBay? Should buyers be made
aware that these games are easily available at Hozer or carpe diem? For the
price MST2600 is going for, I'd suggest Randy Critchfield get a bunch of Video
Time Machines, Pressure Gauges, and Okie Dokies listed.
Somehow, I'm unsettled by this development.
Tim Snider
"Your Friendly Neighborhood Sniderman"
There's more to the message thread, but needless to say, the auction ended with the cart (mine) going for $280. Don't know what the others went for. Do a search like I did for more info on it.
Tim
Original Message:
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From: timchrissnider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx timchrissnider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 09:44:54 -0400
To: stella@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Re: [stella] aftermarket value
Original Message:
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From: Piero Cavina p.cavina@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 14:52:06 +0200
To: stella@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [stella] aftermarket value
At 07.44 31/05/01 -0400, Ruffin Bailey wrote:
>I can't find these items with the "Completed auctions" search. Does eBay
>deletes them after a given time, or am I searching with the wrong keywords?
Oh, this was a few years ago. I've got the pages printed up and I'll post the web address later today. Ask the folks at RGVC newsgroup. We laughed about it for weeks.
Snider-man
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