Atari Video Music and my Avante

[dishdude]

I didn't even know this beast existed. Awesome!

[TinCanAlley]

Originally Posted by dishdude

I didn't even know this beast existed. Awesome!

Quite expensive, too. 170 back in '76, so that would be about 500+ now.

I still prefer the basic 3 channel color organ.

[MIPS]

Originally Posted by TinCanAlley

Quite expensive, too. 170 back in '76, so that would be about 500+ now.

Note all the youtube reviews above are major channels where the core demographic are "Starbucks regulars".
There's a reason they are so expensive. Right now the core demographic of buyers is hipsters who want that "vintage" (*hurk*) Atari product with those "retro" (*wrench*) graphics and they got a PHP programming (*puke*) job giving them a lot of cash.

[TinCanAlley]

Originally Posted by MIPS

Note all the youtube reviews above are major channels where the core demographic are "Starbucks regulars".
There's a reason they are so expensive. Right now the core demographic of buyers is hipsters who want that "vintage" (*hurk*) Atari product with those "retro" (*wrench*) graphics and they got a PHP programming (*puke*) job giving them a lot of cash.

Oh yeah, I know. They are driving up the prices of many things. I used to by sealed original pressings of albums for a few bucks years ago, but now that the hipsters are into vinyl, the price has increased greatly.

Still, the cost I was noting was based on inflation. Was pointing out that people back in '76 were basically paying 500 bucks for those units (adjusted for inflation). That's quite a bit back then.

[MIPS]

Whoops, that was me rambling off again....