It's 1982 all over again inside this Kansas City limestone mine-cum-warehouse, where stacks of Ms. Pac-Man, Asteroids, and other classic Atari games - in their original, unopened boxes - are waiting to be shipped. The stash is what remains of Atari, which quietly liquidated its stock in 1991. The 2 million 2600 and 7800 cartridges were ultimately bought by O'Shea Ltd., a Missouri operation that hawks anything, cheap. The company's ragtag Web site (www.oshealtd.com) advertises more than a million games, and CEO Bill Houlehan says he's "still unpacking boxes and finding games I thought we were out of."
All in all, bonus points for collectors and Atari fans the world over. Even more retro than the piles of cartridges is the price: 80 cents a pop.
ELECTRIC WORD
New Blue Chip
Design Eenterprise
Long-Term Memory
Inner Light
The Cyberspace Agency
Pac-Rat
