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		<title>Pole (Position) Vault</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[Atari]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia One hundred fifty feet below the Earth, in an unused section of a limestone mine, one might be forgiven for not knowing what to expect. A mad scientist&#8217;s evil lair? A massive bomb shelter? Whatever fanciful speculation one might have, it would not be as incongruous as the booty stored in such [...]]]></description>
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<p>One hundred fifty feet below the Earth, in an unused section of a limestone mine, one might be forgiven for not knowing what to expect. A mad scientist&#8217;s evil lair? A massive bomb shelter? Whatever fanciful speculation one might have, it would not be as incongruous as the booty stored in such a cave by <a href="http://www.oshealtd.com">O&#8217;Shea Ltd.</a></p>
<p>O&#8217;Shea stores over one million sealed game cartridges for the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600" title="Atari 2600" rel="wikipedia">Atari 2600</a> and 7800 including titles such as <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Pac-Man" title="Ms. Pac-Man" rel="wikipedia">Ms. Pac Man</a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_Position_%28arcade_game%29" title="Pole Position (arcade game)" rel="wikipedia">Pole Position</a>. <a href="http://www.gamesetwatch.com">GameSetWatch</a> recently <a href="http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/02/gamesetinterview_atariclassic.php">interviewed Bill Houlehan</a>, O&#8217;Shea&#8217;s president. Houlehan spoke about the circumstances of O&#8217;Shea&#8217;s initial purchase of three million games in 1990, about the trends in sales, and recent price change.</p>
<p>We still have a working <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64" rel="wikipedia">Commodore 64</a> in our closet, but if we had a 2600, this would be quite a temptation.  Remaining games can be purchased from O&#8217;Shea&#8217;s <a href="http://www.oshealtd.com">website</a> for $5 each.</p>
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