Maxim Magazine had a full page article about this company on page 100 of the July 2000 issue. The background photo is a picture of their warehouse with row after row of atari games stacked up. From this picture, it is obvious why they are able to close these out cheaply.
Here's the text, although it would be interesting if someone could scan in the picture:
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It's 1982 all over again inside this Kansas City limestone mine-cum-warehouse, where stacks of Ms. Pac-Man, Asteroids, and other classis 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.