A rare Christian-themed Atari 2600 game that surfaced at a garage sale in 2007 has sold at auction for $6,562.50.
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that → theme → 6,562.50
Red Sea Crossing, released through mail order in 1983, was offered by Heritage Auctions with an accompanying audiocassette.
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Crossing → release → audiocassette
The sale marked the first time the cassette itself had been presented at auction, according to the auction house.
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Steve Schustack created the game and takes its inspiration from the biblical story of Moses parting the Red Sea.
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Moses → create → Sea
Players guide Moses between walls of water while avoiding obstacles and the pursuing Egyptian army.
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Players → guide → obstacles
The cartridge was sold at Heritage Auctions’ June 12–13, 2026 Video Games Signature Auction, where it was listed as lot 28003.
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it → sell → lot
The Atari game placed players in the story of Moses
Red Sea Crossing was released for the Atari 2600 in 1983 by Inspirational Video Concepts.
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Crossing → place → Concepts
Unlike many commercial console games of the period, it was not distributed through ordinary retail channels.
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it → distribute → channels
Heritage describes it as a mail-order release with a Christian theme.
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Heritage → describe → theme
The gameplay centres on Moses crossing the Red Sea.
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gameplay → centre → Sea
The player must guide him between the parted waters while avoiding hazards including seaweed, giant clams and the Egyptian army.
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player → guide → seaweed
The game also includes a fish that acts as a time limit, requiring players to reach the end of the screen before it catches up with Moses.
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it → include → Moses
Instead of being accompanied only by a conventional instruction manual, the game was originally sold with a colouring book and an explanatory audiocassette connected to the story of the Exodus.
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game → accompany → Exodus
Heritage identifies the cassette as being narrated by Dale Evans Rogers.
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Heritage → identify → Rogers
Its only known advertisement appeared in Christianity Today
The game’s limited distribution has contributed to its rarity.
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distribution → contribute → rarity
Heritage states that its only marketing was an advertisement in the October 7, 1983 issue of Christianity Today.
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marketing → state → Today
The advertisement offered the game by mail order and helped establish that the obscure cartridge had genuinely been released.
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cartridge → offer → order
The game’s existence was not widely documented for many years.
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existence → document → years
A copy discovered at a Cincinnati rummage sale in 2007 became the subject of discussion among Atari collectors, who worked to identify its developer and establish whether it was an authentic commercial release.
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it → discover → developer
A surviving advertisement found in Christianity Today in 2011 provided important evidence that the game had been marketed in 1983.
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game → survive → 1983
Heritage describes the title as one of the rarest commercially released console games ever produced.
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Heritage → describe → games
However, estimates of how many cartridges were made vary among historical accounts, so the precise size of the original production run remains difficult to establish.
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size → make → run
A garage-sale discovery brought the game back into view
The 2007 discovery was significant because Red Sea Crossing had largely disappeared from public knowledge.
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Crossing → bring → knowledge
The game was not part of Atari’s mainstream catalogue, and its mail-order distribution meant that comparatively few examples were documented by collectors.
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examples → mean → collectors
After the cartridge was found, members of the Atari community investigated its origins and connected it to Steve Schustack.
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members → find → Schustack
Historical accounts identify Schustack as the programmer and describe the game as an independent project released through Inspirational Video Concepts.
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accounts → identify → Concepts
The discovery eventually led to renewed interest in the game and to the appearance of additional examples.
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discovery → lead → examples
One copy sold at auction in 2012 for $10,400, while another copy that surfaced in Philadelphia was also sold that year.
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that → sell → Philadelphia
The earlier sales helped establish Red Sea Crossing as a sought-after rarity among Atari collectors.
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sales → establish → collectors
The cassette made the 2026 auction unusual
The Heritage lot consisted of the Atari 2600 cartridge and an accompanying cassette.
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lot → make → cartridge
The auction house described the cassette as particularly notable because it was the first time the tape itself had been presented at auction.
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tape → describe → auction
That distinction matters because the cassette was part of the game’s original package but has been much less frequently documented than the cartridge.
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cassette → matter → cartridge
The game’s historical descriptions consistently mention the colouring book and audio recording, but surviving examples of the complete package are considerably harder to trace than reproductions and loose cartridges.
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examples → mention → reproductions
Heritage described both items in the lot as being in excellent condition.
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Heritage → describe → condition
The cartridge and cassette were nevertheless sold untested and as-is, with no returns.
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cartridge → sell → returns
Red Sea Crossing sold for $6,562.50
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Crossing → sell → 6,562.50
Heritage Auctions listed the item as lot 28003 in its 2026 Video Games Signature Auction.
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Auctions → list → Auction
The auction took place on June 12 and 13, with the Red Sea Crossing lot recorded as sold on June 12 for $6,562.50.
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lot → take → 6,562.50
Heritage’s listing records 36 bids and registered phone bidders, with a 25% buyer’s premium applying to the lot.
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premium → record → lot
The result adds a new chapter to the history of a game that was originally sold through a single religious-magazine advertisement, rediscovered at a garage sale and later recognised as one of the most elusive Atari 2600 releases.
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that → add → releases
…and 1 more, not listed.
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