I decided to check online for information on the Activision Patches and I even checked on Ebay out of curiosity to see just for how much these things sell.  I was quite surprised to see prices as high as $45 for some of these individual patches!

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So, while searching, I also found a couple of articles that discuss these very first achievement awards associated with video games.  Here are two that look at these.  The first one goes into more detail.  The second is more a picture set of patches for the different games and systems that had these available.

Activision Badges – The Original Gaming Achievement

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So, did anyone earn any of these?  Do you still keep them?  I managed to earn two of these back in the day:  The Roadbusters Patch for Enduro and The Cliffhangers for Pitfall II.  I still have these and here is a picture of them...

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