Atari 2600

Equinox2003 · Post by **Equinox2003** » 2004-10-04 11:55pm

Anybody own one these things? I like mine, have about 20 games for it.
The primitive graphics, sound and plot are great to me, though I have
a hard time understanding hoe people got as exited over these games
as people do over games today. But I guess back then (early 1980's)
when this was all there was I guess it was better than nothing.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2004-10-05 12:10am

Destroyed mine years ago by sucking the AC adaptor cord into a vacuam and breaking (probably could have been fixed, but I was, like

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Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-10-05 12:13am

I have an emulator of it. Does that count?

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-10-05 12:33am

Still do...how well it works is extraordinarly debateable, but it does turn on and occasionally work.

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2004-10-05 01:02am

Yep, still have mine and the R/F switch...and a atari 2400 in the bottom of my dresser.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2004-10-05 01:26am

Nope, though I remember having an Atari Super Pong when I was little. I still have a working NES (oldest system in the house). Never had a 2600, though I heard a lot about them and Commodores from older kids growing up.

Executor32 · Post by **Executor32** » 2004-10-05 01:33am

Oh yeah? I've got a Magnavox Odyssey 3, which I got from a garage sale for a dollar.

Equinox2003 · Post by **Equinox2003** » 2004-10-05 02:39am

Garage sale! That is where I got mine too. The console and 20 games for $5. Man, the bargains you find at those yard sales

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-10-05 06:33am

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I have an old colecovision in my closet somewhere...I loved that Atari game Carnival....Man, and I miss pitfall, too.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-10-05 08:09am

Got one brand new one crhstmas many years ago.

Not sure where it is now.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-10-05 01:45pm

I still own my PONG!