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Atari 2600

  • 21-11-2016 11:08am
    #1
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭


    Just looking at the Commodore threads, and whilst I did have an Amiga, bundled with Lemmings, Captain Planet, and The Simpsons, the Atari 2600 was the one to have.

    Wood finish, proper old school joy sticks, and a wheel control for driving games. Pit fall, Astorides, and Space Invaders were my personal favourites.

    Kids these days with their PS4s and Microsoft What ever number they have after their device now, and whilst I would love to see a Mini NES under the tree, in just over a month, getting rid of that Atari is my only true regret in life.


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  • #2
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,037 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    and under fifty bucks


  • #3
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    and under fifty bucks

    Back then? Would be a bit more now. Although £50 was probaby still alot when it was released. Got mine around 87/88.


  • #4
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3CrqmhDk2A


    Best game ever


  • #5
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    They were shít tbh!


  • #6
    Klim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 283 ✭✭Klim


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    Back then? Would be a bit more now. Although £50 was probaby still alot when it was released. Got mine around 87/88.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=913xrM9FYpI


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  • #7
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    £119, £129, £139.. (depended on the retailer) punt. A fortune at the time. I would play this in Apollo 1 on Moore Street in the early 80s and just dream..

    Family box as far as I can recall, 2 joysticks and two paddles + games.

    I picked up a full set from the Blackberry Fair for 15 euro, in the 00's. Consoles on their own turn up a fair bit, I have three or four now. Corrosion seems to be an issue, green/blue residue on the board sometimes.

    Hard to get across the craze for these, but.. you'd walk into the most unlikely store, say your small local DIY/Electrical store.. and they'd be selling them. Odd.


  • #8
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3CrqmhDk2A


    Best game ever

    How many years did you have to wait for that one?

    ;)


  • #9
    ...And Justice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭...And Justice


    ET was so bad, Atari had to bury thousands of copies in the desert.


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