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I thought it was interesting as well. Atari said no though, bet they were kicking themselves over THAT mistake :P when they saw how much the NES rocked they grabbed either the 5200 or the 7800 (I don't know which) from the shelf of things they didn't plan to release, and tossed it out there to try to compete.
 
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i never have owned an atari actually my first system was as well a nes i loved it too and still own it
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i want an atari 2600 so bad! the only one i've seen for sale is $35 at some dirt mall (like an indoor flea market), but for $35 the guy can keep it one of my friends has one, but he's stubburn, he never plays the damn thing and refuses to sell it, all he plays is his xbox! my cousin has one somewhere at his moms house, i've been meaning to ask him for it and his sega master system, but everytime i talk to him i forget to ask :x he has about 10 2600 games, and he claims to have a huge cardboard box full of master system games, but i've never seen them the best games that i've played for the 2600 are maze craze, and fast eddie, fast eddie the better of the 2
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The game I liked best on the 2600 was a platformer that I don't remember very much. I only played it a couple of times at a friend's place. I think it's a very common game (like SMB for NES), so could you give me a hint?
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Platformer on the 2600 that shares popularity such as Mario... Pitfall?
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Sorry, but I don't remember anything from that game. I was 7 or 8 at that time... so that's about 18 years before. I don't think it was Pitfall. I looked up the graphics of Pitfall and they didn't seem familiar... Another thing! There's a great homepage with "video game comics". Some of them are really funny. Have a look at it. http://www.2600comic.co.uk/
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I gotta get an Atari 2600! :o
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i have some weird atari made by sears, "Sears VIDEO ARCADE II"
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Yeah, I don't know all the details, but apparently there was some sort of deal with Sears. Well, here are my 2600 collection pics (to add to my others :) )  ...and here's something you guys would probably like to see. I also own the Super Pong system... pretty elementary, of course. Still, it's a nice keepsake and conversation starter! 
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I bought an Atari off of ebay during the summer, but unfortunately, it doesn't want to work. :cry:
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On the bright side, you have an Atari! And you can always buy the Atari games for your PC. They only cost like $20.
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When at a flea market for NES games, I found an Atari 2600 in some person's free bin :D It was missing an AC Adapter, so I figured they were giving it away since they had no idea if it worked or not (these weren't the most technically inclined people). I bought an AC Adapter... and it works like a charm :)
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Yesterday my friend picked up 3 Atari 2600's for $7.50. They're all 2600's, but each one is a different model. We have one wood-panelled 6 switcher, a wood-panelled 4 switcher, and the newer all-black model. Unfortunately, there were no hookups or normal controllers. We have two pong paddles. We're hunting down connections now. And maybe some games.
 
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"ZombieHunterX" wrote:...there were no hookups or normal controllers. If you own a Sega Genesis with controllers, you could use those. Oddly enough, the Genesis joypad is compatible with the Atari 2600 VCS unit. And it's a lot easier to play some games with it too.
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"Z.E.N" wrote:"ZombieHunterX" wrote:...there were no hookups or normal controllers. If you own a Sega Genesis with controllers, you could use those. Oddly enough, the Genesis joypad is compatible with the Atari 2600 VCS unit. And it's a lot easier to play some games with it too. No way, really? I'll have to try that out.
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I wish I had the woodgrain Atari like I had growing up..... I f'n hate the buttons on mine, switches are much better! And also, is it just me or are the joysticks hard to use? Mine feel like I have to put a lot of arm power to get my dudes to move like I would like on the screen. Forget even trying pacman..... after a few screens my arm kills!
Kaboom is really fun.... No matter how hard I try I can only get the paltry score of 1260. :cry:
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"BarbieJenniGirl" wrote:is it just me or are the joysticks hard to use? Mine feel like I have to put a lot of arm power to get my dudes to move like I would like on the screen. Forget even trying pacman..... after a few screens my arm kills! : have you tried taking the joysticks apart and cleaning the contacts? that sounds like the problem in this case... especially since they could have 25 years of grime in them.
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"Roth" wrote:DUDE!!! Check it out!!! Somebody else who likes E.T.!!!! That's awesome!!! Welcome to NESfiles, d*mn it! I liked E.T. as well. Played it night and day.
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I use to have a 2600. I still have some games for it, but the console itself is broken. MY brothers dumb a$$ friend through it across the room. I would like to get a new one, but it's not on my "top things to get".
 
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my first system was a pong style system no frills :) but man e.t. far 2600 is the worst walking and walking and falling and falling and boring boring. and i love atari and that damn game sucks bad tisk tisk for bad game
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