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by tdswift89 , Dec 05 '00
Pros: Replayability and fond memories of misspent youth
Cons: Poor graphics
This, my friends, is a long overdue love letter to my beloved Atari 2600. Dare I say no system has ever been loved, or will ever be loved again like our precious Atari’s.
I defy you to find anyone from our so called “Generation X” that...
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by stinky138 , Mar 01 '01
Pros: Simple, challenging games.
Cons: The graphics suck, and the sound isn't much better.
Don't laugh, but I still play with this thing. I'm not ashamed of it, that's just how it is. The Atari 2600 is a very simple, fun machine, and new developments in technology has long passed the poor Atari, but this thing is still a lot of fun.
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by clburdette , Dec 19 '00
Pros: its the original, baby
Cons: deep cart slot, not compatible with all games. weighs a ton
As everyone knows, the Atari VCS, also known as the 2600, is the greatest console gaming system of all time. What many don't know is that there are 5 different Atari 2600 consoles. Another thing many people don't know is that the original from 1977...
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by tommy_lop  - Top 200, Aug 29 '00
Pros: comfortable controller, good games
Cons: the 7800 can play all the 2600 games, requires you to unhook your cabel in order to hook up this system
I don't mean to bash the Atari 2600 it's a good classic system, it's just that the 7800 is backwards compatible with the Atari 2600 games. The 7800 games also had better graphics then the 2600.
The counsel:
The consul Is huge and bulky,...
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by rheaton , Apr 25 '01
Pros: Built like a tank. Still a ton of fun.
Cons: If you're over 30, there aren't any.
When I was about 10 I got something that a lot of kids got back then. A job. Your basic paper route, which for some odd quirk of logic I had to get because I wanted money to buy a bike. Which of course, you really kinda needed to deliver papers....
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by prattguy , Aug 24 '00
Pros: game variety, durability, state of the art (back then)
Cons: parents, jealous friends, takes away from the rest of your life
Wow, does this product category bring back memories or what! I still remember the Christmas morning in 1983 when my family--behind the times though we were--finally bought me that 2600 system I had been dreaming about for years!
Soon it...
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by Plumdogger - Top 1000, Sep 06 '00
Pros: Hundreds of games
Cons: Cheap Joysticks
This really is the one that started it all. I remember when my parents brought our Atari 2600 home, it was like Christmas in the summer. I spent the next two days glued to the TV playing Pac-Man, E.T., and Combat. I had meals in front of it, and didn't...
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by JMarran , Apr 18 '01
Pros: Helped Americans enter the "computer age"
Cons: Poor "dot matrix" graphics, marginal sound quality
Time line 1982....I was 10 years old.
The local department stores were loaded with children and parents, and a new idea: electronic gaming at HOME.
In the mid to late 1970's, the venerable Atari 2600 was the "King of the Hill" for...
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by phungus, - Top 100, Aug 22 '00
Pros: Lots of titles. Redefined the world.
Cons: None
The Atari 2600 has forever changed the way that, we, as a society live. It made the availability and popularity of home-based video game systems widespread and EVERY kid (and adult) simply had to have one.
The 2600 system has very simple...
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by Xiag , Mar 26 '01
Pros: Solid construction, incredible selection of games
Cons: Getting hard to find games
I wasted my childhood on one of these systems. I was going to grow up and own the Atari Co. Of course I can't now.... but that's another lament.
Avoiding the boring history lesson that usually goes here, I'll sum up quickly:
The...
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by socnorb777 , Sep 27 '00
Pros: Fun games, Special Memories to this Gen X-er
Cons: not too advanced technically, system was temperamental
One thing that most video game programmers of today do not seem to understand is that in order for a game to be a good game it has to be fun. Graphics, sound quality, characters, and technological advances can add to that fun, but if the fun quality is...
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by clburdette , Dec 20 '00
Pros: great times, great friends, great games
Cons: my mom sold it at a yard sale for $20
We got our Atari 2600 for Christmas 1980, just before my 6th birthday. Cost? $128. The games were sometimes $40 a piece.
One of the games we got for Christmas was Home Run, and it reigned as king of the games in our house for months. My...
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by ChipMcDonald , Sep 15 '00
Pros: Never crashes; instant response; non-obfuscated interface
Cons: Cubist graphics
I'm old. I remember when video games were black and white (for that matter, I can remember when the Internet was as well, but that's another story..).
The 2600... *That* was the first "high tech" invasion of the social strata of the...
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by IchBenYoda , Aug 29 '00
Pros: Nostalgia, made technology accessible.
Cons: Graphics and sound, by comparison to today's games.
I remember the day Dad brought it home. Came with Pong and Space Invaders. Ten hours later, Mom woke up in the middle of the night and caught me playing. Three hours after that, Dad got up for work, and I was on it again. My first night without...
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by Jeridyte , Dec 01 '00
Pros: This system is the best, no exceptions.
Cons: Modern "gamers" who only want eye candy or simplistic games won't have a chance on this system because the game authors wanted challenge and fun instead of graphics and simplicity.
Have you ever needed to play a game where challenge was the key? Have you ever enjoyed a shooter, first person shooter (such as Doom or Quake), RPG, platform, arcade...
If you have, then you have Atari to thank for those good times and tough...
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