Atari 2600 fans here ?

[Nacho-RT74]

Some of the ones I'd like to get someday:

-Supertank ( Played onece on a friend's home... was great! got Battlezone back in the days, but even nice, loved the supertank quality to get into diff enviroments ) There is a guy selling it locally still sealed box BUT he wants the same that I paid for 8 cartridges. Is still cheap, but since he doesn't want to negotiate a better rpice getting some others he has, I won't negotiate with him either.

-Enduro... its a classic. I know there was another versions made by Atari and Activision itself as well. dunno which could be better

-Breakout... just because is 4 players. Dunno if ever will be pyaled anyway LOL

-Mrs Pacman... got nicer Graphics and dome other features than Pacman

-Chess... watching one with box on ebay, dirty cheap. But I think Activision version got the 2 players option ? Atari is just one. Watching the ATARI one ( suposeelly "special edition"  ) Video Chess

-Checkers ( or Video Checkers which is ATARI... dunno which one is better )

-Casino... there is also Blackjack, BUT I think the Blackjack game ( exact game ) is dispossed on Casino cartridge

-Basketball

-Tennis

-Video Pinball

-Kaboom

-Realsport Soccer

-Realsport Tennis

-RealSport Basketball

-Maze Craze

-Dig Dug

There are some other of the oldies classic which I dunno if they are nice enoug to get, like:

-3D tic-tac-toe
-Othello
-Street Racer
-Slot Racers
-Air Sea Battle
-Stampede
-Freeway
-Space Shuttle
-Decathlon
-H.E.R.O
-Frostbite
-Pressure Cooker
-Pitfall II

( for some reason Activision Games on those days seemed to be better )

and I know there are EVEN MORE of the newer "silver label" version which could be nice, But I don't have a catalog or list to check them
Which other would you suggest ?

Which game is the best of those which uses the keyboard controller ? ( all of them seems to be really boring LOL )

[bakerhillpins]

and I know there are EVEN MORE of the newer "silver label" version which could be nice, But I don't have a catalog or list to check them
Which other would you suggest ?

Which game is the best of those which uses the keyboard controller ? ( all of them seems to be really boring LOL )

Wow Nacho, I wouldn't know what games to suggest.  I mean I remember playing lots of these games but which ones are better than others from a suggestion standpoint.      Not sure I remember playing any games using a keyboard on a 2600.   

This thread has sent me off on a nostalgia tangent today rather than working though..   

[Nacho-RT74]

hey, I don't really wishing or needing them mad... just in case they "fall out from the sky" dirty cheap and considering the shipping, better if some of them are together LOL

[Nacho-RT74]

This thread has sent me off on a nostalgia tangent today rather than working though..   

I still dunno if I'm wasting money and time on this... but maybe just being cool. LOL

[Ponch ®]

There are some other of the oldies classic which I dunno if they are nice enoug to get, like:

-3D tic-tac-toe
-Othello
-Street Racer
-Slot Racers
-Air Sea Battle
-Stampede
-Freeway
-Space Shuttle
-Decathlon
-H.E.R.O
-Frostbite
-Pressure Cooker
-Pitfall II

I probably played a few of those but the only one I specifically remember playing is Othello. NO.

[kab69440]

Video Pinball and Kaboom! are definitely worth picking up. They still offer hours of enjoyment even today. Stampede was a lot of fun and very frustrating at times.

[VegasCharger]

Nacho, you are not alone in wanting old video gaming systems.  I have collected them for about thirty years, ever since I got my first Atari 2600 system way back when as a kid.  From that era of video gaming, I have six of the Atari 2600s, one Atari 5200 and one Atari 7800 gaming system.  The Atari 7800 is the rarest to find and had less games released total, as it competed against the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1985.  I have about 200 of the Atari 2600 games (some in the original boxes) safely stored away from sunlight and high heat.  I have an Mattel Intellivision system (with 50+ games in the boxes) as well as a Colecovison system (with 40+ games) and a Magnovox Odessy II (in it's box with all of its games).  As soon as the NES was released, it basically killed off the other gaming systems one by one.  I have five of the NES systems (one system in the box) with about 80+ games (a few are MIB, never played with ones).  It may seem like I was a rich kid growing up, but that is simply not the case.  After the NES was released, I actively watched for them at garage sales and bought them cheap (most I paid for a system was $50).  I have even found some older systems that were thrown away by others because they got tired of them, so I recovered them for myself for parts.  (That makes me sad on how wasteful we are with technology. )  I have continued to collect them over time, always a generation or two behind the newest gaming consoles.  I will say that the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) is fairly hard to find compared to the NES stuff, as people actively still play some of the SNES games.  If I ever get enough money, I would like to build a museum to video games and gaming systems, as it played a big part on how my generation grew up.....


Here is some video gaming systems to look for from the 1970s:

http://www.thegameconsole.com/1970-videogames.html

@ Nacho; Nice thread topic!

@ Chad; The link you pasted I actually had the Atari Video Pinball Game from 1977. (pic below)
I can remember getting this console for Christmas and loved it! Eventually I got bored with it and then moved to an Atari 2600 Game Console. I wish I still had both of these consoles. Actually I have Atari 2600 installed on my P/C but I have to use the keyboard as a controller and it's not as easy. Don't ask me how I got it on my P/C as I was getting it fixed by a reference from a friend and he asked what I liked as far as entertainment while on my P/C and I told him I was an avid fan of the old Atari 2600 games especially the Activision games. Like Stampede, River Raid, Megamania, Sea Quest, Chopper Command, Pitfall etc.

[Nacho-RT74]

I had installed long time ago the Atari 2600 emulator and there is or was a website called ATARILAND for download mostly of the games. They had the key to use the stock controls on the Port game on back of the PC case.

BUT last time I tried to install the Atari Emulator on one of my PC upgrades, wasn't posible to run/ install it... some problem with the Video driver

[A383Wing]

PITFALL!!!!!! I like that game....still have it, plus others