Hi all, I am trying to find a copy of Barnstorming for my 2600. I have seen two versions of the cartridge, one just has Barnstorming and another with International Edition under the title. I need a pal cart so I assume I will need the international version as the other is likely to be an NTSC cart?
I can across this photo of a girl in a bikini holding an Atari 2600. I see that the bikini is branded with the Atari logo. What I am wondering, since several internet searches are coming up empty, was this bikini ever sold?
I am not familiar with the Atari 2600 and decided to dive straight in by importing one from the US to Europe.
Since buying NTSC games here is not an option, I decided to go with a flash-cart. The idea was to buy a bare PCB and then transplant it into a case from a junk game bundled with the console. The console arrived packed with Space Invaders and Hunted House, which turned out to be quite interesting both historically and gameplay-wise.
Please help me choose which game to sacrifice to make the flash cart:
I've been playing Luxor and the way it plays on the 3DS makes me thing of the way paddle controller games play on touchscreens. For those unfamiliar Luxor is a game with colorful balls that move like the enemies in a tower defense game and then you have a thing at the bottom of the screen you use to shoot more colorful balls. Making colorful matches destroys the matching colors and gives you pints.
I was thinking you could use a paddle controller for it since all you do it move left and right and shoot. That got me thinking of anyone ever demaked that game for the 2600. Then I thought well you wouldn't have a button to swap the ball color but eh someone probably did it anyways. Well I couldn't find anything online so I'm typing this here.
Of all the alternative controllers to the normal one (fight sticks, flight sticks, trackballs, paddle controllers, etc) paddle controllers have been one of my favorites and im sad they died so early in gaming's life. With more powerful hardware and maybe a few more buttons we could have seen many more cool games but never.
Long before open-world New York…
Long before Marvel’s Spider-Man…
There was Spider-Man on the Atari 2600.
Back in 1982, web-swinging up skyscrapers, dodging the Green Goblin, catching crooks, and racing to defuse bombs felt absolutely incredible. It was simple by today’s standards, but at the time it captured everything that made Spider-Man one of Marvel’s greatest heroes.
Those chunky graphics, the iconic Parker Brothers box art, and the thrill of running out of web fluid are memories many gamers will never forget.
It wasn’t flashy…
It wasn’t realistic…
But it was one of the very first superhero games to make us feel like Spider-Man. 🕷️
Long before open-world adventures and online multiplayer, there was one tiny blue hero on a massive mission…
Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel’s Castle had us dodging danger, avoiding Azrael, and racing through Gargamel’s spooky castle to rescue Smurfette—all on the humble Atari.
For many of us, this was one of our very first licensed video games, and just hearing the word “Smurf” instantly brings back memories of Saturday morning cartoons and hours spent glued to the TV.
Simple? Yes. Frustrating? Definitely. But we’d happily play it all over again.
Did you ever complete it… or did Gargamel always win? 💙👇
#Smurfs #Smurf #Smurfette #Gargamel #Azrael
So I know very little about Atari. I saw this unit that was just put out for $125. I initially passed on it, then went out to my car and started researching. Games didnt seem very valuable. I then noticed (thanks to google ai) that this was an early box version and that they are more collectible than others. The price still seemed high, but I gambled and went back in to buy it.. I think I did well, but again I am no expert and now I'm second guessing myself..!
Any input is appreciated!
Photo of me around 1982(?) so maybe 6 or 7 years old, playing 2600 on my Uncle Dan's orange shag carpet, surrounded by wood panel walls.
Note my vacant stare; COMPLETELY plugged into the fantasy of ATARI.😅
This is about the most "image" I can get to come out of the console. It's pretty evidently receiving power as my television does react when I turn it on and off, when the console is off I get total static and the channel scan will pass right over it, but when it's on it'll stop at channel 3 and display this. It seems to give the same image whether a cartridge is inserted or not, which people online have said is a cartridge connection issue, but I've quite thoroughly cleaned the connectors on the console and my known working cartridges. Perhaps I just haven't cleaned them hard enough but that seems like a fool's errand unless I'm sure everything else is in complete, working order. Have any of y'all had this problem and if so, how would you go about fixing it? I'll include a photo of the motherboard in the comments
I think I know the answer here as to what's better for getting a 2600. But wanted to get people's thoughts. I did read up that the VCS does have output to CRT TVs. I kind of wanted to play some of those other non 2600 games too. Which way is best for just 2600 original games and homebrews? Thanks all
I've been cleaning my vinyl records and stumbled across this old ad for Atari 2600 games on one of the sleeves. I have a couple thousand records and this is the first time I've seen video games advertised on a record. I've included pictures of the flip side of the sleeve and the jacket too.
Happy to have the Sears Othello, there was a Spelling but no end label (no-sale for me)
Hello! Here is our quick trial of some Atari 50 games! Quite hard to just jump in and play some of them, but we do try!
It's not too serious, especially as the younger generation are unused to it, and it's only part 1 (and the old man shtick does get....old)
went for NES and Sega but found title i rarely see instead
I’m just getting back into the 2600. I bought my first one as a kid at Service Merchandise; it took me forever to save the $150 to buy it.
I remember when we played Asteroids there was a trick you could do to make it fire way faster; as I recall it involved holding down one switch while you toggled another.
Does anyone else remember this, and if so can you remind me specifically what I need to do? We could play forever in that mode; my buddy and I stayed up overnight and played the same game for like 12 hours.
Mad props to Jesse Hardesty for making sure my 2600 survives another 50 years!
