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re: Atari re-releases the 2600 console

Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:01 pm to
Posted by tigeryat
God's Country
Member since Oct 2005
2990 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:01 pm to
My fav was Space invaders. I could beat it in balckout mode.
Posted by MRTigerFan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
7505 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:05 pm to
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Where is 10 Yard Fight?

That was NES. At least at my house it was. I was so pissed when I got it because I wanted tecmo bowl and got crappy arse 10 Yard Fight instead. That's when I knew for sure that Santa wasn't real.
Posted by Tortious
ATX
Member since Nov 2010
5784 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:09 pm to
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That's when I knew for sure that Santa wasn't real.
Posted by MikeBRLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
17281 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:13 pm to
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Wasn't this considered the worst game of all time?


Yes. They basically sent out an Alpha release of the game so it would come out simultaneously with the movie for marketing reasons.

It was awful
Posted by Sams Crow
Idaho
Member since Apr 2026
837 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:13 pm to
Does it work on a color tv?
Posted by calcotron
Member since Nov 2007
10910 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:20 pm to
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Does it work on a color tv?


I played mine on black and white for years before I got color. I still have it all in a box, last time I pulled it out the controllers were terrible, all the non responsiveness.

Combat
Defender
Breakout
Posted by Floating Change Up
Member since Dec 2013
13192 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:23 pm to
Add the 2600+ bundle pack along with this:
2600 Decanter Set



Could make for a pretty good "Get off my Lawn!" type of night.
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
24171 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:31 pm to
Gimme mah Yar's Revenge!!
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
7797 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:23 pm to
I stumbled on to the Easter egg in Adventure as a teenager. Had no idea what I was looking at. Decades later I read about it on the Internet.


Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
23671 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:25 pm to
I was a bit young for Atari. I had some cousins that had one and would play it at their house. This was my set-up circa 1986:



Oh, man was this thing fun. Spy Hunter. Q Bert. Beachhead. Jumpman, Jr. Summer Games. Impossible Mission. Boulder Dash. Ghostbusters. Defender. Pitstop. Cliff Hanger. Artillery Duel. The Commodore 64 was awesome.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
75147 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:27 pm to
That’s cool. Now give me this…

Posted by SPEEDY
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Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:34 pm to
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
14822 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:35 pm to
quote:

quote:

Where is 10 Yard Fight?


That was NES. At least at my house it was. I was so pissed when I got it because I wanted tecmo bowl and got crappy arse 10 Yard Fight instead. That's when I knew for sure that Santa wasn't real.

The good Atari 2600 sports carts were Real Sports Football and Real Sports Baseball.

I used to piss my dad off playing 2 player mode in Real Sports Baseball. I figured out how to throw the ball around the horn and would do it after every out when the bases were empty.
Posted by SPEEDY
2005 Tiger Smack Poster of the Year
Member since Dec 2003
88486 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:41 pm to
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F Atari 2600! Sears telegames console for life!


Intellivision graphics destroyed the Atari




Anyone remember these ads?

Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
22040 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:43 pm to
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ntellivision graphics destroyed the Atari


Atari also remade the Intellivision with built in games $149





https://atari.com/pages/intellivision-sprint

Posted by The Cool No 9
70816
Member since Jan 2014
11480 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:46 pm to
I played Donkey Kong on an Atari 7800 emulator and thought it was actually pretty solid until I played it on the NES and the NES its definitely a step up.

I guess it's a cool nostalgic product, hard to believe it took until 2026 to release them though.
Posted by NorCali
Member since Feb 2015
1852 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 4:04 pm to
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Need Space Invaders, Adventure, Breakout, Warlords, Defender, and Yars Revenge.

Yes, thank you!
Space invaders and Yars Revenge were the 2 games I remember getting with the console from Santa Clause!
a few years later, figuring out the atari set up in the back of the tv led me to learn how to use a knife to tune a channel finding a "semi"-scrambled playboy channel
Posted by dazedconfused
Member since Sep 2020
143 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 4:15 pm to
They forgot Custer's Revenge!
Posted by TigerMyth36
River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
41876 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 4:20 pm to
I liked ET. Trying to figure out what the hell I was supposed to do without instructions was fun. Similar to the Superman game although i never figured out what I was supposed to do in that one.

And I found the Adventure easter egg all on my own.
This post was edited on 9/25/26 at 4:22 pm
Posted by clamdip
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Sep 2004
22507 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 5:03 pm to
I played the hell outta Megamania back in the day.
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