Dave's Atari 2600 (VCS) Collection

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Like many people my
first experience with arcade gaming was not in fact at an arcade.



I
have many fond memories of huddling up in front of the family tube with my wood
grain Atari 2600 in front of me wasting away the hours playing the likes of
Pac-Man and Missile command...



About
6 months ago I found a Jr on ebay ( my original console being lost in the
depths of time ), I have never looked back.






To
those who are interested here is what I have collected so far:



Action Force

Adventure

Air Sea Battle

Asteroids x 6

Atlantis

Basketball

Battlezone x 5

Berzerk (My favourite game of all time)

Bowling

Centipede x 4

Chess

China Syndrome

Chopper Command

Circus Atari

Combat x 8

Crystal Castle x 2

Dark Chambers

Defender

Defender II

Demon Attack

Desert Falcon

Dodge 'Em x 2

Donkey Kong

ET

Enduro

F-14 Tomcat

Galaxian

Gangster Alley

Ghostbusters

Gorf

Hero

Hunt & Score

Joust x 2

Jr. Pac-Man

Jungle Hunt

Kaboom

Kangaroo x 2

King Kong x 2

Klax

Laser Blast

Mario Bros

Math Grand Prix

Maze Craze x 2

Midnight Magic

Millipede x 3

Miniature Golf

Missile Command x 2

Moon Patrol x 2

Mouse Trap

Ms. Pac-Man

Night Driver x 2

Outlaw

Pac-Man x 5

Phoenix (the inspiration for my first arcade cab)

Pitfall x 2

Planet Patrol

Polaris

Pole Position

Pooyan

Pressure Cooker

Q*Bert

Raiders of the Lost Ark x 2

Ram It

Realsports Boxing

Realsports Soccer

Realsports Vollyball

River Rain x 2

River Raid II

Robot Tank

Sky Diver x 2

Sky Skipper

Slot Racer

Solar Fox

Space Cavern

Space Invaders x 5

Sprintmaster

Star Raiders x 2

Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back

Super Breakout x 2

Super Cobra

Superman

Threshold

Tutankham

Vanguard

Video Olympics

Video Pinball x 2

Wizard of Wor

Xenophobe

Yar's Revenge x 2



These are all the carts I have to date, I have various bits of hardware which I'll list when I get a spare minute.



Dave











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[Milky]

Nice collection dude - boxed or loose?

 

[IDCHAPPY]

I still love the game HERO for that system, I remember playing it on dark winters nights back in the early 80's

 

[OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL]

Okay, not as much hardware as I thought:





Atari 2600 Jr Console x 2





Atari 2600 Woody Console x 2 (one boxed)





Atari 2600 Woody Console (in pieces as I’m trying to
composite video mod it... not going well!!)





Original ‘classic’ joystick x 3





Paddle controllers x 2





Keypad controller





Cheetah Mach II joystick (boxed)





Keypad Controller





Quick Shot Controller x 2 (Changeable handle model)





Quick Shot 2 Button joystick







Atari 7800 controller x 2







Apart from that I have a couple of original power supplies.....
I have some more stuff around somewhere.....Time to go through some boxes...

 

[OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL]

Nice collection dude - boxed or loose?

Only about a 3rd boxed, I'm not that lucky

 

[OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL]

Nice collection dude - boxed or loose?

I have a 2600 Woody Console in the original box, my pride an joy!!

 

[Milky]

Nice collection dude - boxed or loose?

Only about a 3rd boxed, I'm not that lucky

yes - boxed copies (that haven't been trashed) are starting to get a lot less common now. I've got to about 120-ish but I'm now into the proper "uncommon" (on ebay) games so it's getting harder to collect for.

 

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Some of my toys:

 

[Morty]

Nice collection and still fun to play

Great thing about these is the prices are pretty good i suppose due to the numbers sold, i'm lucky enough to still have mine from 1981

I see you have air sea battle.. fun game

 

[Fuzzy]

I may be a little bit older than you because my video gaming days started in the arcades and then 'progressed' to the Atari VCS ('2600'?! Pah!).

Even back then, the urge to play arcade games at home was compelling, but the Atari conversions were very very poor indeed. As a 10-year-old, though, being able to play Space Invaders (albeit a sh*te version) was amazing!

And then in 1982 'Pac-Man' arrived on the VCS. Truly one of the worst arcade ports ever. But it was 'Pac-Man' and it was playable at home, so it sold in its gazillions!

I bought lots of arcade conversions for my VCS BITD, from the top of my head; Space Invaders, Phoenix, Galaxian, Centipede, Vanguard (that was really quite good), Pac-Man (of course!), Space War(s), Missile Command, Asteroids, Defender, even Moon Patrol, which was as accurate an arcade conversion as Adolf Hitler was an advocate for world peace.

I'd love a minty boxed VCS, though, and will probably succumb to getting one at some point.

A true classic. Probably the most accurate arcade conversion was Berzerk.

I always looked at (and drooled over) screenshots for the new fangled 'Colecovision' though - they games looked so good on that, and MUCH more like their arcade counterparts.

Same with the Vectrex - always wanted one as a kid (along with Tin Can Alley, Big Trak and Star Bird) but never got one!

 

[OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL]

As I only joined this world in 1983 I missed most of the good arcade action, apart from 2 holidays to Wales a year spending all my saved cash at the arcade on Mumbles Pier I didn't really go to any arcades... I loved Berzerk on the 2600. I think it was my first really video game addiction and is the reason I started to get into arcade games, I still dream of owning a Berzerk upright but I'm still having no luck even tracking down a PCB.... One day my friends... One day...
I still love all my crappy 2600 ports though and when ever I've had a sh*tty day at work I always waste away a cheeky half an hour playing my favourites, Berzerk, Sky Skipper, Solar Fox ect ect...

The definition of classic

 

[ben76]

As I only joined this world in 1983 I missed most of the good arcade action, apart from 2 holidays to Wales a year spending all my saved cash at the arcade on Mumbles Pier I didn't really go to any arcades... I loved Berzerk on the 2600. I think it was my first really video game addiction and is the reason I started to get into arcade games, I still dream of owning a Berzerk upright but I'm still having no luck even tracking down a PCB.... One day my friends... One day...
I still love all my crappy 2600 ports though and when ever I've had a sh*tty day at work I always waste away a cheeky half an hour playing my favourites, Berzerk, Sky Skipper, Solar Fox ect ect...

The definition of classic

Born in '83.... You're the same age as Spy Hunter

Meet your twin... We're you seperated at birth????



Also Spy Hunter was on the 2600 and if anyone happens across a resonable priced boxed one for my Spy Hunter collection then lmk please

- Ben

 

[OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL]

That Spy Hunter cabs in much better condition than I am

 

[Fuzzy]

That Spy Hunter cabs in much better condition than I am

You ought to see its owner!

 

[OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL]

 

[OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL]

Not that I needed it but I just picked up 5 more carts..... thinking about it I cant even remember what they were........ 2 Asteroids, Phoenix and Football, cant for the life of my remember what the 5th one was!!!
I needed them in my like though

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[OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL]

[/QUOTE]Born in '83.... You're the same age as Spy Hunter

Meet your twin... We're you seperated at birth????



Also Spy Hunter was on the 2600 and if anyone happens across a resonable priced boxed one for my Spy Hunter collection then lmk please

- Ben
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If I was separated at birth we all know which cab It would be...

 

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This is what spare rooms were made for

 

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