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It’s getting harder and harder to game on the original Atari 2600. This machine was originally designed to connect to a 300-ohm antenna on a TV with an analog tuner - which newer TVs in some cases do not even have. A stop-gap solution shown here on my (dusty, but working) 2600: mod the board to break out analog composite video and audio (instructions can be found online). Stopgap, because now even those connectors are missing on many new TVs.
Atari 2600 Vanguard, it’s a little trippy.
Donkey Kong running on my Atari 2600 “Heavy Sixer”. This is an earlier version of the 2600 featuring 6 switches and a heavier chassis, streamlined for cost reasons in later versions.
This particular one is the rebranded version sold by Sears as the “Tele-Games Video Arcade”. Otherwise a stock 2600, except for modifications I made to bring composite video and audio out.
Original Atari 2600 prototype from 1975.
Playing some Atari 2600 Star Raiders. Tough to set up because you need the video touchpad accessory to play, which are not that common, it never really caught on.
My Atari 800 playing F15 Strike Eagle, off a 30 year old floppy disk.
Always thought it was interesting how you had to be moving in Berserk or you could not fire.
Atari 2600 paddle controllers. There really is no modern day equivalent.
Major Havoc - 1983 - Atari
Another excellent vector title from Atari. I loved how the game strings together a bunch of mini-games into a story line about infiltrating and blowing up an enemy base. Getting out in time after sabotaging the reactor was nerve-wracking!
Tempest - 1981 - Atari
Atari abandoned representational game design entirely on this one. It was meant to be a 3D space invaders concept, but it ended up being something entirely different, and wonderfully weird.
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