2600,5200, or 7800?? What do you have?

[RS DCast]

What do you have? 2600? 5200? 7800? What?


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[nightdriver]

Super Pong (got this when I was 5)
2600
5200
7800
Lynx II
Jaguar
130XE
Crystal Castles
Asteroids Deluxe
Missile Command

That's just my Atari stuff.

[imported_someguy]

> - Two 2600s with about 72 carts
> - a 7800 with about 6 or 7 carts.
> - a Lynx with about 20 carts.

Back in mid-December I picked up a Jaguar with about 9 carts for $100. Since then I've bought maybe another dozen carts (cheap off EBAY for the most part).

You know I never saw a Jaguar before I bought one - but I'm glad I did get one.

It's too bad there isn't a working emulator for this system - the Jaguar is a lot better than many of the mags gave it credit for.

Aliens vs Predator, Missile Command 3D, Tempest 2000 - there are definitely some great games available for it.

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[imported_Anonymous]

I had a 2600 for about 12 years, then I made the mistake of letting one of my friends borrow it for a little while...never saw it again. Fortunately, another friend of mine had a 7800 that he sold to me about a year later with about a dozen games. I also have an 800XL and a 520ST computer.

[thegamepeddler]

Thanks to Santa, I now have all 3 http://forums.atari.net/ubb/smile.gif

[Aswald]

My systems...

ColecoVision- My favorite, with about 57 or so games (there are currently at least 160!). I ordered the recently-released Steamroller, a game that looks like something you'd expect from the Nintendo Entertainment System!

Atari 2600- What video gamer from the Nameless Generation (1964-1984) doesn't have one of these? I don't know how many games I have for this one, but several of them- including Super Breakout and Space Invaders- I play to this day, usually on the Coleco's 2600 module.

Atari 5200- Not as good as the ColecoVision, but Star Raiders, Berzerk, Defender, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Mario Bros., and Qix are great! Wish I could get my hands on a copy of that Super Pac-Man...

Atari 7800- Did the leadership of Atari ever sing "If I Only Had A Brain?" Why did they abandon the poor 5200 after 1 1/2 years? If they HAD to release this underrated and under-utilised system, why did they wait until Nintendo held 90% of the market? Xevious, Robotron:2084, Dig Dug, the beautiful Joust, Pole Position 2, Tower Toppler, Ms. Pac-Man, Asteroids, Desert Falcon, Food Fight- the 7800 had what it took to match Nintendo, but with the dopes running (ruining?) Atari, this system never had a chance. HEY, TRAMIEL- JUST WHEN IS KLAX, PAC-MAN, AND GAUNTLET COMING OUT FOR THIS SYSTEM? Oh, that's right, "Tengen" made them for Nintendo!

Nintendo Entertainment System- No, wait, don't shun me yet! I bought this last year at a garage sale, got it working, and now have Popeye, Gauntlet, Klax, Donkey Kong 3, the Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr. cartridge (alas, I can't find the 4-screen version of Donkey Kong, and I prefer the 4-screen Donkey Kong Junior for ColecoVision!), Elevator Action, Defender 2 (the 5200 Defender is better!), Q*Bert, and a few others.

Let's face it- if the full abilities of ColecoVision and the Atari 5200 had been used, their games would've been much better, and Nintendo would never have gotten anywhere in America.

Happy Gaming, Everyone!

[IronSldier]

Atari 2600jr with about 60 games
Atari 7800 with 24 games
Atari Lynx2 with 21 games
Atari Jaguar with about 15 games
Atari JaguarCD with 7 games
Game.com with 5 games
And odds and ends from a few other game systems

[imported_Anonymous]

1 Atari 2600 Jr.
3 Atari 2600's, one black (Multicart and many carts)
2 Atari 5200's (Multicart and a bunch of carts)
2 Atari 7800's (Complete collection minusTank Command)
1 Atari 130xe
2 Atari Jaguars (Complete collection of carts and cd's including 2 Copies of BattleSphere)
2 Atari Jag CD units
2 Atari Lynx's (About 60 games)

Non Atari
3 Commodore 64's (With IDE64 controller, Can use an IDE drive and CD-ROM on it)
1 Commodore 128
2 Commodore Plus/4's
1 Commodore Vic 20
1 Vectrex (Multicart, Light Pen and Animaction)
1 Apple 2e
1 Tandy Color Computer II
1 TI
1 Colecovision
1 Intellivision (Getting Intellicart)
4 Odyssey 2's, one with removable controllers (Multicart and about 25 Carts)
1 Odyssey 4000

Started collecting vintage gaming systems two years ago. I guess it got out of hand a little bit.

[actimaniac]

I've got 2600's coming out of my ears with about 280 carts. This is my favorite collectable format. One 7800 with 25 or so carts. The 5200 has eluded me entirely, I don't know why. I agree, this system never got a fair shake, atleast not in my area. I would pick one up if I had the chance. As for other systems, Colecovision (30 carts), Atari 800, 600xl, 800xl, xe system, 130xe and a pile of accesories. I LOVE 'EM ALL!

[Silver Millipede]

Wow.. this string is a bit old, but I wanted to share anyway...
All I have is a 2600
-hangs her head in shame!!-

[Aswald]

To Silver Millipede;

"Hangs her head in shame" over the 2600?

Why?

[Silver Millipede]

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No no! Don't get me wrong.. I ADORE my 2600... it just sounded so small compared to the rest of your collections http://forums.atari.net/ubb/smile.gif

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[goss]

I recently found a 2600 at a thrift shop with all the accessories and 15 games for the low low price of $6.87. The system is in beautiful shape and works great. Now I frequent that same thrift shop almost daily. A few weeks ago I found a Colecovision at that same thrift shop and I already own 2 NES', one in the original box.

[mshaver76]

Atari Jaguar w/Jaguar CD
Atari 7800 ProSystem
Atari 5200 SuperSystem
Atari Ultra Pong Doubles

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[MrRetroGamer]

I currently have:

Atari 5200 - 15 carts, Wico joysticks & keypads, Atari trak ball, rebuilt joysticks, & a 5200 Multicart on it's way (thanks Sean!)

Atari 7800 system with about 20 shrinkwrapped games (in transit)

Colecovision & about 30 of the more common carts, Questar joysticks, roller, super actions

Fairchild Channel F - Original and System II, COMPLETE cart collection 1-26 in boxes with ALL instruction books except 3 of them :-(, and DEMOCART 1 complete in BOX!!!!

That's all for now, but it is getting bigger by the day!

[Silver Millipede]

When I was a wee little tyke, I had both Alpha Beam with Ernie and Big Bird's Egg Catch. When I dug out my 2600 from my brother's closet a few weeks ago, I couldn't find either of these games.. finally this weekend, I was able to locate Ernie and the big blue gamepad that goes with it. Anyway.. that adds to my 50 or so collection of games, which I'm pretty proud of http://forums.atari.net/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[imported_Anonymous]

Just thought I would also post my Atari Collection!

6 2600 systems with 168 carts and 46 doubles
1 7800 prosystem with 6 carts
1 XEGM system with 7 carts
1 Jaguar with 5 carts
2 130XE systems
2 1040st systems
1 Mega4 ST system
1 TT030 system

As you can probly tell the 2600 is my favorite!

[imported_Anonymous]

OK so everyone has wonderful collections ... but what's plugged into the TV *right now* and where have you last 12 hours of game play been spent?

Jag w/CD (always plugged in)
Protector
Tempest 2k
Defender 2k
Cybermorph
Missile Command 3D
Raiden

2600/7800
Joust (7800)
Space Invaders
Xevious
Asteroids (2600)
River Raid

[mshaver76]

Well, lately I've been playing Jaguar and Dreamcast games. Anyway, the following systems are hooked up to my TV.

Nuon (Samsung Extiva DVD-N2000)
Sega Dreamcast
Atari Jaguar w/Jaguar CD
Atari 7800 ProSystem
Atari 5200 SuperSystem

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[imported_Anonymous]

>OK so everyone has wonderful >collections ... but what's plugged into the >TV *right now* and where have you last 12 >hours of game play been spent?

Heck,

My 2600, 5200, 7800, Jag/CD, Sega Genesis/CD, Odyssey 2 are all hooked up to the same TV.

My NES and Intellivision are hooked to another TV.

My Colecovision sadly sits in a closet because I can't find any games for it in the wild. I just found the roller controller though. It does work because the Colecovision screen does come up when powered on. Hopefully find some games for it soon. Wish Sean could sell his Colecovision Multicart. I have all of his others plus the O2 multicart from John Dondzila and John's new Vectrex games. Always hooked up.

Play them all. Been Playing the 7800 a lot because I have the High Score cart. Pretty neat cart.

[-^Cro§Bow^-]

Not too much of a collection, (Only started about a year ago).

What I have and connected to my little 1980 13inch Magnavox Color TV (u know...rotary dials and all that...):

1 Heavy Sixer Sears Telegames (Vintage 78 manufacture from the Sunnyvale plant.) + about 70 carts...
1 NES front loader (refurbed contacts thax to me...) + about 20 games...
1 7800 Prosystem (Hybrid model ? ask me for details...) + 20 carts...
1 Genesis (Model 1 unit with headphone jack) + about 25 carts...
1 SNES (pretty old...plastic is different colors now...) + 3 carts

and the star of the show?!

My TI99/4 A computer with about 7 games... and speech module.

[racerraul]

Wow, some of you guys have some really cool stuff (JOHN!!!) http://forums.atari.net/ubb/smile.gif

Atari 7800 (14 7800 games) (25 2600 games)
Sega Genesis, cd & 32x (25 games)
Colecovision (5 games)
Nintendo 64 (8 games... wait! this is my 6 year old's, but I have to admit I like it too) He's got a Gameboy & so does my 3 year old.

Will be adding a 5200 & Sega Saturn to the collection soon.

[imported_Anonymous]

When did the Atari first come out? I'm doing a school project on video game systems but the Atari was before my time. Was Pong on this system when "Video Games" were first created? Or was that some other system I don't know about. Any info on the subject will be uncanningly appreaciated.

[-^Cro§Bow^-]

Hmm...well,

This is a long a complicated story, But in a nutshell Pong is where it really all begins...(flashback effect)...

Pong was actually created in home form first before the Arcade version of Pong made by Nolan Bushnell came out. It was in fact Magnavox who released pong like games on home consoles. I believe this link will clear up a lot for you and your project.
http://www.pong-story.com/intro.htm

Enjoy and welcome aboard!!!

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[Murdoc]

Hey, thanks for the link! I now know that my first system ever was a Tele-Games Super PONG, and better yet, it was made by Atari! Man, that takes me back to before I could read, and I could beat my parents too (figured out how to cheat, actually). http://forums.atari.net/ubb/wink.gif

In keeping with the original post, I have an Atari 130XE, and used to have 2600, but I think it got lost in a move somewhere <sniff>. I got it by trading my 8-track player to my older brother (I was what, 6? 7?). Boy, did I get the better end of the deal!


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[imported_Anonymous]

Thanks crossbow! This should help with the project. The thing is that I only have like 4 days left. I can't do the whole thing in so little time. I still have Nintendo, SNES, Sega, PlayStation, N64, and the PS2. AAAAARRRRGGGGGGGG!!!!!

[drzero]

I got my first 5200 the christmas it came out I didnt even know much about it I wanted a coleco. After I opened the box I was in love and have been picking them up as I find em ever since. If you have some you want to get rid of even if they dont work drop me a line I could always use the parts.

Lets see

9 Atari 5200 and way too many carts
2 2600 Adapter
Wico controllers
Roller Ball

7 2600 and again way too many carts
Roller Ball
Kids Controllers
Basic programming controllers
Wico Controllers
Wico Roller ball

2600 Jr

Sears Telegames 2600 Clone

Coleco Gemini (there version of the 2600)

Atari 7800

20 games some dupes


ColecoVision

Only 10 or so for the coleco still looking

2600 adapter

Vectrex

Just about every cart gift from a friend who had rich parents as a kid.

2 Intellivision

around 20 carts just bought some more

Odyssey 2

10 carts

2 Sega Genesis

10 games

32x module

2 Super Nintendo

1 cart http://forums.atari.net/ubb/smile.gif


I’m trying to fill in the gaps to have one of every older model to enjoy. And yes I have at least one of every unit hooked up to a TV the 5200 gets the workout though.

[spaceinvader]

I own several 2600s (All types including JR.)
One 5200 with box
one 7800 with box