I never owned an Atari 2600 (aka VCS), but I played 2600 games all the time on my Atari clone, the Coleco Gemini. Though I don't have memories of the console, I have plenty of the games, which is just as important, if not, more so. Still, can't have the games without the console. So I made a video out of The Retroist podcast about the 2600. It's basically a short documentary. Enjoy!
the 2600 was the first system i played on :)
Then the NES
I bought a 2600 again like 4 or 5 years ago :)
Still the best thing to play once in a while. Berzerk was and is still my fav from the 2600.
Glad to hear it. Now watch the video then when you're done, you can watch the video I made for Berzerk: http://www.retroist.com/2016/07/05/berzerk-retroist-video-podcast/ ;)
Will do!
Wow, I remember when this system first came out... barely got any time on it, because my parents would hog the game time! LOL Same year as Star Wars I think. Cool post, thx. :-)
Your parents played? Sounds like cool people!
Yep! They were indeed, unless you screwed the pooch! Yeah, they would play until sunup sometimes, playing breakout of all games. LOL We had to fight for game time, which usually meant after school before they got home. :-)