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The Atari 2600 is for Many Where Gaming StartedMy personal account of winning an Atari 2600 and why it's the best game console ever!- The Atari 2600...Bringing Famiies Together Since 1972!Video gaming systems nowadays are so technically superior to the 70's. However, the simplistic machines brought everyone together instead of dividing them...
Atari 2600 - a Game Changer in so Many WaysA first-person account of my experience with early video gaming using the Atari 2600.- Atari 2600 was the Best Game SystemA short review of why the Atari 2600 was better than any other game system released.
Atari 2600: First and Best Among Video Game ConsolesThe Atari 2600 ranks as my favorite video game system of all time because of its contribution to video game system development, ease of use, family-friendliness and controller style.- My Favorite Game Console of All Time; The Atari 2600Why the Atari 2600 is my favorite gaming console of all time.
- The Atari 2600: Best. Console. EverThe Xbox, the PS3, the Wii. Every fanboy today has a favorite. But most today's fanboys weren't even developing spinal cords when the best console of all time was in homes: the Atari 2600.
- Halloween for the Atari 2600: Still Scary TodayA look back at on the best game ever made from a movie, "Halloween" (1982) for the Atari 2600. The game captured the emotions and experience of the movie by the same name so well, it still scares me to play it today.
Top 10 Atari 2600 GamesList of the Top 10 Atari 2600 Games- Should You Get Your Kids an Atari 2600 Rather Than a Newer Gaming System?Video gaming systems come and go, but the Atari 2600 is a classic. It's worth considering whether an Atari 2600 might be the right gaming system for your family.
- Remembering the Atari 2600 AccessoriesThe NES may have the most memorable accessories but the Atari 2600 had some of their own gadgets before the NES.
- 10 Most Valuable Atari 2600 Video GamesMany Atari 2600 games have some worth because of the age and rarity of the games. These are 10 games on the Atari 2600 that can be sold for a good amount of money.
Dark Mage (Greg Troutman, 1997): Atari 2600 Game ReviewDark Mage proves that a text adventure is possible on the Atari 2600 ... and that's about it.
Top 10 Atari 2600 GamesWhether fully retro or playing an emulator, these are the games to try and love.- The Top Ten Games for the Atari 2600My picks for the best games on the Atari 2600 video game machine
- Atari 2600: Have a Day of Simple Fun with the Atari 2600Remember the video games of old, the first, cutting-edge Atari 2600? With games such as Space Invaders, Asteroids, Pitfall and Adventure, to name a few, the Atari 2600 gaming system was a dream come true.
- Set Up, Play Atari 2600 Games on Your Computer Using an EmulatorThe Atari 2600 was the first gaming console for many users, and it opened the doors to the world of at-home gaming. The Atari was leased in many different versions over the years.
Time Capsule Item: The Atari 2600Forget the PS3, Game Cube, and all the others. Bring back the Atari 2600! And here's why...- The Pros and Cons of Buying Used Goods OnlineIn this tough economy, it's important to save and buying used is a great way to do so, but there are things to remember when shopping online
Tunnel Runner (CBS Electronics, 1983): Atari 2600 Game ReviewPlaying Tunnel Runner is like having a horrible nightmare after a binge of Pac-Man and pizza at the local pizza parlor, but it's a neat game.
Thrust (Thomas Jenzscht, 2000): Atari 2600 Game ReviewThrust is a "modern retro" homebrew made in 2000, and a sort of mash-up of Asteroids and Defender.
Tax Avoider (American Videogames, 1982): Atari 2600 Game ReviewHow appropriate is it that it's made by "American Videogames", and came out in 1982?
Task Force (Froggo, 1983): Atari 2600 Game ReviewNot the worst game on the 2600, certainly, but it doesn't stay entertaining much beyond a few minutes.
Tapper (Sega, 1983): Atari 2600 Game ReviewNice effort by Sega in porting this one, it's one of the better games on the 2600 and one of the few still fun to play today.
Tac-Scan (Sega, 1982): Atari 2600 Game ReviewThe game is an OK shooter by Atari standards, but it'd be better if the action wasn't so simplistic and repetitive.
Pitfall! (Activision, 1982): Atari 2600 Game ReviewFirst real platformer? I dunno bud, I don't get paid to do this.
No Escape! (Imagic, 1983): Atari 2600 Game ReviewThis game actually manages to be both totally bizarre and kind of fun.
Journey: The Escape (Data Age, 1982): Atari 2600 Game ReviewMuch like the Journey arcade game, the theme here seems to be the band freaking out on psychedelics.- Hell Driver (ITT Family Games, 1983): Atari 2600 Game ReviewSeriously, Hell Driver by "ITT Family Games?" Greatsauce.
Entombed (U.S. Games, 1982): Atari 2600 Game ReviewI guess the idea is to memorize the entire maze eventually through trial and error, but who wants to be bothered with that?
The Earth Dies Screaming (20th Century Fox, 1983): Atari 2600 Game ReviewThe Earth Dies Screaming is definitely in the hunt for most badass video game title ever.
E.T. (Atari, 1982): Atari 2600 Game ReviewA lesson to budding game designers - just take an extra hour or two ... otherwise you may not only make a historical laughingstock out of yourself, you'll be responsible for environmental damage too.
Double Dragon (Technos, 1989): Atari 2600 Game ReviewBasically in contention for being the worst video game ever.
Demons to Diamonds (Atari, 1982): Atari 2600 Game ReviewWell, I see the demons, but not so much the diamonds.
Communist Mutants from Space (Arcadia, 1982): Atari 2600 Game ReviewAh, 1982 ... a great time to be a red-blooded American. This game represents all that was great about that time.- Electric LeashThe original opening monologue to my stage play, Dalmin's Inc. Thrown to the wayside when I rewrote it as a screenplay. At least it holds as prose.
- October 2007: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Home Video Game MarketOctober 1977: The Atari 2600 is unveiled. But what of the competitors who fell by the wayside?
- Handheld Atari 2600 Keeps Portable Gaming Old SchoolEnter the Phoenix 2600; the handheld Atari 2600 designed and custom built by Benjamin J Heckendorn.
