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Well I may just buy a regular NES then. I guess these things were really bad in their day. Thanks SKW

I have this list from a person who emailed me. That person said I needed to try and get the Official list,but it does not post on the Company website any more. It looks like a selling web page of morgage companies. www.playmessiah.com It no good anymore. Sean

Hi I really need some help with this. I bought my daughter a New Generation NEX this Christmas for her Birthday. Yes it was in 2010,and it 2011. She wanted one really bad,and she only 12 and her mom was kill in a car wreck 4 years ago. Anyways I was not aware the NEX system had problems playing some of the NES games. Now I know from reading there was an official compatibility list provided by the Company,but I cannot get a copy of the 21 NES games that do not work on this system. Please can some one help me with this. I need a copy of the games that do not work on the NEX system. Thanks SKW

To Who it may concern It is 2011,but I bought this Generation in December of 2010 for my daughter Birthday. I notice everyone said there was an official list of NES compatibility list from the Company that made this system. I cannot find it. Did anyone make a copy of that list or the 21 games they say that will not play on this system. I need a copy of the list so I will not buy the wrong games,and have my daughter really disapointed. Here mom was killed about 4 years ago in a car wreck and it still hard on her,so I don;t want to mess up by buying the wrong games for her. Well have them not work. Thanks SKW

hi it would be cool to see a Rarity Guide on the 8 bit computers,but I have never seen one yet. I would Say the Rare Atari's would be your 400 and 800 with Very low Serial numbers. The Chips inside would also be dated 1979. They would have a 4K memory in the Atari 400 and in the Atari 800 would have the 8 K memory. Also the Graphics color card would be the First one that would only produce 8 colors. Later on they change it over to a card that produced 256 colors. There are some really rare Atari's systems and you can find more about them at www.atari.com It an Atari museum.. Anyways a book never seen one. Sean

Hi Seanhq This is your Friend Sean Please Private message me. I need to ask a question Thanks Sean

HI This is Sean I am looking for Seanhq. Hey Private post me. I have a question for you? Thanks your Friend Sean

Hi everyone I am posting the the booklets that go with the system Serial 57020 E. The pictures are above of the system That dates from 1977 in the 22 week. I will post a Photo of the Rare box from 1977 that holds this system in it. If needed for the Official list. I would love to see a older system on this post and I have been looking every post over. I know mine can;t be the oldest,but so far I have not seen one older in this thread. Well here is the booklets and if you look close at the Owner manual in the corner you will see 1977 on it. I have seen other books with the dates being 1978 and newer in the corner. The other book is the book that only list the first 9 games Atari ever came out with in the beginning. Both These books are from 1977 and are not later issues. Thanks Sean39

Hi Everyone I want to thank everyone for your help. I really started collecting the Sears Tele Game Pong Systems to see how low of a Serial number I could find. These are the two of the Lowest Serial numbers I have ever came across. I really was not looking at the Chips till now. The Serial number was what I was searching for.. In the hopes the Lower The Serial number the older the unit would be. I am not sure how low the Serial numbers go that were produced under Sears, but I imagine there are lower ones than the two I found. Thank you guys for all the help. Sean39 I really find this stuff cool to learn about.

Hi everyone I did not have the inside Photos of the system in the above Post. This is the insides of the Serial # 57020 E system. Also is the Outside photos of the Atari 2600 Heavy sixer system. Sorry it took two post to do this in,but I wanted to well document this system with atariage.com to help with us getting a accurate list of all systems. Thanks Sean39

Hi everyone here is the other pictures I promised of the Atari 2600 that has a Serial # 57020 E Thanks Sean39

Hi Everyone Thanks for all your help. I would love to be able to talk to Bob Brown who has the oldest Atari. I guess he not going to be coming up here,but it would still be nice to talk to him. I would love to know The Serial number off his unit since it was the First one ever made. I still thank everyone else for all your help on this subject. I actually now found some of the Photos of my unit on the bottom. I will try and get tops photos later. sorry the last photo shows the date code inside of my Atari 2600 7722 for 1977 in the 22nd week Look at the Post below for pictures of the insides and The top of the system. Thanks Sean39

Hi Everyone I was told Bob Brown had the Very first Atari off the Production Line. I was wondering if Bob would be willing to let us know what his Serial Number is??? I would love to be able to talk to this Bob Brown. Anyways I understood that the First Letter Atari used on the Heavy Sixers was "E" then they went up from there.. My Serial number is 57020 E Now I have another one that has a serial Number followed by the Letter "G" Anyways I was told the go in Alphabetical order following the serial number. Such as E , F , G , H , , J ,K ,L ,M and so on. on the letter "I" was skip due to it being mistaking for the number 1 Now From what I was told BOB Brown has the Oldest and First Atari off the Production line ever. Well here is some photos of mine. Also Please let me know on this . I heard there was going to be a second and official list of Serial numbers made up.. When is this being done???? Sean39

Hi This is Sean39 Please download this photo of the Chip inside of my Sears Tele Game Pong System and let me know if this would be the chip found in a Early unit with the Serial number A 60186 . The date code shows 7537 which would be 1975 in the 37 week... I know my other init has a serial # A 90371 and has a chip that dated in 7540 for 1975 in the 40th week. The chips both have different appearances.. Anyways Just thought this may help in this really strange mystery Why they appear so different. You will have to download the picture of the chip to see it Thanks Sean39 Sear Tele game 3.bmp

Hi Nathan Well what does not make sense is the Serial Number is very low on the Unit and I know they went in order with the Serial numbers when producing theses things. I posted one with the Serial # A 90371 and it has a Chip 3659-2 7540 date Now my other unit has a Serial # A 60186 and it has a Chip 3659-3 7537 date code ( This is reall strange) The only thing I can guess is that the 3659-3 stamp should have been a 3659-1 with the 7537 date code on it. The only reason I say this is the Date code correspond to the time of the Serial number. A 90371 7540 A 60186 7537 Really the date code is correct for the Serial number. Thanks Sean39

Hi Everyone Well I was hoping someone could tell me why a 3659-3 chip was in such a old unit. Sean

Very cool picture of the proto type of the 2600 system. Sean39

Hi Everyone Thanks For the Help on this. Sorry I was out so long,but got sick. Anyways yes I think the only way to truly date these units is to date them by the Chips inside of them. They have date code on every chip inside the unit and even the RF Modulator has a date code on it. Mine does not have a hole for switching the Channel since it only will work on one Channel. There is no switch inside of mine to change the channel. Anyways the date code found inside of my unit is 7722 Which breaks down to 1977 in the 22 week of the year. Serial number is E 57020 Other than that I really cannot tell you much more. Thanks Sean39

Hi Sly DC I read what you put up and it makes alot of Sense. How do we explane the Sears Tele Game Pong Unit I have. It has a 3659-3 Chip Dated 7537 and it you look at my attachments you will see this. The Serial Number on the unit is A 60186 Which is lower than the first unit I posted in the first place... This really does not make any sense at all. I know the lower the Serial number the older the unit should be and the chip does date older. It just strange it a 3 generation chip. Please help on this Sean39

Hi everyone Ok please take note of the Serial number and the date on the chip. Date on Chip is 7537 look very close. What I don't get is that it has a 3659-3 chip inside. I am just wondering how a third version of the Chip can have such a old date on it and it in a lower Serial Number unit. It really makes no sense at all since you would think it would have a 3659-1 chip with a Date code of 7537 on it..,but instead a 3659-3 with date code of 7537 on it. I told you this would blow your mind. Have any answers to this one because I would like to sure know how a version 3 chip has such an old date on it. Serial # A 60186 Super low for a serial number lower than the last one I posted up here. Sean39 Sear Tele game 1.bmp Sear Tele game 3.bmp Sear Tele game 2.bmp

Hi Sean, About the serial, that i can't answer since i don't make records of any serials of Dedicated Pongs. But as for the dedicated chip you took in a picture, that one is the second version (-2). There is 3 models of the "3659" that i know: "3659-1 or 3659-1B or 3659-1C" (1st version), "3659-2" (second version) and "3659-3" (3rd version found only in the Sears Tele-Games Pong IV model 99717. Some are made by Synertek or AMI and can be in plastic or ceramic casings. All version of dedicated chips are the same, even the 3659-3 which people thinks it's a 4-player version of the 3659-1 and 3659-2 which is not true, all 3659 version can either be a 2 or 4 players version (this info is not written anywhere, just found it by myself). The earliest "3659" i know (so far) is dated 7538 (1975 - 38th week). Hope this helps you out. --- Sly DC --- Thanks I have a really old Sears Tele Game System,and it will blow your mind on the chip date. It still comes no where close I think to the first one made but it is very early. I will post pictures of it up here. It has a chip older than 7538 in it. Sean

Hi everyone I guess this thread was really no good to start. I see many people read it but no was able to help me with thos question. Anyways thanks for reading it at least... I really hope there is someone who can help me with my question. Thanks Sean

There are two kinds of double sticker units. Those with an original-style white sticker covering a second original-style white sticker, and those with a silver sticker covering an original-style white sticker. I don't think there's any question that the silver sticker units represent refurb units, but it's unclear what the double white sticker units represent. I don't believe that they are refurb units. I also don't believe that they are transitional units from the period between the H6 and L6. I have one of these double white sticker H6s and it doesn't have a channel select switch hole, which I would expect on a transitional unit from this period. Moreover, it appears that the early light sixers (those produced in Sunnyvale) retained the s/n format of the H6's during that transition. That transition appears to have occurred within the M to P batch serial numbers, and as far as serial numbers go, this transition appears to have been a smooth segue with both H6 and L6 units produced with M, N, and P batch serial #s. Ok mine is only one sticker. Made in Sunnyvale,CA with SN 57020 E... Now are these double Stickers in Heavy Sixers older than this Unit? I am really new to knowing how this whole Serial number thing works. I know my unit has a Date code inside of ot from 7722 and I was told that was 1977 at the 22nd week. Now I know I was told there are units older than mine. How much befire my unit were they making these things. I also wanted to know did the Serial numbers Start out with a "E" following them all??? Anyways I would love to find a unit that older than mine with a much older Serial Number. Anyways I am open to being educated on this. Sean