BalloonFighter

I like to see photos of these early game/computer stores. They give me a better understanding of what they were like during that era.

I was flipping through a book at the library today called Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America. Besides containing stuff that I already knew, as well as wrong information, Jeff Ryan, the author, misspells "Famicom" as "Famicon" throughout the book. He also erroneously calls Konami "Komani" Also, wasn't the term "Famicom" officially recognized when the Sharp Twin Famicom came out? It reads "Famicom" on the box, the console, and even on the Disk System BIOS startup screen.

Thanks Nerf Herder73! As expected, the experimental version is more buggy, but I can at least disable whatever I don't want and play this game and many other awesome 7800 homebrews!

I have had OpenEmu downloaded on my computer for months and I think it's great, even if I mostly use it for NES homebrews/hacks. Is there a 7800 core that I can install?

This looks awesome! I just wish that there was an easy-to-use 7800 emulator for Mac OS X so that I could play this game. I enjoy the Atari 8-bit game that this is based off of, so I'm sure I would enjoy this even more.

I bought my first 2600 (a Heavy Sixer) off of Craigslist in October 2011. I had been collecting for less than a year, and I was still learning video game pricing, so as expected I ended up overpaying for it. It was in very nice condition and came with the gray power supply, the original paddles, and near-mint joysticks which still make a "click" sound when you press the fire button. I still have it today and I love it, but it's now more of a showpiece in my room at the moment. Back when I joined AtariAge and made a failed attempt to maintain a blog, I wrote about my Heavy Sixer here. (I still haven't gotten around to fixing that color issue though.) Since then, the 2600 has become one of my favorite consoles, and with over 100 unique games in my collection, as well as 4 2600's (all different variants) to play them on, there's no signs of me stopping my Atari collection anytime soon.

Seems legit to me. Here's mine for comparison, albeit in not-so-great condition. It only fits on my Light Sixer 2600, which came with this cover.

Circus Atari was my favorite paddle game until I learned about Omegamatrix's Circus AtariAge. Night Driver's a close second.

This looks awesome! I might be interested in one as well. Please consider making a two-joystick model for us Robotron players.

Besides everything Cobra Commander has mentioned, another difference is the controller that came with the Video Arcade II. It is a joystick/paddle hybrid, and you can toggle between the two by pressing the joystick or paddle buttons on the system itself. There are four controller ports on the system so that up to 4 2800/Video Arcade II controllers can be used in paddle mode. However, any standard 2600 controllers (joystick, paddle, driving, trackball) will work just fine. I've had mine since May and it's now my go-to 2600 unit.

This has to be the best port of Pac-Man on the 2600 that I have ever played! Can't wait to see updates on this game, your improved Mario Bros, or any other future projects. Keep up the awesome work! P.S. Why didn't you join AtariAge sooner?!

While I was in New York during the remainder of my summer vacation, I mostly played Donkey Kong 3 on an NES emulator, along with the casual game of Balloon Fight and a few NES homebrews, such as Bladebuster and Super Bat Puncher. Now that I'm back home, I'm playing an actual copy of DK3 that I bought at the Digital Press store.

The 2600 was released at least 20 years before I was born. I think my first system was a Game Boy Advance. I only had a few games for it and rarely played it. I've lost mine since then, but my sisters still have theirs, which they ended up giving to me for the collection. We also had (and still have) a "fat" PS2, but all I remember using it for was to play DVD's.

My Vader 2600 used to be my daily driver, but now it's my Sears Video Arcade II. I just wish my controllers that came with it worked, as they look so cool.

Thanks Shawn! I got my Video Pinball unit over a year ago. It came with just the empty box, and I had no idea what the options did for each game mode. But thanks to you, I can close this case.

No problem. Getting Snoopy and the Red Baron with your 2600 bundle is definitely a score. I've been trying to find a copy myself for quite a while. It's a fun game to play.

Welcome to the forums and game collecting! Here's some info about Sears and the Tele-games brand, along with a rarity guide of the Tele-games carts. https://atariage.com/company_page.html?SystemID=2600&CompanyID=2 To answer your first question, I personally don't use videogames.pricecharting.com on 2600 games unless it's a game that's a 6/10 on the rarity scale or higher, and even then I only use it as a reference. The Tele-games carts you have are common ones and can normally be found loose (cart only) for around $0.50-2 each. To answer your second question, a loose copy of Tele-games 50 (Pong Sports) is not worth $75 whatsoever. I've been able to find copies of the game for about a dollar. Good luck with your collection! I hope you enjoy the hobby.

The Florida Arcade and Pinball Expo. It was in Fort Lauderdale and occurred a month after JAX. There's going to be another one next year. Website:http://www.floridaape.org/

Congrats on your daughter's game! I remember when there was Scratch on almost all the middle school computers back when I was in 8th Grade. However, there was no class or elective that put the software to use and I never had the time to teach myself, so it was pretty much useless there. I've been interested in just throwing together a little game for fun, so maybe i should check Scratch out again, since I can barely write commands in BASIC (growing up on GUI's can do that to you.)

You bet! I was there on Sunday. Same here! I learned about this event and Florida A.P.E. the same way.

I don't do online streaming, but I think this might work. 1. Get a game capture device that supports AV connection and will work with what software you use to stream on Twitch. 2. Take your Atari 2600, hook it up to an old VCR that has RF-in and AV-out, and tune the 2600 and the VCR to channel 2 or 3. 3. You'll want to have 3 AV splitters and two AV cables. The splitters should look something like this: Take the splitters and plug them into the AV-out section of your VCR. Have one of the AV cables lead to the TV, and the other lead to the capture deice. With this setup, you should be able to play your 2600 on the TV without lag and also be able to stream your gameplay to Twich. EDIT: Here is a picture of the setup in action, sans capture device (I don't have one).

This is an awesome device! Can't wait to hear about any progress on this.

Been playing Track and Field on the 2600 since I got it yesterday. Been wanting to play it on actual hardware since I started collecting for the 2600. I'm worried I'm going to break my also newly obtained Track and Field controller from playing it so much. As for non-Atari, I've been enjoying Balloon Kid on the Game Boy.

I'd like to enter the drawing.

Since I can't seem to edit my post to add my serial number sticker picture, I'll post it here.