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I grew up in the late 70s early 80s I always liked the Atari alot, I was about 5 or 6 when my parents got a 6 switch Light Sears Tele Games 2600 (about 1982-1984ish) I never bothered to play my sisters nintendo NES very much, I moved on to other interests...now 30 some years later I'm back into it! We had 8 games and I still have them, Target Fun - 27 telegames Pacman Space invaders Street Racer Home Run Football Math Grand Prix Barn Storming (I really love the old Activision Games) My friend accross the street (in the 80s) had a colecovision and I rember the games he had were really pretty cool Sir Lancelot Spy Hunter Congo Bongo Qbert and a few others I dont rember When we moved to our new house my new friend in the new neighborhood had bought a 2600jr new arround 1986, I remember playing the heck out of that in his basement. River Raid Chopper Command Atlantis Donkey Kong Pole Position....fun times I loved that game. I was just at a flea market and picked up , congo bongo for $5 , Qbert for $2, and Atari's Superman for $1 (It would be my luck that spyhunter & sir lancelot are friggin rare & expensive.) About a week ago I dug out my families old light 6 switch "Sears Tele-Games - Video Arcade" i got it working again by cleaning the game contacts with a q-tip & rubbing alchohol The system works really good on an old tube type TV my wife had since highschool. I used a coax to RCA adapter from radio shack and it works well...the joy sticks have a lot of wear & slop so i have to rebuild them someday but they still work. I consider myself lucky to still have the exact same console I grew up playing.....who knew in the 1980s they would be considered "classic" -Jason

Is it possible somone had a broken plastic cart back in the day and swapped rom chips to a different cart? The stickers might just be some kid who had lost the original lables and pasted on a sticker from a book club or something? I know when I was a kid I friggin put stickers on damn near everything LOL! Just an Idea, I'd leave them alone as well...kind of cool.

Hi I picked up a picture lable copy of Video Pinball for the Atari 2600 I noticed the lable is printed in all lowercase letters. All my other atari games have all upper case letters AtariAge website guide only shows an upper case text version. What's up with the lower case letters? Rare, Common, any ideas? I paid $1.00 for it, it has a small tear on the top lable. -Jason

I had a 2600 as a kid in the 80s we had 6 games, my neighbor had a coleco with some cool games... I got so bored watching my friends always play NES mario & zelda they would never give up the controlers I ended up playing guitar, playing in a band, restoring old cars, and a million other hobbies I have had. I have not played a video game in 20 some years, I found the old atari last week, I got it working again Its still pretty cool after all these years, I'm not a die hard gamer but I can play those old games for a while and not get bored, some games look so simple but can be just as frustrating as a new complicated system. -Jason

I saw that too....Color is a Cool Band, That was a Cool Shirt, Cool Show. I'm a huge IRON MAIDEN Fan We need somone to write an Atari 2600 version of ED Hunter. -Jason

Ok thanks for the reply, I forgot about a load on the circuit. Thanks a bunch! -Jason

Sounds Like a good idea.....I'm in too LOL!

I've done the pay it foward thing before with old antique car parts, it works out well ...I dont have any extra gamming stuff - yet, if I get any doubles or items I'm not interested in I'll pass them along. Thanks Alot, PM sent! -Jason

Where is your market thread? I'd like to check it out. I'm looking for a nice copy of yars revenge, the guy at the flea market was out of that one right now. I've been finding common games arround here for $1-$3 so I'd hate to take some freebees away from somone else who needs them. I really appreciate the offer though - Thanks! -Jason

No problem, LOL! I like to be different anyway. I cant wait to get some more games soon, this site is great for finding out about them before buying them. -Jason

Ok cool I'll have to check it out thanks!

I just searched BennyBingo.....his barnstorming avatar is diffetent (I'll admit his is way better)....I'm keeping mine till I find something better. I Just swapped my Avatar from barnstorming to the telegames logo hope no one else has this one LOL! -Jason

No I'm not a die hard gammer, I just got back into this, trying to learn as much as I can about my old 2600, newer video games never really interested me much...I suck at playing them LOL!

Oh OK I'll change it, I just found it on google LOL! If its somone elses I'll swap it out, I just searched images for my favorite game LOL!

How many volts should an original Atari 2600 power supply put out? I wonder if I have a failing power supply. I check my original power supply with a volt meter and it reads 13-14volts DC, the lable on the plug reads 9v DC Is the higher voltage due to the power company supplying 120v today instead of 115v back in the 80s? Should I worry about the higher voltage damaging my 2600? How many volts is too much for a completely original 2600? Any advise would be appreciated -Jason

I'm Near Allentown -Jason

New Guy here, I Love the site so far! I grew up in the late 70s early 80s I always liked the Atari alot, I was about 5 or 6 when my parents got an Atari 2600 (about 1982-1984ish) I never bothered to play my sisters nintendo NES very much, I moved on to other interests...now 30 some years later I'm back into it! We had 8 games and I still have them, Target Fun - 27 telegames Pacman Space invaders Street Racer Home Run Football Math Grand Prix Barn Storming (I really love the old Activision Games) My friend accross the street (in the 80s) had a colecovision and I rember the games he had were really pretty cool Sir Lancelot Spy Hunter Congo Bongo Qbert and a few others I dont rember I was just at a flea market and picked up , congo bongo for $5 , Qbert for $2, and Atari's Superman for $1 (It would be my luck that spyhunter & sir lancelot are friggin rare & expensive.) About a week ago I dug out my families old light 6 switch "Sears Tele-Games - Video Arcade" i got it working again by cleaning the game contacts with a q-tip & rubbing alchohol The system works really good on an old tube type TV my wife had since highschool. I used a coax to RCA adapter from radio shack and it works well. I have some questions about the system but I'll ask them in another post so the info does not get burried in a "new guy" post.....thanks for having me! -Jason