Just wanted to say hello and thanks for an awesome site! A wealth of info here.
I have a 2600 4banger that my folks got my brother and I back in the 80's and had many many hours of games played in it. It was shelved due to a new NES system and then onto the PS1.
The Atari would get pulled out from time to time to relive those magical moments playing my favs, moon patrol and California games and the occasional frogger or dig-dug, and hated playing othello and yars revenge! Never could get those down pat.
About 8 years ago I pulled it out if my parents basement where it had been idle along with the games still in the reebok "pumps" shoebox !! And brought it home with me and relived some more time again man that was fun. Then it sat for a few years and it ended up at my neighbors house where his kids wanted to "check it out " and play some old school games I think it was played for about 10 min and the converter box took a dump, that was 4 years ago. I finally got it back because my son has been into the 80's due to the TV show the goldbergs and wanted to know what games I played back then, he is 7 years old!!
Thanks to Atariage I got it back on the tv with a home brewed composite video board and am audio tap. Didn't have any panel mount jacks but I did have an old wii cable I spliced into it. Took me about an hour to get all the items I needed after looking at the links all you great members have posted. Soldered it all up powered it up and bam frogger was on the screen. Now my son and I can relive my past!! Thanks again for the great links and info.
Here is a list of games all still working
Star raiders
Pole position
Centipede
Encounter at L-5
Sword quest - fireworld
Yars revenge
Coleco venture
E.T.
Othello
Moon patrol
Nightdriver
Combat
Atlantis
Asteroids
Realsports soccer
Street racer
Breakout
Phoenix
Frogger
Baseball ( the angled cart with just the end logo no picture on the face of the cart )
Missile command
California games
Dig-dug
Defender
Super breakout
M*A*S*H
None have the original boxes
Got the original controllers, one needs a new plastic cover the 2 paddles both need the knobs and some other controller that looks like a flight joystick (don't remember the brand) but it does have a rapid fire switch
Also the pad with some card I think it's for othello
On the hunt for dragster ghostbusters and the fishing game, I had played these at a friends house years ago might have to flea market some this weekend to find some more.
Thanks again for a great site with a wealth of info.