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  8. Posted

    French Atari 2600 owner here      

    On 9/16/2020 at 10:23 PM, Avenger75 said:

    I have  also a 4 switcher woody model  built in Sunnyvale, with a white sticker, and the yellow bezel border.

    It's a Secam unit CX-2600 S, and it has also the 3 digit number stamped on the back .

    First I think it was rare, but it seems to be the contrary for secam woody unit, as after a few research on ebay or in retrogaming shop, I have found 3 others Secam CX 2600-S  4 switcher woody model made also in Sunnyvale.

    I think that the first CX 2600 version done for Secam standard  and shipped to Europe were made in Sunnyvale and were woody.

     

     

    French Atari 2600 owner here :)

    I confirm. My woody CX-2600 S was built in Sunnyvale too. That's not the case of later Secam models like CX-2600 AS (Ireland) and CX-2600 GP (Taiwan).

    CX2600S.jpg

    CX2600AS.jpg

    CX2600GP.jpg

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    On 1/25/2020 at 8:12 AM, TwentySixHundred said:

    I have tried to write the list but struggle to settle as there is far too many games i want to list. Even when i look for those that meant the most, i end up going back to replace them for another. I will list two of each the systems i owned however there is by far many more.

    • Missile Command (2600): The reason why my parents bought me a 2600 i was obsessed playing the game at their friends house.
    • Defender (2600): Countless hours playing this in my own little world.
    • Street Rod 2 (DOS): I was also obsessed with cars as a lad and this game really let me immerse myself into it's virtual world.
    • Test Drive 2 (DOS): Same reasons as above.
    • Donkey Kong Country series (SNES): What's there to say? It speaks for itself as far as adventure platforming goes.
    • Mortal Kombat series 1-3 (SNES): Was mind blowing at the time and many great memories playing against my uncle.
    • Road Rash 3 (MD/GEN): What a fun game and nothing like it at the time.
    • NBA Jam (MD/GEN): Another fun game with fond memories playing against my uncle.

    I will stop here otherwise the post will fill an entire page.

     

    Considering your nice avatar picture, i'm surprised you did'nt mention Streets of Rage 😉

  15. Posted

    42 minutes ago, roots.genoa said:

    You really don't need to feel sorry for us. SECAM provided an excellent picture quality. ;)

    Yes indeed SECAM  was a good system. But look at the poor Atari VCS Secam system implementation ! The Atari 2600 games were so colorfull, but i played them during my childhood only with 8 (bad) colors ... 8 Colors vs 106 on PAL VCS !!! 😢

     

    Atari VCS and games sales would have been better here in France with a good implementation of SECAM. Today I play only with good German PAL 2600 consoles ;)

  24. Posted · Edited by Electric-Dreams

    I must be in the minority then.. because my VCS sticks seemed rather durable and long-lived. At least bitd.

    I think that it's a combination of many things.
    1) It depends on people behaviour with game peripherals, on how much force they apply to the joystick during play. Some people are real brutes. They handle the CX40 like it was an arcade joystick. Other people are aware that this is not a matter of strengh, play with the CX40 with more "care", and restrain to apply to much force, which mades the joystick last longer.
    2) It depends on what game type is played too. Games like Decathlon are Joystick killers.
    3) Not all CX40 joysticks have the same build quality.
    So, if you're a brute, who plays only Decathlon with a poor build quality CX40, the joystick won't last 10 minutes ;)
    If you're a "cautious" guy, who doesn't play Decathlon and use a good quality CX40, it will last for a lifetime (with may be some spare parts replacements for optimal and pleasant use)
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