thomasholzer Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 (edited) I have one of the above mentioned, and I purchased it in Germany in 1985. Underneath the console it says: Manufactured for Atari, Inc., by Atari Taiwan Manufacturing Corp, in Taiwan Model No CX-2600 JR Covered by US Patent.....etc SN: AT850061756 Can we assume that the small rainbow stripe VCS Jr was already made when Atari was still an Inc? (AA VCS hardware guide says 1986 release, that would be a Corp.) Edited January 21, 2007 by thomasholzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_79 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 (edited) Yes, the juniors were released in Europe before 1986. I'm from Italy and I received my short rainbow junior for christmas 1985. It's made in Ireland and came in a small box with a proline joystick. The manual and the console says "Atari, Inc.", while the box has an "Atari Corp." copyright on it. Inside the console there's a sticker on the rf shielding which says "23 may 1984" and the Tia and Riot chips are socketed. The board is a "revision B". There were also older versions that came in a bigger box with 2 joysticks (proline) and a game packed in. They appear sometimes on ebay. these old threads confirm this: - Atari 2600 Jr. must have been released already in 1983 in Eu - 2600 Juniors from Atari Inc. - 2600 Junior Edited January 22, 2007 by alex_79 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasholzer Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 well, i reckon it's time that the VCS hardware section is updated on AA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Yes, the juniors were released in Europe before 1986. I'm from Italy and I received my short rainbow junior for christmas 1985. It's made in Ireland and came in a small box with a proline joystick. The manual and the console says "Atari, Inc.", while the box has an "Atari Corp." copyright on it. Inside the console there's a sticker on the rf shielding which says "23 may 1984" and the Tia and Riot chips are socketed. The board is a "revision B". There were also older versions that came in a bigger box with 2 joysticks (proline) and a game packed in. They appear sometimes on ebay. these old threads confirm this: - Atari 2600 Jr. must have been released already in 1983 in Eu - 2600 Juniors from Atari Inc. - 2600 Junior attachmentattachmentattachment Another Atari, Inc Junior: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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