Do you still have your original console

[+Nathan Strum]

I still have my original Sears light sixer. Added an s-video mod and an AtariVox, and have it hooked up to my HDTV.

 

Unfortunately, at the moment, it's dead.

 

The 2600, not the TV.

[Necron99]

Unfortunately, my original 2600(not sure if light or heavy, but sure it was 6 switch) along with my 2600 jr were sold or given away by my parents

 

but I've made up for it, now I got a Atari-Heavy6, Atari-Light6, Atari-woody, vader, gemini, and 7800 Pro.

[Rik]

Yep.I still have my 1st 2600.It's a light sixer which i bought factory reconditioned back in 1980.It still works like new.

[Jr. Pac]

Yes. I bought it off Ebay a couple weeks ago for $22. It's a L6.

[bomberpunk]

my original system drowned in a 2005 flood. i really hate pointing that out and having people think i'm trying to start a pity party, but you asked!

[+Random Terrain]

My original system drowned in a 2005 flood. I really hate pointing that out and having people think I'm trying to start a pity party, but you asked!

Don't worry. We won't pity you. We'll just think you were stupid for not living on higher ground.

[raskar42]

my original console was stolen and sold by my old roommate's meth addict brother.

[SlowCoder]

my original system drowned in a 2005 flood. i really hate pointing that out and having people think i'm trying to start a pity party, but you asked!

I've had to rescue fully submerged, and still running, computers when I worked at my old job. Computers completely under water, turned on, and at the Windows logon prompt. Pulled rhe plugs, took them to a drying room. Plugged them in later and worked fine.

 

Due to their more robust, old architecture, I'm almost surprised yours wouldn't work after a complete drying and cleaning.

[Miss 2600]

 

but I've made up for it, now I got a Atari-Heavy6, Atari-Light6, Atari-woody, vader, gemini, and 7800 Pro.

 

I thought an Atari H6er and L6er were woodies (having the wood grain on the front).

[zylon]

 

but I've made up for it, now I got a Atari-Heavy6, Atari-Light6, Atari-woody, vader, gemini, and 7800 Pro.

 

I thought an Atari H6er and L6er were woodies (having the wood grain on the front).

They are.

[SlowCoder]

 

but I've made up for it, now I got a Atari-Heavy6, Atari-Light6, Atari-woody, vader, gemini, and 7800 Pro.

 

I thought an Atari H6er and L6er were woodies (having the wood grain on the front).

They are. I think what he meant by Atari-woody was the 4 switch woody.

[keilbaca]

I do not. My parents sold it long ago when I wanted to play the Atari for more than my allotted one hour a day. I even had a silver label Gravitar and a Swordquest Waterworld, I had no idea how rare it was at the time.

Edited July 11, 2011 by keilbaca

[Necron99]

 

but I've made up for it, now I got a Atari-Heavy6, Atari-Light6, Atari-woody, vader, gemini, and 7800 Pro.

 

I thought an Atari H6er and L6er were woodies (having the wood grain on the front).

They are. I think what he meant by Atari-woody was the 4 switch woody.

 

you are correct sir!

[Amstari]

I now have my original Atari 2600 console back again!!! I had told my parents if they were ever going to get rid of it I would buy it from them. They gave it to me for free.

 

It's a Vader with about 20 carts. I have other consoles but it is great to play on the same console I played when I was a kid.

[Asaki]

Nope =(

 

Had a light sixer, it broke some time in the early 90s and dad was unable to fix it...so the story goes that he put it somewhere, and doesn't remember where. I suspect mom trashed it.

 

The power adapter died even before that, but we still have everything else. I don't miss it so much though, since I got a free heavy sixer to replace it a few years back.

 

We ended up selling our NES and Genesis 2. I ended up getting back at least half of the NES games, but the Genesis games I had to rebuy (to go with my Genny 1). Still have our original SNES, N64, etc. And we have one of those Pong things somewhere, but it probably doesn't work.

[mtshark7]

I still have all my original Light 6-switch Atari 2600 that ended up being the very first thing I bought off eBay around 2001...that console has now been upgraded with a pause mod, s-video/av mod, and LED mod. My favorite Atari 2600 due to all the hours I spent fixing and troubleshooting it to get it to work as well as ease of hooking it up to my HDTV and get perfect picture and sound.

[Wayne2072]

I still have (and use) the 2600 that I got for Christmas in the early 80's, as well as the games that I received back then for Christmas, birthdays, etc. When I got back into the hobby in the late 90's, I picked up a backup unit and a ton of games on eBay, and have added to my collection since on here. I have also (in recent years) picked up the 5200, 7800, Colecovision, and Intellivision, but I still enjoy firing up and playing the 2600.

[Rex Dart]

Yeah. Got 'em last year.

[eegad]

Sure do. My original light sixer from summer 1980 was set up in my parents house for about 8 years (though it only saw occasional use after the first 3 years or so....when I moved on to an 800xl computer). Then it was packed away in a closet until 2-3 years ago when I got the itch to play it again. I also won a heavy sixer in a bet sometime during the mid 80s (when the Mets won the world series!). Still have that one packed away. Then a friend gave me a Jr sometime in the early 90s when he was cleaning house. I actually threw that one away when I moved 8 years ago. And last year I bought an early heavy sixer on ebay, which is the one I've had set-up this past year and use with a Harmony cart.

[Gorfy]

Still have and use my original light 6er from around '80 (don't remember what year I got it). Rescued it from my parents' attic 3 years ago and have been a classic gameaholic ever since. Just what I needed --- a new addiction.

[bobotech]

No i do not. I sold it to my typing teacher that I had the hots for in 1984. I think I sold it and the cartridges for around 70 dollars? Maybe 60? Had 5 commons, asteroids, space invaders, combat, air-sea battle, and I think canyon bomber. I had moved onto an Atari 400 and rarely ever played the 2600 anymore since the games for the 400 were so much better than the 2600 versions.

[+thegoldenband]

Nope. It was a 4-switcher, I believe, and after a couple years began to suffer from hardware maladies -- bad controller ports IIRC. It was eventually replaced with another 4-switcher (I think), and then a 2600 Jr. sometime during the later 1980s.

 

I think the Jr. I have now is that one, but I'm not 100% sure.

[+wongojack]

I've got the Family's L6 and it works pretty well. Inside there was a scrap of paper with August 1981 stamped on it. It uses an aftermarket powersupply, and I had to do a repair on the solder pads that attach the power port to the mainboard.

 

For years it was in the attic with a rubber band on the right difficulty switch and the power plug - it kept the plug in a position that would avoid the problem caused by the loose solder pad. As a result the right diff switch sometimes doesn't make great contact when set to B - so you get a small paddle in Video Olympics when not expecting it. I think I fixed this with some liberal application alcohol and wiping on the switch contacts.

 

I recently got rid of all my Commodore stuff to a collector here locally. I had several CIB games (BT II, California Games), and a C64 SX. It felt like I'd given away a child, but none of it worked anymore, and I was making a choice not to put time into that particular hobby.

 

Original NES still works well despite all the times I tried to beat the 5h!+ out of it playing Tecmo Bowl.

[VertigoProcess]

I thank god every day i have all of my originals... atari 5200 NES genesis saturn and newer ones as well... sadly my NES has a increasing case of the yellows... i'm trying to decide if i should just wrap it up in bubble wrap put it in a box and hide it away and taking off the top and putting a fresh one on it...

[sandmountainslim]

Yip, I still have the Vader that I got for my Bday in 1982 and it works fine but had to replace the joysticks. I played the Vader exclusively for 25 years and then switched to Stella