J.koellisch Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 When having a look at the tag of my 2600 jr i wondered about the serial# details: On the pre-printed area there is an"199" and a stamped"4" = 1994. It looks like a typical production year part of the serial#. But i aleays thought the production was stopped some years before. Maybe this is just a wrong interpretation but i am curious now. The console is a eurpean model. Does anyone know how to read the sign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syntaxerror999 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 2600 does hold the record for longest production run of a console and I do believe they were made up to the mid 90s and sold in countries not quite up to speed technology wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 That's interesting. I always heard that worldwide production stopped in 1991 and the last games were released in 1992 (official Atari production, not talking about 3rd party copies and games) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlepaddle Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I thought the "4" meant 1984 and the "199" meant the 199th day of the year or something like that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I thought the "4" meant 1984 and the "199" meant the 199th day of the year or something like that... I think the jr came a few years after 84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.koellisch Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 OK, i managed to add a photo of the whole serial tag. How is the serial# interpreted correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 My late 2600 JR ("lunchbox" says: © 1992 Atari Corporation) has the "4" in the SN in combination with "73 94"... The first Atari 2600 JR systems had the © 1984 Atari, Inc. (Ireland). The "1994" in the SN is not the year of manufacturing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I think the jr came a few years after 84 First time I remember seeing a Junior was around 1987 at Kay-Bee Toys, along with the game Taz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) Mine doesn't appear to have a manufacture date anywhere. Shame, I was curious. Is there any way to determine how old it might be from the SN or anything else on the sticker? I don't really know much about them. Edited August 19, 2013 by SkullBlade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Mine doesn't appear to have a manufacture date anywhere. Shame, I was curious. If you don't mind opening the case, you can look at the production dates on the chips. This will give you, at least, a "not before" date for the production of the Jr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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