Hooked my old Vader up again

[sandmountainslim]

For the first time in 3 years I hooked up my old original Vader console I got in '82.

I wanted to show my daughter what playing Atari USED to look like since she is so used to seeing me play via emulation on my phone or the laptop. I hooked it up to an old Rutherford console TV I found at a thrift shop.

 

[JamesL]

Great pic! Looks like it could have been taken 30 years ago! Don't be surprised if your daughter gets hooked and that Vader stays out for a while!

[AtariLeaf]

Yea if it weren't for the homebrews, you could swear this was from the 80's. Love the pic.

[sandmountainslim]

Thanks guys I wish it was the original TV we had as a kid which was a 1977 Zenith console model but this one will do. SOMEONE owned it in the 80's Im sure lol

[sandmountainslim]

I researched what the "Rutherford" TV is. It is a rental model from Colortyme TV rental and is a rebranded Curtis Mathes. It has a July 1980 mfg date on the back. The PERFECT set to play Space Invaders on

[AtariLeaf]

I would absolutely love to get a set like that for the game room. Man that brings back memories. Our six switch woody sat on a console tv just like that when I was a kid

[cvga]

We had a console TV like that. I was rarely allowed to play the atari on it though. My dad was sure it would harm the TV.

[sandmountainslim]

I used the Vignette app to make this look like something from the eightes and had my daughter play Centipede

 

[godzillajoe]

I have an old TV like that, with wood grain sides that I snagged from the basement of my old apt. building. Of course the 2600 is hooked up to it. Makes it more authentic!

[JacobZu7zu7]

A Vader was my first ever Atari console!