Mysterious Pieces?

[kstockbridge]

One Saturday, just like any Saturday, my husband and I went out for normal garage sale trip around the area. Low and behold I saw a huge box of Atari odds and ends and a huge pile of games. Just what I need for my coleco system more games for the atari adapter for me to play with.

 

So my husband offered her $20 for the whole lot and we ended up taking home 4 boxes of stuff.

 

You would not believe everything I got (Don't get too excited, nothing was in boxes. But they're good enough for me since I just really love to play the games). Well here is a list of everything that it had, plus the items that I need to figure out their purpose.

 

- a 2600 console, a 7800 console, 70 different games (only 5 of them were 7800 games though), 2 remote controllers (those things are HUGE!), 4 paddle controllers, 2 driving controllers, 1 7800 joystick, 1 old version atari joystick, a console to hold games (Its kind of bulky, though), and then 2 different items that I'm not sure what they are for. I think thats it.

 

They are both similar. One item is rectangle and has blue writing and number pads on it (I have 2 of them). The other has number pads on it, but it is larger and completely black (there was 2 of those too.)

 

I just can't believe I got it all for $20.

 

Anyways, if anyone can help me out with the purpose of the number pad things it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[+-^CrossBow^-]

Sounds like one of them is the keyboard controllers as Atari called them. There were needed for Basic Programming and Codebreakers.

 

The other with the blue writing I can't be sure about. It sounds like another keyboard controller type thing. Atari did make a Blue one that was called the Kids Controller and was the exact same thing as the keyboard controllers but was a little bigger and in a blue case as I stated.

 

Check here and see if they anything like any of these:

http://www.atariage.com/2600/controllers/c...sController.jpg

http://www.atariage.com/2600/controllers/c...ariKeyboard.jpg

 

hope that helps.

[Wntermute]

Sounds like the keyboard controllers (for Codebreaker & Basic Programming) and the Video Touch Pad (for Star Raiders). AFAIK, they're the same internally, just different casings.