Atari 2600 Gameline Modem on Ebay

[potzrebie]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=300031587135

 

Just in case anyone wants to know.

[super_dos_man]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=300031587135

 

Just in case anyone wants to know.

 

wow that is real cool

 

we should all get those and play eachother (like that would ever happen)

 

but if it did I would crush you all at video olympics

[A.J. Franzman]

The Gameline was not for playing online or against friends over phone lines.

 

It was able to download games from a central server, so you could play them like any other cartridge games, but for a limited number of plays (8 plays for a dollar was typical, in addition to the $49.95 cost of the master unit and a $15 annual subscription fee). When you got tired of a game or used up the plays, you could wipe it and download another (yes, the master unit only held one game at a time!)

 

For more details, see Remembering the Gameline.

Edited September 25, 2006 by A.J. Franzman

[super_dos_man]

interesting, I wonder why I never heard of it as a kid

Edited September 27, 2006 by super_dos_man

[Crazy Climber]

I don't think these are quite as rare as they used to be. I heard somone found a box of them, all complete, somewhat recently.

[Murph74]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone done anything with these since 1983? I've got one loose, but don't know much about it. I was hoping it would be hacked eventually to be superchargerish. -- Without changing or damaging the original unit, of course.

 

Murph