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Atari 2600 Video Computer System Console

The Atari 2600, released in October 1977, is the video game console credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built ...

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Atari

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Reviews around condition (5.00 of 5)

  • the product was clean and in perfect conditions and the games are great.. thank you for your products and we are looking forward to buy something else to you soon
  • The system, controllers and games are all in good condition
  • Advertised as very good condition and tested, was full of rust and did not work
  • I do not think any product on Amazon should be labeled in "GOOD" or even "AVERAGE" condition when the seller himself does not know if the product works.
  • Not once have I encountered an inoperable game (not to say they don’t exist, but chances are good that a cartridge in good condition is very likely to work)
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Reviews around product (5.00 of 5)

  • -ManSpace InvadersDonkey KongIn conclusion, I think that this product is great!
  • the product was clean and in perfect conditions and the games are great.. thank you for your products and we are looking forward to buy something else to you soon
  • Just as described, packaged well and am enjoying the product!!!
  • This is my third item from Seller and will continue to buy, I highly recommend this seller, products are good and is a very reliable seller.
  • You sold me excellent products at a more than fair price
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Reviews around ship (5.00 of 5)

  • I will list all of the great titles to look for, as well as give you the link for buying up to 50 games for 100.00 or less free shipping
  • I will list all of the great titles to look for, as well as give you the link for buying up to 50 games for 100.00 or less free shipping

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Reviews around dad (5.00 of 5)

  • pretty Dad gummed good, but who cares about the graphics because it makes up for that in gameplay
  • I bought this for my boyfriend's dad and he loves it!!!
  • I will list all of the great titles to look for, as well as give you the link for buying up to 50 games for 100.00 or less free shipping
  • pretty Dad gummed good, but who cares about the graphics because it makes up for that in gameplay
  • I will list all of the great titles to look for, as well as give you the link for buying up to 50 games for 100.00 or less free shipping

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Reviews around job (5.00 of 5)

  • Seller does a great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Great Job, it was fast and the product works great, will be using this company again
  • Great Job, it was fast and the product works great, will be using this company again

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Reviews around system (4.66 of 5)

  • YAY ME!Now, the 2600 is not a "WIFI" kinda thing, its not a system that has a Internet option at all nor does it have any apps or downloadable content
  • I enjoy the VCS 2600 much, but i also enjoy Other systems as well
  • The original Atari 2600 is my favorite system and #1 on MY list
  • System works good - but two of the games didn't work.
  • YAY ME!Now, the 2600 is not a "WIFI" kinda thing, its not a system that has a Internet option at all nor does it have any apps or downloadable content
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Reviews around work (4.49 of 5)

  • So even if the console worked when the seller possessed it, the fact is that it could have been broken during shipping due to the poor packaging
  • Great Job, it was fast and the product works great, will be using this company again
  • It took me 5 hours, but my 2600 is in top working order
  • It took me 5 hours, but my 2600 is in top working order
  • One would assume that the word "good" means the product will arrive in good working order.
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Reviews around atari (4.44 of 5)

  • While this console can in fact play Atari 2600 games (if it works, see below), the fact is that it is NOT a genuine Atari 2600.
  • Really love the Atari 2600 VCS but this one, didn't work
  • The game library is the largest for any system ever made having well over 1,000 titles because anyone who could put a program together could have it released for the Atari and because of that the game market crashed in 84 due to an over saturation in games and actually all game systems and games appeared to be dead, but Atari 2600 survived and continued sales into the early 90s.
  • I will list all of the great titles to look for, as well as give you the link for buying up to 50 games for 100.00 or less free shipping
  • I will list all of the great titles to look for, as well as give you the link for buying up to 50 games for 100.00 or less free shipping
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Reviews around console (4.23 of 5)

  • Great console for going back to the classic days of gaming
  • This console is a masterpiece and lets have the gaming experience I didn't grow up with
  • Great Little Game Console for playing games and having fun
  • Very cool console, but I don't know why you would bother ordering it here
  • This console is great but when i got it it had so much dirt on
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Reviews around quality (3.80 of 5)

  • Next, to make the Pin Reader Refurbished, were going to Take a Q tip and smear Rubbing Alcohol on a cartridge's reading pin, or the metal part(for those who dont know what im saying) and Insert and pull it out repeadeately 10-12 times, and then put more alcohol on the Cartridge pin, and Repeat the process up to 5 times
  • I will list all of the great titles to look for, as well as give you the link for buying up to 50 games for 100.00 or less free shipping
  • Next, to make the Pin Reader Refurbished, were going to Take a Q tip and smear Rubbing Alcohol on a cartridge's reading pin, or the metal part(for those who dont know what im saying) and Insert and pull it out repeadeately 10-12 times, and then put more alcohol on the Cartridge pin, and Repeat the process up to 5 times
  • The console was good quality, however did not come with a power cord.
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Reviews around seller (3.78 of 5)

  • I NEVER MEANT TO MALIGN THE SELLER
  • I do not think any product on Amazon should be labeled in "GOOD" or even "AVERAGE" condition when the seller himself does not know if the product works.
  • This is my third item from Seller and will continue to buy, I highly recommend this seller, products are good and is a very reliable seller.
  • Maybe it was the fact the seller just threw it and the five games into a priority box with absolutely NO padding to protect this delicate electronic equipment
  • My favorite games r donkey kong series, mario bros, yars revenge, pole position, astroids, slot racers, and combat.
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Reviews around vcs (3.61 of 5)

  • Really love the Atari 2600 VCS but this one, didn't work
  • I enjoy the VCS 2600 much, but i also enjoy Other systems as well
  • Really love the Atari 2600 VCS but this one, didn't work
  • I enjoy the VCS 2600 much, but i also enjoy Other systems as well

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Reviews around y.o (1.00 of 5)

  • Its the World's first Video game console ever and if you dont appreciate it, your just another sad 14 Y.O. who gets everything in a well to do mansion living off a trustfund and Playing 4 or 500$ game systems
  • Its the World's first Video game console ever and if you dont appreciate it, your just another sad 14 Y.O. who gets everything in a well to do mansion living off a trustfund and Playing 4 or 500$ game systems

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More about Atari 2600 Video Computer System Console

  • The Atari 2600, released in October 1977, is the video game console credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in
  • The first game console to use this format was the Fairchild Channel F
  • However, it was the Atari 2600 that made the plug-in concept popular among the game-playing public
  • Originally known as the Atari VCS—for Video Computer System—the machine's name was changed to "Atari 2600" (from the unit's Atari part number, CX2600) in 1982, after the release of the more advanced Atari 5200
  • The Atari 2600 was wildly successful, and during the 1980s, "Atari" was a synonym for this model in mainstream media
  • The 2600 was typically bundled with two joystick controllers, a conjoined pair of paddle controllers, and a cartridge game—initiall