When did you first get a 2600?

[Osbo]

1988, and my favorite game was Bowling

 

Today I just play emulators mostly

[jhammond]

I bought my first VCS, my first videogame console, in May 1979. I had a friend who worked in the Service department at Crazy Eddie in Union, NJ and he allowed me to get a console at his cost. I couldn't decide between an Odyssey2 or a VCS. The Odyssey2 had the keyboard, which I really liked, but the VCS had Breakout, which I really loved. So I bought the VCS for $110 and with it I got the Breakout cart and the Casino cart. The box for the Casino cart said it was a 'Special Edition' so I wanted to get it before it wasn't available anymore!

 

After that I was hooked. The collector in me then went and bought every cartridge that was available for it. And I hven't stopped yet.

 

wow! how many carts do you own now??

[jhammond]

Christmas of 1982 (I was 12 years old). Woody 4-switch Unit. Space Invaders, Asteroids, and Missle Command had me glued at first. I owned several "bummer" games I never really played. Then, the Tutankham and Montezuma's Revenge games kept my interest a going again. After High School, this questionable working unit was sold in a garage sale, but I kept most of my games! They stayed in storage for years...until 2008 I got a working Atari unit (all Black "Vader" 4-switch) from Vintage Stock! I've been playing those old games again...fun! Now, thanks to e-bay and Atari2600.com my collection of games has grown to over 120! Discovering games I've always heard about but never tried is fun....it's like being a kid all over again.

 

Wasn't growing up in the 70s and 80s just the best? I was born in 1970 and I got to experience all of the great computer/video game achievements first hand. I think I played street racer the most on my 2600 early on. Thanks for sharing the great memories!

 

 

It was the best! I still remember bringing your game carts to school (sixth grade at the time) on Fridays and swapping with friends for the weekend. Fun times to discover who had the lastest, greatest hot-new game that just came out! Oh yes, and "showing off" TV pictures to each other of High Scores too (yes, you had to have proof)! My friend Max had several Activision Patches...he was the God of video games, I swear.

[LidLikesIntellivision]

My memory isn't good for dates...

 

My first 2600 came in 1984 or 1985. I was dreaming when my father brought the system, he woke up me and I remember the first time I played Missile Command. I was very sleepy but still trying to play

I also remember the box and the games printed in that box. I liked that box for the first time I saw it.

Good memories...

 

And now. It's 1 or 2 weeks ago I got my first Atari 7800. If I don't write the date, I'll certainly forget it. I'm really bad on remembering dates...

But I won't forget that this "new" Atari came to me from a truly video game champion and AtariAge member: Toymailman

[thevnaguy]

Christmas of 78. Still have it and play it every once in a while.

[Brian O]

Christmas of 81. It was a Sears Telegames. Unfortunately my mom threw it away in the late 80s.

 

-B

[CrystaliaMi]

May 22, 2012. I got a light sixer. How I came to like Atari is rather odd. It was Cee Lo Green that got me into it with his song "F U", whose lyrics mention Atari.

[Rex Dart]

Still don't have one; I'd like to get some model of six-switcher eventually.

[Grig]

Christmas of 1982 (I was 12 years old). Woody 4-switch Unit. Space Invaders, Asteroids, and Missle Command had me glued at first. I owned several "bummer" games I never really played. Then, the Tutankham and Montezuma's Revenge games kept my interest a going again. After High School, this questionable working unit was sold in a garage sale, but I kept most of my games! They stayed in storage for years...until 2008 I got a working Atari unit (all Black "Vader" 4-switch) from Vintage Stock! I've been playing those old games again...fun! Now, thanks to e-bay and Atari2600.com my collection of games has grown to over 120! Discovering games I've always heard about but never tried is fun....it's like being a kid all over again.

 

Wasn't growing up in the 70s and 80s just the best? I was born in 1970 and I got to experience all of the great computer/video game achievements first hand. I think I played street racer the most on my 2600 early on. Thanks for sharing the great memories!

 

 

It was the best! I still remember bringing your game carts to school (sixth grade at the time) on Fridays and swapping with friends for the weekend. Fun times to discover who had the lastest, greatest hot-new game that just came out! Oh yes, and "showing off" TV pictures to each other of High Scores too (yes, you had to have proof)! My friend Max had several Activision Patches...he was the God of video games, I swear.

 

We swapped games too. Three of us (me, Tommy, Paul) all had 2600's and we regularly swapped Pitfall, Jedi Arena, ESB. My friend Alex and I swapped 5200 games. I remember loaning him my Gyruss cart and he loaned me his pitfall 2 cart. I think within a few months we both had already purchased those games for ourselves.

[lokidchser]

dont remember the date but i do know it was a light sixer. me and my brother got it for xmas one year, with space invaders. i still have it and still play it today.