rockman_x_2002 Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Well it's official. I can retire my Atari 7800 as my temporary 2600. After a little weekend trip, I happened across a find that got me a VCS, 14 carts and a Atari Game Center to put it all in (unfortunately no CX40s were included in the deal, but as I already have a couple from the old one my brother owned, it's no biggie). The VCS is a four-switch. After inspecting the bottom of this 2600 I got, I noticed the text, "NOT FOR RESALE. FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY." In addition, it has a white label under the bottom and has a hole for a channel select switch. My questions about the find are two-fold. First, is this possibly just a refurbished system or did I really manage to get a promo console here? And secondly, how good a deal have I gotten here? In all, for $22, I got: 1 VCS console (possible promo; all hookups but no joysticks) 1 Atari Game Center case. 14 carts, new condition but no boxes or manuals. All picture / standard labels: Asteroids Chopper Command Combat Dragonfire Freeway Frogger Indy 500 Pac-Man Pitfall Space Invaders Spider-man Q*Bert Vanguard Warlords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Not a bad deal. The console you got was a promotional console -- generally used as advance store displays and for review purposes. It's a little different, physically, in that the trim is yellow instead of orange, and it has the sticker you noticed. The games are all pretty common, but for $22 you got a decent deal -- congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted September 7, 2004 Author Share Posted September 7, 2004 Not a bad deal. The console you got was a promotional console -- generally used as advance store displays and for review purposes. It's a little different, physically, in that the trim is yellow instead of orange, and it has the sticker you noticed. The games are all pretty common, but for $22 you got a decent deal -- congrats! Thanks. Just tested the system and it all works perfectly. Switches are a bit iffy, but they are all functional with a little patience (being that I own one of the original NESes, patience I have loads of). I almost forgot to mention that also engraved into the console is the number 221. The number is engraved upside-down and is located above the white sticker. What does this number indicate? Number of the console or someone at Atari was bored that day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 One of the promos with box just went for $66 on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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