Nintendo should do THIS - Atari 2600+ Review

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One of the best controllers of all-time hands down is the Atari 2600 joystick. If you think it’s terrible then you either haven’t played many Atari 2600 games or you must have used one really badly worn out and crap joystick back in the day.

One of the first games I ever played was pitfall. one of those few 2600 games that still hold up even today.

I'm enjoying this thing. If you already have a bunch of carts, it's a must-own. Be prepared to clean the contacts on any of the carts that have thin PCBs, particularly Activision. That this plays 7800 titles is a huge bonus.

When being chased by the Scientist or FBI Agent in E.T., use the button to run faster. Watching you try to escape using E.T.'s walking speed was killing me.

Had the pleasure to have them on my Spotify show.. It’s not really meant to be like a mini system. It’s not plug and play that’s pre loaded.. it’s a 2600 rebuilt with modern outputs.. they have enhanced carts for sale, and have a massive list of compatible carts to the 7800. Also they rereleased the Pattles with pong… Also many games in development for the 2600 as home brews including the VCS..

Gosh I love this video. Awesome to see you hunting down the hardware.

"Who asked for this thing?" I did. I've been asking for years. Because it's not like an NES mini or a Sega Genesis mini. Those have preloaded games on them. The Atari Flashback is like those because it has preloaded games and has cheap wireless joysticks that aren't Bluetooth so they need line of sight to work. This new 2600+ actually plays the original cartridges, and not pre-loaded rom files. So you aren't limited by current property licenses. This is so much better than the minis.

Man right in the nostalgia!!! If I was a collector this would be my go to for playing Atari games to keep my “real” 2600 in working condition so the kids don’t kill it 😊

You are the only reviewer (I've seen so far) who prefers the 16:9 aspect ratio. And I thought I was the weird one... One other thing you may want to consider when cleaning carts with an alcohol swab. I just tried to load my Keystone Kapers and the damn thing refused to load. After some alcohol swabbing still no loading. Then I resorted to taking apart the cart and using an ink eraser on the contacts. I reassembled with a prayer and plugged that s.o.b. in and it worked!!! Anyway, great video and I'll seeya on the next one, Bill!!!

My wife and I both still have our old 2600s. We've both got Cosmic Ark.

Great job on the vid. I recognize the store, and as it turns out, I ended up having a convo about you with one of the employees of the store. I bought some Atari stuff and he mentioned how you were coming in to the store and that you'd be doing a video on this. He didn't mention you or your channel by name, just that a youtuber was coming in to do a vid, and now I stumble upon your channel and this vid and the pieces all fall into place.

Oh wow. This brings back some memories. Used to play Yars Revenge for hours.

I think they need to bring back the Atari 5200 the controller on that system was one of a kind.

Bring on the 5200+ as a mini. Moreso- I would love a retro style but modernized sleeker 600XL+ with working keyboard, not a mini console. Build Pico 8 in and maybe add inthe originsl Atari basic. I suggest the 600XL case because its smaller and us hard core retro nerds could also use it and a main PC keyboard (make it Bluetooth capable with up to 3 devices, and keyboard replaceable switches, backlit double shot like the RK84). I'd pay $249-299 for it as described. Offer an Epyx Ergo stick ($29) that works on the 2600+ and 5200+. Also offer a retro full size trackball ($49) and weighted spinner ($29). The price has to be higher than we want because there a lit of plastic tooling and a quality keyboard. The trackball and the spinner needs some weighted heft to not slide all over when in use so extra costs on those. The brains of the 5200+ and 600XL+ would be the same (think product family like the originsl 8 bit era) but the 600XL+ is game programmer minded dev focused unit with keyboard and Pico 8. Consider the pair mini and pro. The 600XL could serve as the replacement for the VCS (fresh start playing to the buyer's emotional nostalgii vibes, and currtent Pico 8 growing trend), and tieing into the existing Atari store and offering compatibility with the VCS games. Hire me Atari, heh

The 2600 was my family's first game system. I think we got it in like 1980. I remember going to Toy r Us and getting the "Limited" Edition of the M*A*S*H game that came with a T-Shirt for my Dad. I loved a lot of the Activision or off brand games like Keystone Capers, Fast Freddie, Megamania, River Raid, and the like. I remember playing lots of Adventure, Superman, and yes even E.T.. I no longer have any cartridges but this makes me want to get them again even if I can play them in EmuDeck on my LCD SteamDeck (64gb upgraded to 1TB). Thanks for the nostalgia!

This is this a really cool piece of hardware for people who might want to get into retro Atari gaming, but don't want to hunt down a CRT for the original hardware. I have a soft spot for the 2600 as it was one of my dads consoles he shared with me and my brother. We played Kaboom and Pitfall together, which I look back on fondly. So this has been a must buy for me and they even released some brand new cartridges as well on their shop. Mr Run and Jump was a really good homebrew game that they made official and reprinted an enhanced version of Berzerk after their purchase of the IP. Atari will probably never be at the top again or even sniff the top, but a tight, niche community could be born from this.

I bought mine a few days ago. I'm a little bummed out that it only came with one controller considering there's multiplayer games on the 10 in 1 cartridge, but I'm still enjoying it. I might even try checking out some of the local game stores for more games one of these days.

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When I was young I loved this console and I don't know why I put so many hours into it other than I had it all to myself. I remember putting the most time into Adventure, Yars Revenge, Starmaster, and Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back. Today I'd say some of the best ones to play other than just for nostalgia (That I don't think you mentioned) are Jungle Hunt, Fathom, Frostbite, and Seaquest.