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more about #atari2600 strider_mt2k: Nice. This needs to be bundled with some high-class booze to REALLY get the classiness going. more » I Party With Smoot: This is nowhere near as cool as the 12" ET controller that was shaped like his glowing finger and vibrated. I'll never understand why my parents used ... more » Sportyboard: "Today, it's both a fairly rare collectible and the only joystick that we wouldn't recommend carrying through airport security." This, and the RE4 ch... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: I still have my Atari 2600. The joysticks are shot though. They suffered from the same crappy design flaw that the Coleco Intellivision controllers ... more » Curves: I still have a Simon; they are/were cool as hell! And, oh, real pinball, how I miss thee. more » FrankenPC: Adventure was my fav. Finding all of the Easter eggs was a blast. more » alysonnation: the simon game is crazy similar to google chrome logo more » Golf_Nut: I had intellivision so I was in the minority among my friends. The Basketball game rocked. And I remember playing a Space game with my dad before wa... more » Zombie Peach: SOMEBODY GET THIS FREAKING DUCK AWAY FROM ME!!! Adventure also had the first Easter Egg! more » CSX321: In the mid-to-late-70s I had a game similar to Duck Hunt, but it used a gun to shoot at ghosts that were also projected from the gun. I think it may h... more » 92BuickLeSabre: While Adventure was surprisingly fun, you could not be more wrong about Atari Basketball. Hours and hours were spent trying to get those two little g... more » Skeetz: I hope those are the other "feet" on those basketball players and not what I think it is.. more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I must admit, I never knew Duck Hunt existed before the NES. I've been trying to find screenshots or videos of this old version but I still can't find... more » Complexified: I hate the fuc***g dog in duck hunt. The most annoying SOB ever! more » VenomIreland: I still love Space Invaders, I also still suck at it. more » OMG! Ponies!: Sorry to the Time Banana, Mark, and ginger. My personal preference was the 4G iPod (the Click Wheel). The Ghost Button iPod didn't appeal to me beca... more » strider_mt2k: Wasted space, no real additional features. Just an iPod dock stuck into the cart hole of a dead gaming icon's carcass. Sad on multiple levels. more » .357: Anything Atari related is instant awesome in my book. more » frigg: How long before the least fit of the 2 competing threads on Darwin's 200th B-day goes extinct? Adopt or die, thread, there is only enough food for one! more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: No PowerGlove? Best part of the "Wizard". Well besides Fred Savage. more » -
#retromodo
Terminator Grenade Joystick Trades "Pew Pew" with "Timmy, Nooooooo!!!"
While the majority Atari 2600 users stuck with the standard, stiff joysticks, the most militant opted for the Terminator Grenade controller. More » -
#gaming
Electronic Games of 1979: Addictive, Exciting, Primitive as Hell
After the first Pong cabinet was placed in Andy Capp's Cavern in 1972, video games exploded, reaching their full stride by the late '70s. Here are some of the notable games/systems you played (or would have played) back then: More » -
#readersubmission
The Atari 2600 iPod Dock
In the days of touchscreens and wireless data, our heroes of yesteryear find solace in the companionship of one another. More » -
#tshirts
In Case of Rapid Atari 2600 Disassembly, Consult This T-Shirt
Geek tees: can we ever have enough? I already own this, but I'm digging this exploded 2600 schematic shirt. Actually we probably can have enough, but one more never hurt. It's $23 shipped. [Exploded 2600] -
#videogames
The Evolution of the Console Controller
It's not just some unfounded stereotype that video game controllers have gotten more complex over time, just look at this fantastic chronological illustration. -
#retromodo
Papercraft Retro Game Consoles Will Adorn Your Cubicle With Geekery on the Cheap
If your co-workers don't already know about the soft morsel of love for late-70s gaming consoles deep in your heart, why not load up the company's color printer with some heavy-bond and fold up an Atari 2600 to stand proudly by your enterprise Dell (and your HAL 9000). These patterns by Marshall Alexander feature cool 3D pop-outs and nice old-school-appropriate graphics and typography. Better than the limited edition in-box Spawn action figures you have now, and cheaper (ie: free). [Foldskool Heroes via TOYSREVIL] -
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#gaming
Super Genintari 4-in-1 Console Jams Nintendo, SEGA, and Atari
Super Genintari is the latest mega-console mod by Richard DaLuz, a perfect cocktail of Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System, Genesis and Super NES enclosed in a retro-'80s bronze acrylic case, "formed and shaped on a homemade stript heater." It connects to a TV using a single cable, running four games simultaneously, and probably cooks bread with the generated heat—like the video shows after the jump. We talked with Richard about his superconsole mod: More »
