Sweet thread! The VCS/2600 was my first console, and I still play it from time to time. I consider Space Invaders, Missile Command and Berzerk to be my favorites. About 7-8 years ago, I was still using my original woody from the 80s, but one day it stopped working for me. So I made a deal on NA with CaptainMorganDrinker for this beautiful Vader edition, and it's been working like a champ ever since. Depending on the game, I generally prefer using my Genesis controller to the Atari joystick for my gaming. Here's the bulk of my modest Atari collection.

Looove that Vader! Also you can never have too many copies of stampede
 

It is! And it only happens because I'm here on NA. Fuck the hate.  

But yeah, this is all really awesome. I haven't played most of these games before but quite a few of my priorities are in the box so I'm happy. Yars' Revenge is fucking awesome. And it will be cool to finally play some of the Swordquest games. And I've been dying to try ET.

Stampede was one of the first video games I ever played. I'm still nuts about it. When I saw a second copy in a shop a few years ago, I snagged it just in case my other copy ever craps out. It's also on the 'Activision Anthology' on the PS2 which is an amazing collection with excellent presentation if you've never played it. The interface is a typical teenager's bedroom in the 80s, with a boombox filled with classic hits and there are tons of great unlockables like the old patches, interviews and classic commercials.

The thing about Stampede is that it gets so incredibly intense. There is a strategy to it, and you need the utmost focus when the speed picks up because of the skulls and black sheep. I'm sure if someone walked in and saw me while I'm deep into it, I'd probably look like a wide-eyed zombie staring at the screen.

 

Nice! I actually do that with Mario games, have 2 or 3 of each game on NES and SNES




that's exactly how I feel about Kaboom, I can seriously play that game for hours straight. Haven't got to that point with Stampede yet, but if I ever get tired of kaboom that'll be the next one on the list to obsess over  

From what I understand, Steve Case made that before he went on to start AOL.

As for more copies... I have way too many of Super Metroid but I have stupid reasons for holding on to each one.

And yeah, that's what is cool about arcade/Atari games. Very simplistic but there is something in there meant to hook you. There aren't hour long tedious bullshit levels like modern gaming. It's few minute bits you can stretch out if you're into it. Which is also another reason I made that kitchen nook for mine. If I'm cooking and I need to boil for 10 minutes? Atari here I come. Bite sized games are under appreciated.

Well, I was trying to post these earlier when I was RUDELY interrupted with a Wii U kiosk (!), so here are my pics I linked to earlier, embedded:

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Months ago I got two more woodgrain units but I haven't even checked to see if I already had all the games that are stored under it.


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Unprocessed games!


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OK, these have been processed.

2600 VCS:
Armor Ambush
River Raid
Slot Racers
Space Attack
Space Invaders
Space Jockey
Space War
Star Raiders
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
Super Breakout
Super Challenge Baseball
Super Challenge Football
Surround
Swordquest Earthworld
Swordquest Fireworld
Tac-Scan
Tennis
Title Match Pro Wrestling
Vanguard
Video Olympics
Video Pinball
Warlords
Word Zapper
Yars' Revenge

5200:
Centipede
Countermeasure
Frogger
Joust
Missile Command
Ms. Pac-Man
Pac-Man
RealSports Football
Star Raiders

7800:
Ace of Aces
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong Junior
Fatal Run
Food Fight
Galaga
Joust
Mario Bros.
Ms. Pac-Man
Pole Position II
Robotron: 2084
Touchdown Football
Xevious


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Layer 2 is all 2600:
Adventure
Asteroids
Atlantis
Baseball
Battlezone
Berzerk
Blue Print
Bowling
Breakout
Carnival
Centipede
Chopper Command
Combat
Cosmic Ark
Defender
Demon Attack
Dodge 'Em
Donkey Kong
Double Dragon
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Freeway
Frogger
Ghostbusters
Golf
Gorf
Joust
Jungle Hunt
Kaboom!
Kangaroo
Keystone Kapers
Kung-Fu Master
Lost Luggage
Missile Command
Mouse Trap
Ms. Pac-Man
Night Driver
Othello
Outlaw
Pac-Man
Phoenix
Pitfall!
Pole Position
Pressure Cooker
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Realsports Football
Realsports Volleyball
Riddle of the Sphinx


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7800 with a 2600/8-bit Trak-Ball (CX80)
2600 with Star Raiders keypad
5200 with 4x NOS CX-52 joystick controllers in their original case


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Atari 800XL with Atari 8-bit:
Choplifter
Pitfall! II The Lost Caverns

There's an Atari SIO printer and boxed Atari Writer word processing software behind the Explorer mag.


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Atari 800 (memory fully populated)
Atari BASIC
I forget what Atari 8-bit cart is inserted

There's a Game/Computer RF switch, Atari-branded ohm converter, original 7800 and 2600 AC adapters, NOS aftermarket Atari 5200 AC adapter, the notorious Atari 5200 automatic RF switch, etc.

Jaguar:
Iron Soldier CIB
Ultra Vortex


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Box of controllers and such.


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Two boxed Atari Flashback consoles and some loose ones. Have more loose ones elsewhere including a couple original Flashbacks (the NOAC ones made to look like a 7800).


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One of the other woody consoles I haven't cleaned/processed yet.

Not shown:
Tons of dupe games, manuals, documentation, etc. Somehow I have two completely different 7800 Pro System manual variants. I gave away a Vader 2600 last year and now I suddenly have three woodies.  

Nice stuff CZroe! If you have any 2600 dupes feel free to sell them to me 

Woo! I managed to destroy the Death Star in Star Wars just now. Very satisfying. That inverted up and down throws me off.

Edit: Just destroyed the Death Star twice in Return on the same continue. My skills are improving.

the woman would kill me if I left a tv, an Atari and some games in the kitchen   but yeah, it's the fact that you can play for a couple minutes or couple hours if you feel like it that's a big draw for me. Like if I try to start a 30 hour rpg, I get an hour or two in, and maybe I don't get another chance to play for a week or even a month and I completely forgot what's going on in the story. With these small, simple games I can enjoy them for any amount of time at my leisure and I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything if I don't come back to it any time soon.

Totally. The same goes for drinking. Don't know how many times I've played RPGs or story driven games while drinking and the the next day when I turn it on I think 'What the fuck is going on right now? Where am I?'

Also, having a young child that already absolutely loves the Atari helps the argument for having one in the kitchen.   She's asked to play Air Sea Battle so many times already.

That is fantastic. I actually showed my mom kaboom several years ago and she loved it too. It's just twisting the knob and catching bombs. Anyone can get it

This thread makes me want to play some Kaboom and some Stampede. Those 2 games are the 2600's best IMO, along with most of the Activision games.

Also, one thing I really like about Atari is all of the weird third party games that got released back then. Games like Lost Luggage are also favourites of mine just because someone thought of that concept and made it into a game, something that would never get released today anymore. Unless someone makes Airport Employee Simulator 2017 that is

Dragonfire! That is the name!  
I will have to look for it around so I can enjoy it in it's full glory again!

 

Despite the huge bunch I traded to Loxx, I still have plenty more extras!   Shipping might be a killer though; I'll have to see how many fit in a padded flat rate envelope.

 
Hooking up NA with Atari stuffs since 2010!   That thing looks so awesome.   

Wow, I just tried Stampede today and I never realized it was so strategic. I had only briefly looked at before and just thought of it as a shoot'em up except with a horse & lassoe instead of a spaceship and bullets... but there's a lot more to it, timing and deciding when to rope and when to bump makes it a much deeper game!
 

Activision man. They made some good shit. Hard to believe they moved on to rehashing COD every year
 

It's disapointing, but you can't blame them for liking money.  I like money too.
 

CoD isn't that bad.  

At least they actually put some work into it each year rather than just updating a roster like *some* companies
 

Yeah, thats fair. Can't really fault them can I? Fuck all the people who keep buying it  I did think it was neat that they had the easter egg in Black Ops 2 where you can play some of their atari games.
Eh, I guess. I think its more the fact, that the company was originally founded by creative people being who were tired of Ataris shit. They started their own company because they wanted to see some recognition for their work. Now they buy up whatevers cool and rerelease it until nobody wants to buy it anymore. (Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero, Cod, fucking Candy Crush?)
 

But are those same people still around now? Plus... they're not actually making the games like they probably did back in the days of Atari.

I'm afraid my Atari collection my betray some hints about where my heart truly lies