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One of my hobbies is collecting retro-computers, focusing on computers made by Atari. But I also have a few game consoles made by Atari.
The Atari Lynx was originally designed by Epyx, but Atari stepped in and helped with production and marketing when Epyx ran out of money. It was released in 1989.
I bought my Lynx second hand sometime in 1996-1997 with a nice collection of games and a Comlynx-cable.
These are not really comic book ads, but videogame magazine ads. No way in hell I'm creating a special set, though. As it is, my 1980's geek pedigree is on full display. I remember way more about this stuff than I should.
Nevertheless, this was 1982 and it must be stated for the record that this ad was an out and out fabrication. Atari never had the best graphics, usually they hid this in their ads with small screenshots and hyperstylized illustrations or photos. But here they put their lameness on full 8 bit display and unabashedly ignore the obvious: these graphics sucked even for the time.
Everyone knew Intellivision wore the graphics crown especially with sports, although at this juncture in 1982 Colecovision was poised to step in and claim the prize.
This is my boy Atari, he is a Pit Hound mix. He is the sweetest big mouth doggy in the world. He likes to people watch from the upstairs window. Kinda a creeper huh.. lol. Thought i would give you a glance into his people watching.
First Atari Video Game System. From the Collection of Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube
This is my Atari ST on Twitter. Its connecting via my Linux server over a serial terminal session. Its kinda cheating, but I dont have ethernet for my ST.
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One of my hobbies is collecting retro-computers, focusing on computers made by Atari. I have currently have eleven different Atari-models, three from Commodore and one other model in my collection.
The Atari Stacy was Atari's first attempt at building an portable computer based on the Atari ST. It it the market in the end of 1989.
In 2011 I was looking to buy an Atari TT, inspired by a friend who just bought a Commodore SX64, a portable Commodore 64, which was kind of his dream computer. The TT was the computer I always dreamt about owning, so now I was searching Ebay and other places for one.
At the same time as I the TT I was going to buy on Ebay, there was an Atari Stacy for sale on Ebay as well, located in Stockholm. As this is a quite rare model as well, I thought it could be worth to try to win the action, and luckily I did.
My friend who bought the SX64 picked it up for me in Stockholm. The seller told him he was glad I won it, I was bidding against someone from South America, so the seller worried about how he would pack it and ship it.
This Stacy is pretty battered and well used, it has been used for what the Atari ST is best known for, it's MIDI-capabilities. The floppy drive was replaced and not working very well, and the 20MB hard drive was just making lots of noise. The ASCI-port and the internal SCSI-adapter seems broken as well, and the back light, which is known for it's limited life span, is barely working. Some keys on the keyboard isn't working due to a broken connection, but still it has one of the nicest keyboards I've ever used.
I've replaced the floppy and removed the hard disk (it had leaked some gooey fluid too all over the internals of the computer). I'm thinking of replacing the backlight with a modern LED backlight.
Photo of Atari VCS 2600 Video Computer System game console, taken from TV Cream Toys www.tvcreamtoys.co.uk - more photos, plus write ups, at the web site.
History, from www.atariage.com/7800/history.html:
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The Atari 7800 is Atari's most overlooked and under-appreciated console. The console was announced on May 21st, 1984, and was to carry a price tag of $140. The new custom CPU that would power the system was capable of moving 100 objects on-screen at the same and time and displaying a 256 color palette. The system would also be 100% compatible with the huge existing 2600 library. Twelve 7800 titles were announced for launch, as well as a special High-Score cartridge that would allow console gamers to save their high scores for the first time ever. The public was excited, and the 7800 was poised to take over the gaming world. But it didn't quite happen that way.
In July of 1984, the home videogame division of Atari was purchased by Jack Tramiel. Although the Atari 7800 was ready to go, licensing negotiations had to begin again because the Tramiels did not agree with some of the existing arrangements negotiated by Ray Kassar. It was around this time that the videogame market crashed, and retailers cut orders for videogames across the board. By the end of 1984, the industry was left with only Atari, Coleco, and Mattel turning out new product for their old systems, with no new console on the horizon. Atari spent the next two years working out the details, and the 7800 was finally ready to go in 1986.
1986 is also the year Nintendo decided to bring their successful Famicom console over to the United States, even though the videogame market is shaky. It's a smash hit. The NES sells like hotcakes wherever it is available, and Atari takes notice. Tramiel and Atari continue with the release of the 7800, but it was a very sloppy effort. Only three games were initially released with the console, and it received very poor distribution. Retailers were wary of Atari making announcements and not following through. True to form, Atari announced a number of additional titles that never made it to stores. The Atari 7800 was barely a blip on the videogame market.
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My 7800, the cartridges, and the TV showing the most awesome game produced, "BallBlazer" by Lucasfilms + Atari. Background removed because you really don't want to see the mess behind it. Dust, uh, not removed, so it's apparent that I have not played Atari lately... so I'll do it now. :)
An ebay-purchase in quite good condition. Consistent yellowing of course. But a good base for a Gotek floppy-emulator. ;-)
The Atari 2600 Joystick is a tiltable stick attached to a base with one action button. It allows for four directions of input – eight when allowing for two directions at once. Modern joysticks allow for analog input, but early joysticks were usually digital and the Atari 2600 joystick was no exception. Tilting the stick in a direction completes a circuit within the controller, sending an electronic signal to the console. Early joystick controllers are similar in capability to D-Pads, though much larger and not easily manipulated with a single finger or thumb. Especially among children, an entire fist might be needed to grip the stick.
One of my hobbies is collecting retro-computers, focusing on computers made by Atari. But I also have a few game consoles made by Atari.
The Atari Jaguar turned out to be the last product from Atari before they closed shop in 1996. The Jaguar was the first 64-bit video console on the market (though it's still debated if it is truly 64-bit) and it was released in 1993.
I acquired mine in early 2000. It was brand new then, the box itself had seen better day and the seal was broken, but as it seems they had only opened the box to check on the console. It was still in it's plastic bag, just as the day it left the factory. I also got five games with it, still shrink wrapped. I was debating with myself if I should unpack them or not, but I decided I got it for playing, not for display.
Oldest of the companies is Atari, so it's on the top shelf.
Atari was formed in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, with Al Alcorn soon coming on as chief design engineer. Although the first location was in an industrial park at 2962 Scott Boulevard, Santa Clara, Atari later had both corporate offices and manufacturing in Sunnyvale. Most Atari equipment was produced in various locations in Asia, but the Pong consoles, the paddle controllers and some early console systems were produced in Sunnyvale.
My last pair of headphone broke, again... So this time I took some time to look for a pair that will last. I saw these and just fell straight away! The sound quality is brilliant, and well it's Atari! duh!