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launched in 1994. It was designed to surpass the Mega Drive/Genesis and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in processing power. It was in competition with 3DO and later consoles that made up the Fifth generation of video game consoles. The console was first released in selected U.S. cities in November 1993, and the rest of the country in early 1994.
My Atari Punk Console build inside an old wooden recipe box. Uses potentiometers and knobs from a set of original Atari 2600 paddle controllers.
This Atari was rigged up to use a Sega Genesis controller, which proved quite functional for use with Robotron.
I got this system at the Grandview Flea Market NH for about $10. It has only 1 controller, power supply, switch box and a few games. Luckily it is backwards compatible with the Atari 2600 games and controllers. This is the system I use to play the Atari 2600 games as well as the 7800 ones. I ended up with two of these systems since I found another one left behind in the house we bought. It was my grandparents. They bought the system on sale after it no longer sold well and kept it at the house for the kids to play with. When we bought the house I found it in a drawer in the room we now use as the compter/drawing room.
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