Atari’s Home Consoles Before the 2600

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Atari’s Home Consoles Before the 2600

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Most people are familiar with the Atari 2600 and Pong. But between the launches of these two pioneering gadgets, Atari created a few interesting consoles that very few people remember today. In this episode we take a look at some of those early home consoles that helped to define a generation.
Update: 04/16/2020: We hope that you enjoyed our little April Fools joke about the Atari 401. If you didn't notice, at TM 10:05 there is a QR code on the label that will take you to a page on our website that has links to all of the Easter Eggs in that segment. www.operation8bit.org/atari401...
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@espfusion 4 жыл бұрын

Well you got me. I was wondering how the hell I never heard about this Atari 401 and was ready to go google it. Bravo.

@Operation8Bit 4 жыл бұрын

😏

@GregsGameRoom 4 жыл бұрын

You almost had me on the Atari 401... Then you flipped it over revealing the modern scan code. Also, had you released the video on April 1, it definitely wouldn’t have been believed. Nice job!

@Operation8Bit 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Greg! The QR code was Garth's idea. He wanted to see how many people would notice it and realize those didn't exist in the '70's. BTW: It is a working code, scanning it will take you to the "Atari 401" page on our website.

@scottstout 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work Tony!

@Operation8Bit 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@caliban88 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Tony, it's Ruben! Great content man! I see you have an 800XL in the background. I still have mine as well along with the Atari cassette and separate floppy drive. All I need is Curtis Mathis console TV and a shag rug to play mine again :-)

@Operation8Bit 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Ruben! How have you been buddy?! If you're ready to fire that 800XL up and start playing some games, you might want to look into picking up a SIO2SD adapter that will emulate the Atari 1050 floppy drive and let you put games onto a Micro SD card. (I have something similar for my Commodores and it works great)

@Operation8Bit 4 жыл бұрын

We actually have a few Atari 8-Bit computers in that case including the 400 which is making it's first appearance in this video. We've talked a few times about doing a "room tour" of the studio/museum to showcase some of the cool items in our collection.

@caliban88 4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the tip. Yes, I would love to dig out my Star Raiders cartridge and play that game again. That was the primary reason I got the 800XL in the first place.

@peteclln5175 4 жыл бұрын

Do a Nintendo first gen console video. Great work guys

@Operation8Bit 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely on our list. It's a little hard to find those consoles, but we are hard at work looking for them. Stay tuned and thank you very much for the comment and support!😀

@loganjorgensen 3 жыл бұрын

Cool video, I like that name, The Battery Eliminator. ^_^ Funny how Atari made that giant handle bar console but never made a 2600 peripheral like that. O_o??? Well the audio quality is good but the volume was very low fyi.

@DrDavesDiversions 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job, Tony - and research on the history! Interesting to see how the Atari pong play seems to differ from my Radio Shack Electronic TV Scoreboard (introduced 1976). I knew about Stunt Cycle but not Super Pong,the Tele-Games Pinball and Breakout (Breakout looks particularly good.) I linked your video as related to my video on the AY-3-8500-based competitor(s) to the Atari 1st gen consoles: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fqmKnK2K1LWzh3k.html

@Operation8Bit 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dr Dave. We keep discussing doing a follow up to this one. Maybe someday. (Foreshadowing)

@DrDavesDiversions 3 жыл бұрын

@@Operation8Bit I like doing my videos off the cuff, but definitely do some research about what there is out there on the web and KZfaq so it is not (completely) redundant. I didn't see anyone showing the AY-3-8500 consoles inside, hence my "script." I loved finding yours after the fact, and seeing that ours are totally complementary - no overlap at all!