Atari 2600

Pros: Quick Load Times, Changing Colors at Games' End
Cons: limited controls, flexibility. Skydive and E.T. the worst games ever made.

Predating the IBM vs. Apple debates of the 80s, and the Nintendo vs. Playstation debates of the 90s, was the Intellivision vs. Atari debate that started as soon as Intellivision came out in 1979, and lasted until Nintendo came out. Coleco took some...

Pros: Great nostalgia. Required MUCH imagination.
Cons: Try getting parts and games for it now. Graphics are BAD! Sound is worse!

When you think of the games today, it's hard to believe that in only 20 years we've gone from the equivalent of stick people to fully animated screen sized people in our games. It's also hard to believe that just as kids and teenagers today spend hours...

Pros: It was a VIDEO GAME!!!
Cons: none, at the time

I never had an actual Atari system. Mine was the clone you got from Sears. It was cheaper and did the exact same thing as the Atari. Looking back now I remember my Atari with some fondness. The whole setup was simple. You just plugged the...

Pros: Scads of fun when young
Cons: Ancient technology and graphics; far too simple for todays player

Ah, to be young and have one of the best video game consoles of its era! The Atari 2600 console (the original did NOT have 2600 emblazoned on it anywhere) came with one of the best two person tank shooting games in COMBAT, with many selections of shot...

Pros: It brought friends, neighbours, and family together.
Cons: Technically, it was never very sophisticated.

In the late 70's and early 80's, the Atari 2600 was THE system to have. We didn't have VCR's quite yet (they may have been around, but certainly not in every home), and computers were expensive toys with limited use. Home movies were shot on 8mm film, ...

Pros: Many Games. Many Arcade Licenses. Much 3rd Party Support.
Cons: Levers. Junky and Stiff Joysticks. Most Games Sucked like Pac-Man & E.T. Flickery Graphics.

You have to hand it to the Atari Company for putting most of the fuel into the home video game craze ...

Pros: It's in COLOR, there are real CHARACTERS (well, sort of) and they do stuff
Cons: If you've been spoiled by today's games, you'll be disappointed. If you've been in a cave for the last 25 years you'd probably be amazed.

I got to use the Atari 2600 when it first came out. I was working part-time in the shoe department of a JC Penney store and they put this new game display adjacent to my area. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven; when business was slow—and it often...

Pros: Simple. Fun.
Cons: Old. Graphics.

Ahh memories. This machine came out in 1977, the same year as Star Wars and my birth.

My father originally bought this, as he is a gadget nut and this was a fad among adults before games became known as "kiddie fare." But he has a short...

Pros: Great for kids
Cons: a bit old, but who's complaining?

Boy, does this product bring back memories. It's hard to believe that it's almost as old as I am. I remember seeing an ad for the 2600 in a National Geographic and thinking of all the hours I spent glued to the TV playing games like E.T. and Cookie...

Pros: lots if fun
Cons: none

Before computers and nintendo and sega there was Atari. Me and my brother would spend hours playing together on it using that wonderful old fashioned joystick- you know that plain black one with the stick. No crazy multiple buttons like there is now....

Pros: tons of games including classic and VERY popular titles, more developed 8-bit graphical system (mid-grade), good sound effects for most games, simple controls also compatible with sega genesis control (Note only one button will work..duh)
Cons: no in-console game like Channel-F by fairchild

While Atari as a console company is no more, when I was born, there was a wonderful new system out in the world, Atari. As I grew up with the Fairchild Channel F, I also acquired this wonderful piece of technology. Loaded with tons of games, Atari was...

Pros: sturdy system, simple games, wholesome family fun
Cons: joysticks can't take rough handling

I remember when I was playing on this system back in the early 80s. And it still sits at home, taken out on those rare occasions I do get to go home. And it still works, even after all these years.

The simplicity of the games is a big plus....

Pros: Games! Graphics! Audio! FUN!
Cons: No DVD Player! ;)

Everyone over the age of 20 knows the words "Atari 2600", ever since it's incarnation, I have been playing this machine. For me the machine never really died, it's always been a huge part of my gaming collection, (actually the largest part...

Pros: a true classic
Cons: none

Oh my I saw this classic consoles category and just had to go check and see if the Atari 2600 was listed. I kind of didn't have a doubt that it was since it started the whole video game crazy. I was a 70's child and like all 70's children my sister and I...

Pros: Everything
Cons: Cartridges get dirty quickly

Oh, wow! I am honored to write a review for the BEST gaming system ever! When games were games, and strategy was more important than killing everything in sight!

The holy grail of game console systems, the "Model-T" if you will....