Did you ever own or play an Atari 2600 before? If so what was your favorite game on this console?

[Still-alive]

Here it is Atari! the one that really took video games into high gear. made home gaming consoles a thing. A lot of the classic arcade games were ported on this system too with varying quality. I think mostly gen x and boomers will remember this console, others may have not even seen one in real life lol. Anyways. this system came out in 1977, the same year as Star Wars a new hope! smack dab in the middle of Disco fever! So have you ever owned or played one of these? what was YOUR favorite game on it?

My Atari 2600 collection

Others:
Pitfall
Pitfall II
Adventure
Super Breakout
Centipede
Millipede
Berzerk
Dig Dug
Frogger
Pole Position
Warlords
Q Bert
Ms Pacman
Mario Bros
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr
Combat
Defender II
Jungle Hunt
River Raid
Atlantis
Demon Attack
Joust
Spy Hunter
Raiders of the Lost Ark
H. E. R. O.
Battlezone
Moon Patrol
Star Wars Empire Strikes Back

Yars’ Revenge

Missile Command

Asteroids

Space Invaders

Defender

Other (see list)

I have not played any game on this console ever

[supercutebutt]

Yes. My uncle has two of them. He has every game ever made because the game roms are easy to find and download and there is a thing called a Harmony cartridge that has a slot for an SD card making all the games able to be played on an actual Atari. He has homebrew games and he even programmed his own game called "Boy". And the best game is Adventure. :) The best homebrew game is Medieval Mayhem.

[Still-alive]

Wow I would love to meet your uncle sounds like my hero lol

[supercutebutt]

I like finding the Easter egg in Adventure.

[Still-alive]

Yes so cool. It was basically zelda before zelda

[kidvid80]

my older brothers! asteroids, pitfall, donkey kong-- good

the very worst game was ET omg you fell down this like gully and you could never get that prick back up to ground level, i couldnt tell you how many times i said f*ck you ET and flipped him off as a little kid

[Still-alive]

Yes et was the worst and also they totally messed up pacman on the system too lol

[kidvid80]

we used to throw the controllers after a while , we even tried to break the cartridge, we were troubled children and hooligans ahahahahaha

[Still-alive]

Lol yeah i broke a couple myself. Gamer rage is real lol

[kidvid80]

true

[Still-alive]

Its why I usually have a pillow near me now when i play something hard. I can just yell into that lol

[kidvid80]

i just turn it off and walk away

[Still-alive]

probably healthier yes lol

[kidvid80]

eh im not perfect i have my moments but i get over it quick

[Still-alive]

as do i. we 're all human :)

[kidvid80]

except ET he's a butt munch

[Still-alive]

yes he can phone home already "ouchhh"

[menina]

Voted G. Before seeing your question I didn't know what an Atari 2600 was. You're a video game specialist. 😂

[Still-alive]

Well yes its my passion:D

[menina]

Great! Having a passion is amazing! :)

[Ez-Bri-Z]

Asteroids all the way for me though for the lolz I actually do have a copy of the ET game too.

[Still-alive]

Phone hommme!

[Ez-Bri-Z]

I did my part to save it from the landfill lol

[SandandWaves]

There was an atari in our home. I really liked it. I played donkey kong, pitfall, those were my favorites

[DarkCarousel]

I think I have played before. I know for sure I have played Mario and Donkey Kong but I don’t recall what gaming system it was on.

[AphroditesSword]

No, I've never owned one, as I wasn't even born when these came out

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

My parents bought us an Atari like the very first one that came out but that was all and we had the very first Nintendo that was all

[Jazquee]

Fuck ya I did... in rocked the Kong... donkey that is hahahaha

[humanearth]

I still have mine and I also have intelvision video game system

[TurkishDİxon3419]

I don't know about it, but when I was little, I had an arcade game, and my dad used to play ice hockey, mario, bomberman, tank.

[splashmustache]

I used to play console games a long time ago but i don't remember the model now. The game i played the most was Super Mario.

[Wiredone]

No. I never played it. I'm not a fan of video games

[beebella]

I'm not that old, Doug. 😛

[Still-alive]

Lies you’re like 80 :p

[beebella]

Shhh 👀

[DocJones]

I did have one of those in the early 80's and recently bought one on ebay. Good stuff

[Miah02]

Sorry again never owned any😔

[Still-alive]

Its ok. One of these questions you'll be able to answer :)

[Miah02]

Yay!!!
I feel left out🥺

[coachTanthony]

Those were the days! Got tired of playing PONG LOL

[karaspara]

Nope but I love Donkey Kong

[ChrisMaster69]

@karaspara you would 😂😂

[TheSpaceGnome]

only thing I've played on it was pacman

[EssenceOfLight]

Everything before PS One is prehistoric for me

[BobbyC65]

I use to have one.

[COMMODOREII]

We had frogger

[shortster]

Pong.

[jimmy2]

Look old now geiser