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Thought I would just for my own personal reference write down in history the current Atari TV Game Consoles and Computer models I own, including game cartridges.
The Atari 2600 was the first TV Game Console and digital computer or electronic hardware that I saw and used together with an CRT TV back in the early 80's. My sister bought this locally from her friend, which by history appears to be told as she only had it for about a year, meaning we probably got this in the house during 1981! It came with the two paddles, two joysticks, 3 game cartridges (Breakout, Video Olympics, Combat) + manuals for everything.
Maybe a year or two later, my brother managed to borrow Asteroids from a friend, which eventually became a classic I played every morning before school for several years to come. In 2008, I just had to purchase this myself, pictured below. Eventually, we had to deliver it back to its owner :-(
My Atari 2600 matches Wikipedia on what they call "CX2600 "Light Sixer":
These models were introduced in 1978 and stayed in production for about two years. The thick molding on the sides and curved molding on the front gave way to thinner and more sharply angled molding reducing the weight of the system. The front right and left molding are angular and overlap the woodgrain. The thick RF shielding remained until the four switch models came out.[4] Atari also produced a version of the "Light Sixer" for Sears, which had some minor aesthetic differences to the Atari-branded console
The Atari 7800 was something I purchased during summer 2009 just out of pure curiosity and since the price was right on EBAY in those days, it was a cheap buy! Actually, I was thinking back on computer memories and I remember my cousin's father had an Amstrad CPC 464 machine (for school teacher work), but we (kids) were sometimes allowed to play with it, and Kung-Fu Master was my favourite we played during 1984 to 1986. Based on information online the "X" in front of the serial number indicates it was the last batch during 1990-1991 produced.
My last item is an Atari ST 1040STFM computer which I bought cheap from Denmark which was part of a bigger collection of random Commodore items, both for C64 and Amiga 1200, it also included a bunch of C64 tapes, C64 floppy disk drive and some paperwork/books. My only memory with such a machine back in the late 80's and early 90's was via a local friend which showed me StarGlider on it!
Pictures will arrive soon below of that Atari ST.
Just to keep things tidy, I also included a photo of all my original owned Atari 2600 cartridges, as well as 2008-bought ones for the Atari 7800.
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