Tag: atari 2600

  • Top 10 Atari 2600 Games

    Top 10 Atari 2600 Games

    The Top 10 games for the original home console The Atari 2600 console was one of my earliest video game experiences as a child growing up in the 80’s, having several friends who owned one, but I never had one myself until around 10 years ago, when I started collecting retro video games. As an early…

  • Atari 2600 Box Art – The Best Video Game Media

    Atari 2600 Box Art – The Best Video Game Media

    The best box art in video game history? The Atari 2600 was the first real experience of video gaming for many of retro gaming fans, and if you were born in the 70’s then its likely you will have owned or played one of these classic machines (you can see my article on renovating an…

  • Atari 2600 Restoration Part 2

    Atari 2600 Restoration Part 2

    The Classic Atari 2600 Woody Lives! I’ve always had a soft spot for the Atari 2600, one of my first ever console experiences, and I have several in my collection. This is the second update on my latest 2600 restoration, and in the first blog update I focused on the cosmetic aspects – clearing away…

  • Buying and restoring an Atari 2600 – Part 1

    Buying and restoring an Atari 2600 – Part 1

    I finally buy an Atari 2600 console Why restore an Atari 2600? Being an avid retro games collector with a minor case of OCD, I love nothing more than taking an old and unwanted console and bringing it back to life. The beauty of many of the old 80’s consoles is their construction – they…

  • Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600

    Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600

    The Empire Strikes Back is regularly quoted by fans as their favourite Star Wars film, focused on Luke’s development as a Jedi knight, and his relationship with his evil nemesis Darth Vader. The stand-out action scene in the film is the battle on the ice planet Hoth, where the Imperial forces locate and launch an…

  • Moon Patrol for the Atari 2600

    Moon Patrol for the Atari 2600

    Moon Patrol was a classic 2600 conversion of the arcade game of the same name. Developed by Irem and launched by Williams, this side scrolling driving game was the first of its kind. The arcade version also featured parallax scrolling, a simple optical illusion where different background graphics move at different speeds to give the…