WBM1992 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Have you ever played any Atari 2600 Emulators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Why do emulators? You can get an actual 2600 for less than $50 with a ton of games easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpotato Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 or you can emulate it on your phone for free, I'm not a fan of the atari btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBM1992 Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Thank for the feed back. That's good to know FYI Atari 2600 was launched in September 11, 1977, that's 42 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 And I still play it to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBM1992 Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 FYI after 14 years the Atari 2600 series was discontinued on January 1, 1992. How many launch titles are in the entire series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shagger Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 40 minutes ago, WBM1992 said: FYI after 14 years the Atari 2600 series was discontinued on January 1, 1992. How many launch titles are in the entire series? It's impossible to tell. Atari 2600 games weren't made and sold like games today. It was a totally open platform, there were no licences. Anyone with the ability to develop and manufacture 2600 games could simply do so then sell them. It was more like Steam than a console as we know it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 There are thousands of games on the 2600, for exactly the reasons @Shagger mentioned. Anyone could make a game in their basement and sell copies on the street corner. You just needed the materials and a little bit of programming knowledge. I just did a count, and I have 72 different game titled cartridges, and duplicates of several of them. Some of them are multigame cartridges. I'm not even close to scratching the surface. I'm at the back of the line to do so. if you can think of it, chances are, you can find it or something damn close to it on Atari 2600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazycrab Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Like @Shagger and @The Blackangel anybody and their dog who had access to a computer could make a game for the Atari 2600 and sell it. Some of their competitors even had peripherals that would allow you to play 2600 games on thier systems. The reason for this is kind of amusing, although Atari did file a patent for the product which included the physical design of the console and controller, they cheaped out on the inside and used 3rd party tech that could be used by anyone. Even years later SEGA used the same controller connectors for the Genisis/Megadrive so those controllers work on the Atari as well as Commodore computer's and others. This would be insane today but like all of us the Video Game industry was once young and stuipid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Even with their screwups, and the crash in 1983, Atari is were pioneers and pretty much the ones to be thanked for keeping video gaming alive. Sure they're more or less gone now. But if it wasn't for them we wouldn't be talking right now, because this forum wouldn't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBM1992 Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Thanks for weighing in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 If you want to try it out on the android there is an app that does the 2600 emulation. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.A2600Emu&hl=en_US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBM1992 Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 Are any of the Atari 2600 Peripherals simulated on any Atari 2600 emulators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Not sure about android emulator over there. But I am guessing PC one must be having that support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBM1992 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 I remember the Kid Vid Cassette Player that is a voice module which is only compatible with two games, Berenstain Bears and Smurfs Save The Day! So what Atari 2600 emulators are Kid Vid voice modules compatible with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
