Christmas Morning, Circa 1981: Home Video of Kid Opening Atari 2600

Published December 12, 2013 Atari , Christmas , Christmas Morning , Home Consoles , Video Games 5 Comments

Kid: “Asteroids! Atari Asteroids! Except… Dad, dad, we don’t have Atari.”

Mom: “What’s Atari?”

So classic.

(Technically, it’s not a 2600. It’s an Atari Video Computer System. Relax, nerds.)

1 contradextraavenue December 12, 2013 at 5:06 pm

I checked once, years ago, and the only place my VCS has “2600” anywhere is as a part of a longer model number designation on an ID sticker on the underside of it. Kids back then didn’t call it a VCS or a 2600; we all called it an Atari.

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- 2 2W2N December 12, 2013 at 6:23 pm
  
  After the 5200 came out (1982), they changed the box to say 2600. Here’s one from ’83:
  
  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-2600-Game-System-1983-Wonderful-Shape-Tested-working-with-Box-/121233504412?pt=Video_Games&hash=item1c3a14789c
  
  But yeah, before that, Atari was Atari. Unless you had Pong or one of these bad boys:
  
  https://2warpstoneptune.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/video-pinball-by-atari/
  
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3 Fractalbat December 12, 2013 at 7:15 pm

Man, I remember the Christmas I got my Atari. That was a fantastic Christmas.

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4 leftylimbo December 12, 2013 at 10:28 pm

Best toy I ever got, X-Mas or not. =)

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5 Jade Heasley January 4, 2014 at 9:26 pm

What joys and wonders were felt when an Atari 800 home computer system entered my life. One of the most epic moments of my childhood.

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