Posts tagged "atari2600"

• January 28, 2025

  Junior Senior, Can't Defeat

  

  Everyone gets everything they want. I wanted the cheapest Atari 2600 Jr on eBay, and for my sins, they sold me one. Brought it to my front door like parcel delivery. It was a real choice console, and when it was over, I still wanted a couple more.

• April 6, 2020

  Space Walking with Gemini

  

  While a ColecoVision is sometimes pricey and hard to find in my area, the much more rare Coleco Gemini fell into my lap while looking through my favourite flea-market junk bin. Because the machine came without cables, a power adapter, or joysticks, it had been relegated to the sad little corner where unloved consoles go, right next to a stripped-for-parts Intellivision II and a battered-looking 2600 Jr. Let’s see if it can be coerced to once again play Combat.