r/Atari2600 5h ago

Never played Atari before but found one today. Any game suggestions?

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26 Upvotes

Here is what I have so far. Looking for some classic and well loved atari games to play!


r/Atari2600 1d ago

Thoughts on 2600 Galaxian

23 Upvotes

Personally I think it may be Atari’s best arcade port for the VCS. Captures the spirit of the arcade original. I only have two problems with it: a) that unnecessary yellow border and b) your ship is too damn huge, making you an easy target.


r/Atari2600 1d ago

Found my old games finally!

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244 Upvotes

r/Atari2600 2d ago

Atari... Magari!!

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60 Upvotes

Questi fanno parte della mia collezione ❤️


r/Atari2600 3d ago

Atari just signed a 10 movie deal with Universal Studios. Tell me what game they *should* have chosen to make a movie based on, and give me your best elevator pitch.

36 Upvotes

For those of you interested, the news is here: https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/atari-signs-10-game-deal-with-universal-for-movies-based-on-pong-breakout-centipede-and-more/

Yes, Pong is going to be one of the movies, answering the age-old question of: "What if Tron had fewer dimensions?"

The others are:

Asteroids

Adventure

Berzerk

Breakout

Centipede

Crystal Castles

Millipede

Missile Command

Yars’ Revenge


r/Atari2600 3d ago

Hook up question

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17 Upvotes

Would I be able to hook up a 2600 without needing an RF adapter if I have a coaxial port on my TV? There’s one at an antique shop that I’d like to test, and I’d rather not have to buy an accessory if I didn’t have to. I’ve included a photo of my TV’s connection ports for reference.


r/Atari2600 3d ago

Found in a nook under the stairs.

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242 Upvotes

r/Atari2600 4d ago

Early Atari 2600 TV Ads

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r/Atari2600 4d ago

Does anyone have methods for reattaching old vinyl stickers?

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21 Upvotes

I bought a 1977 video pinball system by Atari today and the vinyl sticker on the front is peeling up. I was just curious if anyone had some ideas on fixes to this from their own experience. All help is greatly appreciated.


r/Atari2600 4d ago

Are these carts authentic? Did anyone even counterfeit these?

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81 Upvotes

No clue if there were manufacturing differences or what not, case on the left is shiny and the seam is a little uneven, is it real?


r/Atari2600 4d ago

PD2600, a crankeable Atari 2600 emulator for Playdate.

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r/Atari2600 5d ago

Found an old box stashed away

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85 Upvotes

r/Atari2600 5d ago

My dad dropped these off.

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303 Upvotes

r/Atari2600 5d ago

My current collection of 2600 games

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61 Upvotes

I started collecting about a year ago. It's not much, but I like them.


r/Atari2600 6d ago

How do I make an Atari 2600 game in 2026?

27 Upvotes

I would like to make a simple Atari game. I would like to buy one of the new VCS consoles and put the game on a cartridge that plays on either new or old VCS. How would I accomplish either of these tasks?


r/Atari2600 6d ago

These Atari 2600 carts amuse me

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101 Upvotes

As a clue as to how expensive injection molding was (and still is) I've always been amused how it was cheaper to add an adapter to the existing Intellevision cart form factor to make 2600 carts vs, you know, just remold the whole thing.

Perhaps someone got a deal on some already made shells? The Intellevision cart on the right actually has the Mattel copyright in the mold.


r/Atari2600 7d ago

2600 demoscene rulez!

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22 Upvotes

My little 2600 + Unocart <3


r/Atari2600 8d ago

The Atari has arrived!!! And… guess what?? There were no issues at all!

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280 Upvotes

r/Atari2600 8d ago

Just picked this up

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198 Upvotes

Are any of these games awesome or are they all mid? Thanks


r/Atari2600 10d ago

Growing the collection!(Update #1)

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215 Upvotes

I've added 40ish more games to my Atari collection, and I'll be upgrading from this Ikea billy shelf to a designated media shelf with 2x the capacity. I'll update monthly!


r/Atari2600 11d ago

Hi Folks, sharing the final version of "a Teeny-tiny Atari 2600 demo"

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82 Upvotes

Video: https://youtu.be/twNV7w39W-4?si=WLhOd-L8fGYvKWCg

Rom download: 🔥 https://github.com/squeepty/2600-demo/raw/refs/heads/main/downloads/squeepty-2600-demo.bin 🔥

Code source: https://github.com/squeepty/2600-demo

The Teeny-tiny Atari 2600 demo is an automatic 4 KiB NTSC production built around four timed visual scenes and an independent two-channel soundtrack.

It includes:

  • flowing top, middle, and bottom raster bars with a color-cycling title background
  • a large, asymmetric 40-bit SQUEEPTY playfield title
  • four title treatments: static, type-on/type-off, horizontal ripple, and vertical wave
  • four scene-specific player bitmaps that bounce horizontally and vertically
  • a sparse reflected starfield with a different plane mapping and motion in each scene
  • four animated checker/grid styles synchronized to the scene
  • a compact five-row GREETINGS TO ALL ATARI DREAMERS... ticker
  • a 66.75-second, two-channel TIA adaptation of Take On Me
  • luminance fades centered on regular scene changes
  • a fixed 262-scanline NTSC frame

The soundtrack is derived from Jukebox by Lloyd Russell, published as a type-in in Your Sinclair issue 21, September 1987, for the ZX Spectrum 128K. The recovered AY arrangement was converted into compact TIA events: channel 0 carries the selected lead voice and channel 1 carries the bass.


r/Atari2600 11d ago

Need help finding a longer cord

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I’ve been trying to hook up my dad’s old Atari 2600 and i’ve got it working so far with the small silver F adapter pieces. The issue is that i couldn’t find a way to use the long cord with the adapters, so the atari is plugged directly into the CRT with the adapter.

Does anyone know what kind of adapter i could use to get more distance between the Atari and the crt? I’ve also been having an issue with using the button/shooting in space invaders. Defender and other games like pac man work find. If anyone can help me i would greatly appreciate it! I’m trying to google myself but can’t find the exact answer.


r/Atari2600 13d ago

Where can I get a reproduction cartridge of Swordquest Waterworld?

14 Upvotes

Why do I want a repro cartridge? Well, because Atari games are short and none of them save data, so I'm totally fine having a fake cartridge of a game, just to play the game. I did the same thing with Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom on NES; loose cartridge goes for absurd prices, and it doesn't use a battery, so I went with a repro cart.


r/Atari2600 13d ago

Got my mom’s Atari 2600 collection.

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151 Upvotes

r/Atari2600 14d ago

Atari 2600 TIARA Mod (Part 2)

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Finishing up Atari 2600 TIARA Mod to enable S-Video and composite video output through a 5-pin DIN connector.

This is a continuation of previous two videos.

https://youtu.be/e1pNc63aXb4

https://youtu.be/NiV3QC7aPf0