Thursday, October 20, 2011

In This Article We Are Looking At The Atari Paddle Controller With 13 Games

By Kuttla Ponkai


In 1977 the Atari 2600 gaming console hit the market and I am sure that a lot of of you remember this fondly. This was in fact the second gaming console that entered the market, pong being the first video game that you could play on your home TV. In those days the Atari 2600 was the top of the line gaming console and everybody wanted one, and just about everybody got one. In This Article we are checking out the Atari Paddle Controller with 13 TV games, which will help people re-live their fond memories of the Atari 2600.

There had been some games that you could get for your Atari that you could only play if you had the paddles for that console. Most people remember the joysticks that came with the Atari, but the paddles were something that you had to purchase separately when the product first came out. Then later on the paddles started being offered to the folks who purchased the Atari 2600 along with the game, breakout. Something you might also remember is that if you had the paddles you probably liked the paddle games more that the games that you needed the joystick for.

Simply because these paddle games were so popular is the reason, I believe, Atari decided to produce this plug and play paddle game system. You will be hard pressed to find a TV nowadays that do not have RCA inputs, and just so that you understand that is what you need to make use of this system. This will not work on every TV as the majority of the older TV's do not have these inputs and this would be the only way you are able to hook this up to your television. But like I said, pretty much every TV that's been produced within the last 10 years have these jacks.

Night driver, Breakout, Canyon Bomber and Demon to Demand are only a number of the games that you'll find in this game system. One of the games that's not included in this system is Kaboom, and this was actually one of the most popular paddle games which was ever released. In my opinion it was an enormous mistake that Atari made by excluding this hugely popular game, but the other games that come with this system are great games. Of course you'll find that this new release of the Atari games is not going to cost anywhere near the $200 the Atari 2600 first sold for.

For individuals wondering how much this device costs, you can in fact order this device from Amazon for just $4.92. You'll actually be saving over five dollars by purchasing this from Amazon rather than paying retail for this product. So if you're one of the men and women who have fond memories of the Atari 2600 and want a little blast from the past this is really a great little unit. You may possibly also find that this is actually a great little gift for anybody who grew up back in the eighties.




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