ScuzzBlog: Diaries December 2018 Entry 8th December 2018: Post 01: Atari CX-2600A Atari CX-2600A Known as the VCS model or better just the 'Woody' from the fake veneer to the front, this little beast is actually quite ancient in terms of retro consoles and computers. Its history goes all the way back to the seventies. The unit boxed here was the later version released in 1980 with only the four front switches. I do show an earlier version in the next post with the six front switches dating from 1978-80. I always struggle a little with the Atari given that in truth I don't really like them. I do try to warm to the product range but being a true Amigan I just never have been comfortable moving over to the dark side. This console for me has but one game that I love and that is the very splendid River Raid. Had it not been for that game I doubt I would have even ever known about this console. To this day it is the only game I can play on the games machine. The Atari VCS or CX-2600A with a CPU 8-bitMOS Technology 6507 running at 1.19 MHz. The console has 128 bytes of RAM. The unit came with the paddles or the standard CX10 joystick. Classic games I guess were Space Invaders and Pacman plus Asteroids. Not much else I can say. I have the all black version and the cost reduced 'Rainbow' 2600 which I prefer. For me they are an interesting item to have but as with most top loaders have very little interest to me..... they are not a computer in my books. Atari CX-2600A

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