Black atari?

sock2828 · Post by **sock2828** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:49 pm

today at a thrift store i saw a compleatly black atari 2600 with no wood grain what is it ?

toby dawg · Post by **toby dawg** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:08 pm

Is it bigger than a normal one?.... Was it a 6 switch??

sock2828 · Post by **sock2828** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:20 pm

no it wasent a six switch it had for and it wasent like somebody just took of the wood grain or anything like that

atkafighter · Post by **atkafighter** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:35 pm

Thats a Darth Vader Atari 2600. Its pretty rare I would pick it up if I were you.

sock2828 · Post by **sock2828** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:06 pm

damnit! that was in another city and wher not going back ther any time soon

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:01 am

nah, it's not very rare... maybe a few bucks more than your average 4-switcher. A heavy sixer is better than these.

A.J. Franzman · Post by **A.J. Franzman** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:54 pm

Also, if you want to make it portable, a lot of the Vader 2600s have the extra 555 chip up in the top right corner of the motherboard controlling the reset circuit - something extra that would need to be replaced or re-connected during the mobo miniaturization process. Stick with the 4-switch woodgrain model for easy portabilizing; they're the most common anyway so have no real collectible value to worry about destroying.