How come I have never seen this one before?

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:31 am

So is it like rare or something?

I thin it looks cool.

Or is this the "vader" 2600? I thought that was just a black regular one.

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:39 am

Nope. It's the 2600 'Jr.', made from the mid 1980s to when they discontinued the 2600. It cost about $50 and was part of a huge undertaking to keep the nearly 10 year old 2600 alive as a budget console, even after the NES, Master System, and (later on) Genesis had been released.

It's not really rare...

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:30 am

Besides that it might be the fabled first Atari on a chip. Atari condensed the RAID, TIA and 6502 into one. Ben has experimented with it, but it is rare so it's not seen as much as the others that use three separate chips.

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:25 pm

Would it make a super small portable?

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:26 pm

Sparkfist wrote:Besides that it might be the fabled first Atari on a chip. Atari condensed the RAID, TIA and 6502 into one. Ben has experimented with it, but it is rare so it's not seen as much as the others that use three separate chips.

I believe the "jan" chip was never actually incorperated into systems. Ben was looking for the chip but never found it. Besides it was far from "perfect for portables" (altough VERY VERY handy)

xtrmgam3r360 · Post by **xtrmgam3r360** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:50 pm

i don't think its that rare but if it is, YAY

, I got one at goodwill for $15 with 35 games and all the cords.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:15 am

Dr. KillGood wrote:Would it make a super small portable?

Maybe a little smaller, as you can have a custom PCB for the chip made. Other then that I doubt you can shave off more then an inch or two.

Ben did find one, I think he used it in one of the Vagabond VCSp.... 2000 I think.

@xtrmgam3r360, I wouldn't judge anything by how a goodwill sells it. I was just saying that compared to the standard three chip Atari 2600, it's rare.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:54 am

a 4-switcher with the 4x4" cutdown is pretty much as small as you'd need, anyway... when you factor in the screen, batteries, controls, etc. the motherboard's size doesn't matter that much (since you're only as small as your largest part, and the 4x4 isn't much bigger than most of these other parts)

Rekarp · Post by **Rekarp** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:47 pm

Nope it still has all the goodies of a 4-switcher. I have like 5 right here

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:27 pm

How much you want for one lol, I like smaller versions of game consoles.

I might collect them.

xtrmgam3r360 · Post by **xtrmgam3r360** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:03 pm

Sparkfist wrote: @xtrmgam3r360, I wouldn't judge anything by how a goodwill sells it. I was just saying that compared to the standard three chip Atari 2600, it's rare.

oh well, i still got a working atari with 35 games for $15 so im pretty happy