I loved the 2600 because that was all we could afford when I was a kid. I liked the ColecoVision and Intellivision graphics better though. Luckily, some of my friends had both.
I like ColecoVision best, but it had an unfair advantage, coming out a full 5 years after the 2600 and 3 years after the Inty. It’s really generation 2.5, competing with the 5200. But man, those arcade ports were so impressive, and the expansion module to play 2600 games made it the best of both worlds.
I had an intellivision that my dad bought used off a coworker. My first console, I’ve got a soft spot for that one.
Atari 2600 because it’s the one I got to play the most and having video games outside of the arcade was mind blowing.
I never had a Vetrex but I would see them and always wanted one. Still do lol.
Not a “console” per se… but in that time frame… Commodore vic 20 or 64 would probably have been my most played games.
Colecovision was the bomb. Couldn’t afford it, but it was great!
I only ever had an Atari, so I’ll go with that.
Same. I remember wanting to try my friend’s coleco but it never happened for some reason I don’t recall.
Too busy riding bikes and throwing rocks at each other.
definitely torn between the ColecoVision and 2600. i love all of the CV’s arcade conversions but i also love the 2600’s paddle games dearly. if only more CV games used the spinner!
I don’t even remember ever seeing a colecovision
I had a 2600; my best friend had an intellivision.
I had a 2600 but was always jealous of my friend’s intellivision the baseball game looked better and played better.
If those are 2nd gen, what was first gen?
Pong, Magnavox Odyssey, Coleco Telstar, etc.
Magnavox Odyssey, Atari Home Pong, Coleco Telstar - that sort of thing. Mostly with built in games.
Intellivision but that’s mostly nostalgia from the set my dad has. Pitfall was always my favorite, and I remember Microsurgery being a confusing clusterfuck. I have a few Atari 2600s and I just feel like the game play on those is boring and repetitive.
Magnavox Odyssey 2 - quest for the rings was the most amazing game of that generation
I’ll have to try that one out then!
It was definitely in the acrchives a year or so ago but just fyi it had a whole physical board and items for the full game so just playing the video game just lets you play instances really.
For me it’s the Intellivision with its controllers that were attached with phone cords and those plastic inserts that would customise the controller for each game.
I think we only had one game, Triple Action (although only the tanks and biplanes were worth playing).
My parents’ house still has more vintage tech than most computer museums.
