Too bad it never came out to other systems. I haven't had a console since Atari 2600.

In defence of E.T, The Extraterrestrial, although not a particularly good game it wasn't the worst game ever for the Atari 2600. It really did contribute to Atari's downfall though, since Atari management ordered 5 million copies of the cartridge (of which 3.5 million ended up being returned).

Snopes has a pretty good article on the subject - http://www.snopes.com/business/market/atari.asp

Nice. I was gaming since Atari 2600 and arcade games at maybe 5? And then my gaming mojos started to go down like a decade ago. These days, I just play Uno, Junkyard, etc. in IRC. Ha.

BTW, you can play these TI99/4A and other systems' games in MAME these days since MESS merged over a year ago.

I was surprised at how many people other than myself were interested in this one. I thought I'd get two votes tops.

The comment above this one explains our interest, this is the chip that powered the computers (Pet, vic-20/vc-20, c64, Apple II) and game consoles (Atari 2600, NES) of our childhood.

The OTHER chip that would have attracted some interest is the Zilog Z-80, which was the 80s equivalent of the arduino (but also, earlier, used in computers like the TRS-80 and gameboy and...). The minimum required to use that chip for a project was a 9v battery and an eeprom, and at one point they cost about a dollar, so they were used for everything.

I have been visiting that "Let's Compare" channel like over a year so far. I remember those table tops. Also, I recently saw these other reviews:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZu-0KafeCM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxquNvgrJUI



Oh, I was an Atari 2600 player!

bah sony exclusive...

only console ive ever owned was an atari 2600, then I got a trs-80, moved to Tandy 1000 EX, and every couple years a new pc even the ORIGINAL PS2 made by IBM in the 80's. I'm getting old. Been a PC gamer since age 11, I turned 39 last month.

But Quantic Dream stuff is pretty awesome.

I've never been a fan of Walled Gardens

Yes, and vibrating controllers. I wasn't a console fan back then. I only owned Atari 2600 and borrowed a Turbo Graphx 16 for a week.

I still have the tonka loader, butterfly, hungry hippo, the atari 2600, and the cap bomb.

I haven't had consoles since Atari 2600.

Guess? Why need a new console?

I will stick with my compuiters. I haven't owned a video game console since Atari 2600.

I still have my "Journey: Escape" cartridge for the Atari 2600, but alas no Atari.

I can barely remember if I had some of those games for my Atari 2600, later on my Apple II, or if I was just at my friend's house playing his ColecoVision so much that I felt like I owned those games. Damn, that was a long time ago!