Time to dust off those old carts.
Originally released back in 1977, the Atari VCS (later known as the 2600) was a groundbreaking piece of consumer electronics.
Sure, it wasn’t the first ‘game console’ to hit the market, but it was the first to find lasting commercial success; indeed, the name ‘Atari’ became synonymous with ‘video game’ for much of the early ’80s and the console itself made its way into millions of North American homes, creating a gold rush which would eventually result in the crash of ’83 – an event that saw the seemingly unbeatable home video game sector collapse under its own overconfidence.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
Time to dust off those old carts.
Originally released back in 1977, the Atari VCS (later known as the 2600) was a groundbreaking piece of consumer electronics.
Sure, it wasn’t the first ‘game console’ to hit the market, but it was the first to find lasting commercial success; indeed, the name ‘Atari’ became synonymous with ‘video game’ for much of the early ’80s and the console itself made its way into millions of North American homes, creating a gold rush which would eventually result in the crash of ’83 – an event that saw the seemingly unbeatable home video game sector collapse under its own overconfidence.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
