Are you feeling nostalgic? Do you wish it was the “good old days” again? Well today’s your day where all your dreams can come true as a trusted seller on BidOrBuy has listed a working Atari CX2600 console, with 10 games, 4 paddles, one original controller and one joystick controller.
What’s even better is that it is currently going for R520; that’s less than a single current generation game.
And for that you get the following 10 classic titles
- Pac-Man
- Asteroids
- Slot Racers
- Warlords
- Nexar
- Planet Patrol
- Gangster Alley
- Combat
- Berzerk
Plus the manuals and all those extras… seriously just look at these images and tell me you don’t have R520 lying around for this
This is a goldmine for anyone building up a console collection and an incredible object to pull out and show your kids what gaming used to look like.
Interested? Click here and bid
And let us know below which consoles or games got you addicted and resulted in getting you reading this story today.
Last Updated: June 26, 2013
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 09:02
Dat faux wood paneling.
TechniKyle
June 26, 2013 at 09:04
Pac man got me started, but it was the arcade machine, not the console versions. The console versions lacks the right kind of nostalgia.
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 09:20
It’s quite a coincidence, I was just discussing what got us started in gaming with a friend of mine, last night. We were linking to youtube links of all of the NES games we played.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 09:26
It’s great to reminisce about the gaming past. What’s funny I only look back at those times with great fondness, I wonder if I will look back on next gen when I’m older with the same sentiments.
RinceTheWhiskyWithIce
June 26, 2013 at 10:01
You’ll look back and suffer PTSD from all the CoD games…
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 10:02
Blegh!! …. indeed ….. Will look back at franchises and generic war shooters …. THIS AINT NAM!!!
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 10:05
Lol
Deano
June 26, 2013 at 09:09
Does it come with the HDMI leads 😛
FoxOneZA - X-Therminator
June 26, 2013 at 09:10
My cuz has one just like that o_0
FoxOneZA - X-Therminator
June 26, 2013 at 09:11
Golden China because I wasn’t an elitist 😛
RinceTheWhiskyWithIce
June 26, 2013 at 09:21
I think many a current gen gamer could do with being strapped into a chair and made to spend a week playing some of these games. It may make them appreciate current generation games a hella lot more. Okay, I draw the line at Han Solo Dance off, but we have come a LONG way friends. I started off with battle tanks, man, I am old…
brad coetzee
June 26, 2013 at 10:26
first video game I ever played was Pong, on this above advertised piece of shite. I became a gamer when we got the Commodore64. Loaded our games off a freakin tape deck! that tech is mental!
Skyblue
June 26, 2013 at 09:22
Wow, Combat and Space Invaders!
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 09:24
I was a post Atari gamer child.
I have such fond memories of all the NES games I played. I remember the days of playing Battle Toads Double Dragon with my brother and the joys of Tiny Toons and Felix the Cat.
It wasn’t till I played Chrono Trigger that I really became heavily invested in gaming. Games were going to be much more than points and Hi-Scores. I can’t remember My life without games, jeez…
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 09:29
Contra, The Flintstones, Nuts & Milk, Track & Field, Circus Charlie etc.
I was really young when I played these games.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 09:34
Me 2, Circus Charlie was awesome, jumping through hoops of fire like a BOASS .. I also remember playing Lode Runner and Chip n Dale to name a FEW
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 09:41
As a dumb, uncoordinated child, I could not get past the level with the beach balls (level 4 I think).
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 09:45
Dem Balls lol….good times
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 09:56
I can actually hear the sound effects and music in my head while looking at that image 🙂
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 09:57
🙂
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 10:05
That music makes me way happier than any music has any right to hahahahaha
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 10:12
Haha I know right ….. Gaming Nostalgia is always a happy event
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 10:07
I had an ROM on my android phone a while ago, just to give it another bash. I still kinda sucked at it.
I let my boss’ kid try it out, it was interesting. He’s a part of the current iPad generation, all about instant gratification, so he’d get irritated with hitting a game over and having to start over. That said, he kept going back to it just to try it again.
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 10:09
There’s a rom for android for this!? *runs of to play store*
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 10:10
Ja, it was free too. I did eventually delete it, cause I felt guilty about pirating it, but you shouldn’t really. I would buy it if it were available on my platforms.
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 10:30
I tried to find it, to redownload, but it’s not even on my list of apps in the store. It must have been pulled. I did find another site referencing it:
http://www.appszoom.com/android_games/casual/charlie-circus-android-version_bamam.html
Really bummed they removed it, but I understand 🙁
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 10:34
aw boo 🙁
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 10:09
Surprised he went back to it, but funny enough you find a lot of games on mobile that are designed like older NES games
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 10:11
Ja, but with nasty microtransactions to offset the difficulty. I would rather my future/imaginery child played the real thing.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 10:13
hahaha either or you say lol …… but Agreed, the MT is horrible. there are awesome games on PC too such as Super Meat Boy
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 10:15
I think playing a game with difficulty and limitations is better than what kids have nowadays. It teaches temperance, and there’s always a greater sense of achievement.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 10:20
Indeed, It sounds weird but those type of games has a helping hand in molding you into a fine human being lol
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2013 at 10:17
I currently have ALL the NES roms and when away on my Laptop I still fire a random one up from time to time.
Captain Minion TallTwit
June 27, 2013 at 08:19
Same. Vivid images and sounds of that game.
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 09:55
DUuuuuuuuuuude! Milk & Nuts was EPIC!
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 09:56
I know, such a weird little awesome game.
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 09:58
And Mappy!? You must remember Mappy! And Elevator action!
That’s it… I need to find me one of those golden china consoles and a few old games!
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 09:59
Who could forget that, and Dig-Dug!
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 10:02
Hahahaha. Dig-dug! Pump pump pump POP!
*Gasp* Such gratuitous violence! #trollol
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 10:04
LOOOL , I was thinking about that game a while back and it was really violent for it’s time …. being stalked by crocodiles too … As a kid you never realize how evil it really is lol
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
June 26, 2013 at 10:06
Pomp pomp pop?
Sounds like @rincethis:disqus ‘s lovelife
XD
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 10:08
Ag nee sies man Erwin! haha
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2013 at 10:16
Yeah dig dug should be glug-glug
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 09:59
Oh jeez, completely forgot those two. Elevator Action really scared me as a child (no idea why).
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
June 26, 2013 at 09:59
Mappy hahaha, elevator action ftw!!!
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
June 26, 2013 at 09:26
CHOPIFTER!!!
CaptainNemo42
June 26, 2013 at 09:27
Strangely enough. I started gaming on a little know (currently) operating system called DOS. Games that got me hooked was games like Space, King’s and Police Quest. That was back in about 1988/89. Man, I learned how to type because of those games. Only got a Nintendo knock-off console a few years after that.
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 09:46
My first DOS game that I really remember was Scorched Earth. That was an epic game on our 386!
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
June 26, 2013 at 09:56
Scorched Earth taught me a helluva lot at a young age man. Power, arc levels, strategy. Made me a young soldier/tactician
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 09:57
Indeed! And if you got fed up you just bought a super nuke and killed the whole screen (and the PC trying to “render” the “effects”)
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
June 26, 2013 at 09:58
HAHAHAHA, sweet memories
Gavin Mannion
June 26, 2013 at 10:16
Police Quest is still one of my favourite games.. I loved that
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 10:17
I don’t think I ever played that
Happy Hamster
June 26, 2013 at 10:26
It Rocked Monkey Balls
ElimiNathan
June 26, 2013 at 09:29
NES – Contra
TiMsTeR1033
June 26, 2013 at 09:32
contra was fun 🙂
DieJason
June 26, 2013 at 09:31
Combat is the best multiplayer game ever. EVER.
Tanks, jets, biplanes. People, this is where Battlefield started.
TiMsTeR1033
June 26, 2013 at 09:32
I wouldnt buy that if I had a never ending money pile. I am glad to be in the days of great graphics and physics in games thank you! and for R520 bucks seriously now….. seriously
TiMsTeR1033
June 26, 2013 at 09:41
I remember Broken sword and how hard that game was at the goat if any one know what i mean lol
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 09:45
I am salivating here haha. Nice haul that.
What got me in to gaming was those original TV Games (Those famcon systems) and SuperMario Bros.
Also Excite bike, Circus Charlie and Paperboy. I miss the good old days.
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 09:46
Yes, Paperboy. Forgot about that one.
TiMsTeR1033
June 26, 2013 at 09:49
excite bike was the shit! making ramps and all that. Paperboy was fun too 🙂 breaking windows hitting dogs cars ect.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 09:46
For me personally, the best thing to come out of the Video Game Evolution is the music …. Hell even 8-bit Tracks were awesome back in the day
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 09:47
The Zero wing music is a great example (All Your Base). Anamanaguchi haven’t quiiite achieved those levels of driving awesomeness. Their Scott Pilgrim OST was their best one, imo.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 09:56
I like Anamanaguchi, they do some cool tracks for the style.
Zero wing was great yeah, But the moon theme of Duck Tales stand as the pinnacle of 8-bit music imo
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 09:48
8-bit tracks are the best dude! Nothing better 🙂
RinceTheWhiskyWithIce
June 26, 2013 at 09:50
So, if I mentioned cutting my teeth on Battletoads, how many of you would throw something in my direction? I mean other than OVG 0-O
TiMsTeR1033
June 26, 2013 at 09:51
battletoads! I was gonna say that but forgot it was called battle toads lol
RinceTheWhiskyWithIce
June 26, 2013 at 09:53
Man, the HARDEST game I have ever played. Those pesky bloody logs nailed me an OVG more than a construction site in Dubai!
TiMsTeR1033
June 26, 2013 at 09:56
I played battletoads and double dragon combo lol was on space ship and could change the guys up. never found the orignal lol
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 09:51
So why haven’t MS made a battletoads game? It doesn’t even need to be a big-budget title.
RinceTheWhiskyWithIce
June 26, 2013 at 09:55
I think there was a law passed after the game came out. I believe it was called the ‘in order to help facilitate the rehabilitation of a generation of gamers who suffered severe emotional trauma caused by speeding logs’ Act. Since then no company dare make another…
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 09:58
Let’s be real here, any modern Battletoads would be much easier than the NES version. Game difficulty is hampered by this silly little thing called “Accessibility.”
RinceTheWhiskyWithIce
June 26, 2013 at 09:59
VERY true. They’d add a ‘turn logs into marshmellows option.
Argentil
June 26, 2013 at 10:01
Or, worse yet, a “purchase a log crusher for $0.99” option.
RinceTheWhiskyWithIce
June 26, 2013 at 10:18
Oh gods, yeah…
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 09:58
LOOOOOVE battle toads, freaking hard as ass!!
TiMsTeR1033
June 26, 2013 at 09:58
now why cant they make something like this? game devs have forgotten battletoads
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 26, 2013 at 10:00
It’s too hard for this generation of gamers 🙁
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
June 26, 2013 at 10:09
Currently at R820!
CypherGate
June 26, 2013 at 10:11
Weirdly the first game that got me into gaming was on the NES. English name of the game was Fly Dragon Boxing 3. It was in japanese and couldnt make out any story to the game lol, but somehow i still enjoyed it loads. After that was Mario Bros and then Ninja Turtles.
Not sure which one it was but it was a side scrolling one where you can go into the sewers etc etc… Those days games was so fun. Maybe im just getting too old now that im not fully into loads of gaming as before or…. life got more serious and that needed more of my attention.
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 26, 2013 at 10:13
You are never too old to enjoy games man 🙂
Sminty
June 26, 2013 at 10:23
Already own the original one I had as a kid, along with a pong game, a racer game and my original commodore 64….looks like I win the 80’s 😉
brad coetzee
June 26, 2013 at 10:24
I remember we had one of those in our house when I was young. Even then, I thought the graphics were so bad it depressed me. Only because it looked nothing like our cartoons on tv. Anyway, child logic hey?
Rags
June 26, 2013 at 10:32
I won’t bid. Because I already have exactly the same 😀
fred
June 26, 2013 at 10:39
Can you lend it to family and friends?
loftie
June 26, 2013 at 10:54
Very nice, nostalgia for maybe….2min, then put in cupboard in for 10 years
Johann
June 26, 2013 at 11:14
Ah the good old Atari, the first console I ever played on. Used to play the crap out of games like asteroid, planet patrol, gangster alley and breakout. Still wonder what happened to my console and all the games/controllers.
OVG
June 26, 2013 at 12:17
Does it need a day one internet patch?
Gavin Mannion
June 26, 2013 at 13:49
This story does not deserve to lose most comments to Geoff’s PS4 graphics story.. I officially protest… Don’t let it happen
Zoe
June 26, 2013 at 13:53
i second that, seeing as i sent you this story in the first place! i want to get a special mention in this award.
Emm
June 26, 2013 at 14:24
A special thank you to Zoe for recommending this story 🙂
Emm
June 26, 2013 at 15:18
It appears my special mention has been deleted Zoe 🙁
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
June 26, 2013 at 15:25
no..it’s right below this. 😛
Emm
June 26, 2013 at 15:29
D’oh! damn refresh problem 🙂 Thanks Geof
Marc O Polo
June 28, 2013 at 07:41
ended up selling for R1,662… wonder if its someone who frequents this site!