Favorite Old School Console System?

[Calvin]

I mean really old-school - pre NES. Many of us cut our gaming teeth on these systems. So which is it?

 

For me,it is the Mattel Intellivision. With all the cool two-player games in the action & sports genres,my love for the shiny golden system still exists today. Utopia is still a great game today!

[Chris F]

I chose the Atari 5200.

 

My reason for this - The Dreadnaught Factor. Oh man did I waste a lot of time with that game. So did my father for that matter.

[Hank Scorpio]

I voted for the 2600. While I didn't own one when they were straight-up heat, (I bought one with a ton of games from a friend a few years ago in high school) other kids in the 'hood had one. Pitfall, Keystone Capers, all fun games. The game with Journey in it is a "classic." I still have it but haven't hooked it up in a while.

[Calvin]

My reason for this - The Dreadnaught Factor. Oh man did I waste a lot of time with that game. So did my father for that matter

 

Awesome game! I have the Intellivision version though.

[JoeyN]

Intellivision here. Lots of All Star baseball :-)

[Starhawk]

Odyssey 2 only because that was the one we owned and spent most time with.

 

Turtles rocked! :rock

[rustyjaw]

I never owned any of these, my mom wouldn't/couldn't afford to buy me one. But I voted for the Vectrex because it was the one I wanted the most when I was a kid. I have always loved vector graphics, and I still do (I Tempest 4-ever)

[AnthonyVolpe]

For sheer volume, the 2600 wins.

 

However I spent far more time on the Atari 400.

[iainl]

Got to be the 2600. Just for Combat and Asteroids.

[kittycatgirl2k]

I voted for the Intellivision. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Cloudy Mountain would have been enough reason for me to vote the system alone. This game was (and still is) awesome. Dragonfire, Night Stalker, B-17 Bomber, even Pitfall... my parents and I also spent many hours with Tron Deadly Discs and Vectron. My mother even "beat" Vectron I believe - I kind of remember some kind of ending with lots of rainbow colored stuff. Wow that was a long time ago. The last game we really played for the system was Thunder Castle, which I remember buying at a Toys R Us well after the Intellivision had bit the dust. Alot of fond memories are attached to this system, and of course the Atari 2600 as well. There's nothing quite like "old skool"

[Robot Monkey]

I voted for Odyssey 2 because it's closest to my first console (and last until the Dreamcast): the Odyssey 4000, released in 1977.

 

 

 

It had a selector switch to choose among eight games, all variations on Pong (IIRC).

 

-j

[Josh]

2600 without a doubt for me. My father even pre-ordered the thing. I remember that first night of playing every single variation of Combat, and I kicked ass at the dogfighting games, especially the one where you get three planes in formation. Also loved Indy 500 on that system.

[Kain rising]

I'll throw my vote for... Never owned any of them. I did play the Atari (or Ataris? I'm not sure if I ever played a 5200) but only a very few times.

[The Daisy]

Odyssey 2 for me.

 

Some racing game...rocked. My sisters and I would play that one all the time.

 

I also loved their baseball game. We played that for hours upon hours.

 

Glen

[Chris]

I voted for the 2600 because it's the only one I had. Spent a lot of time playing that thing in my youth. Screw indigo and spice, more consoles need fake wood paneling.