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Classic Game Room – How to Buy & Hook Up Atari 2600
Classic Game Room HD shows how to hook up an Atari 2600 to a modern television set, HDTV, LCD or Plasma big screen. Also, we answer some questions regarding what Atari video computer system to buy (the 2600 woodie, Atari 2600 Jr. or Atari 7800 prosystem). This handy instructional video will show you how to hook up an Atari 2600 to a modern VCR. We show what wires to use with the Atari 2600. We show how to hookup an Atari 2600 and 7800 to a tv or television with modern video inputs like component, s-video and composite (you’ll use composite) and or RF Coax. We show what Radio Shack equipment to buy to make it work. Classic Game Room loves Atari and all of the great video games that are available from the 1970′s to the 1980′s. These old school classics should be kept alive and playing for future generations. Learn how to plug in and hookup and play an Atari 2600 from this video demonstration showing you how to hook up an Atari!!! Play games like Combat, Yars’ Revenge, Vanguard, Ms. Pac Man, Robotron, Berzerk, Tapper, Demon Attack, Actionauts and Mario Bros. (before it was Super Mario Brothers). Hooking up an Atari is very different than an Xbox 360, Playstation, NES, PS3, PS2 and Wii. Have fun playing Atari!
Duration : 0:14:32
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March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
I’ve got all the …
I’ve got all the original hook ups except for the cable that runs from the TV/GAME Computer Switch. I hooked everything up, but on every game that I have, I am unable to get the controllers to go in the up direction. I have tried both controllers, one being an original and one being a newer slik stik. Could this have anything to do with the way that the game is hooked up? Thanks, Jamie
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Thanks so much for …
Some very useful tips.
Thanks so much for your video! I had no idea there was a little RCA adapter you could use. Now my Atari actually works!
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
this guy talks a …
this guy talks a lot even from his ps3 video
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
what the hell? the …
what the hell? the box that goes in the tv has a little port to go into the back of the tv where the cable goes, and it has 2 little wires hanging off it, what are those for?
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
What’s the rating …
What’s the rating of the Atari 2600 power adapter? Looked like 9 volt, negetive on the outside. I don’t have the original, so I’m gunna make one out of another power adapter, and replace the plug with a microphone plug. And, the channel thing is because the data sent through the RF cable is exactly like the coaxial cable. Before I found those smaller ones I had to splice togeather a coaxial cable with a composite to get my ColecoVision working!
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
i got the sears …
i got the sears tele games one.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Because you never …
Because you never say that when watching a video about the atari, dumb ass!
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Over 14 minutes …
Over 14 minutes long and you never once showed what it looked like on a flat panel tv. Fail.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Good video, but the …
Good video, but the best way to connect the 2600 Jr. is by using the orginal cable that it came with just goes straight from your 2600 into your TVs RF slot, modern HD TVs still have those and theres no need to screw it in, but i can see why you might need this method as the original cable for your 2600 could be broken by now.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
@Atari2600Gamer: …
@Atari2600Gamer: cool good job
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
“modern crt screen” …
“modern crt screen” lol
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
me too. i have an …
me too. i have an amiga 2000 in my basement.
along with the atari 2600, and super pong.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Atari rules!
Atari rules!
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
hey i droped my …
hey i droped my atari and it fell apart and i had to reasemble it by myself and it still works
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Yeah, I actually …
Yeah, I actually cheated on the last comment. I’m a vintage computer enthusiast, that is I collect maintain and operate computers that haven’t been manufactured for so many years. The old Atari 2600 is essentially just a computer designed to play games (though it’s interesting simply because it plays games).
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Do you still use …
Do you still use DOS?
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Hey what music did …
Hey what music did you use?
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
This video is …
This video is somewhat helpful but it is way too simplified and omits A LOT of important information.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
This guy is really …
This guy is really easy to impress… “best controller ever made”, “best-looking system ever made”… Go big or go home, I guess.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
FUCK YOU!!!!!! …
YOU!!!!!! yoshi2568
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
I am currently …
I am currently hunting down a wood grain Atari 2600 right now off of Ebay and looking in Flea Markets.
Your video is very helpful and I appreciate the work you put into this. Please continue the reviews! I love them!
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Nice video, I have …
Nice video, I have never played a actual atari 2600. I just play the atari games on my psp using a emulator.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
i like the …
i like the background music ahehehehe
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
you can buy a atari …
you can buy a atari flashback
March 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
I remember hooking …
I remember hooking up an Atari or a Commodore to a Super Nintendo RF adapter, and got a lot of static.
Nintendo and Super Nintendo made their RF adapter incompatible for the Atari, and the other older systems for some reason.
The Atari switch box adapter was compatible to the Nintendo and Super Nintendo though.
The RCA RF chord that goes into the VCR will work fine.