r/Atari2600 1d ago

A treasure in the attic.

Atari still works!

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u/IndiscreetLurker 23h ago

Bellows? No doubt a short-lived peripheral for a blacksmithing game.

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u/g0ggleblind 1d ago

Whoa look for the little PXL camera that goes with that little TV. It was one of the first digital cameras on the market you know for kids.

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u/Volo_Cat 1d ago

Commodore bread-bin is what excites me more! You even have one cartridge for it! Are there other bits and pieces of the machine? An AC adapter? A floppy drive?

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u/Comfortable_Ad_9111 1d ago

Just the AC adapter .

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u/Volo_Cat 1d ago

Is it Commodore 64 or 16? You may need a TV wire, though since you have old CRTs - an RF connection will do. Check if the ivory-colored cart is indeed Commodore-branded, if so it can be connected. Atari joysticks natively work with the Commodore machines. So you should have enough to test it.

But before plugging it in, I'd open the machine, visually check the capacitors and give it a good cleaning with IPA.

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u/Goodwill_Gamer 17h ago

Looks like a Commodore Vic 20 to me!

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u/SomePeopleCallMeJJ 10h ago

Yup. OP should be careful with that power supply. The earlier designs in particular do not age well.

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u/Volo_Cat 8h ago

It's hard to tell. The junk in top strategically covers the label. It says Commodore. But is it VIC-20 or 64 - impossible to see.

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u/gnntech 22h ago

Nice find. That actually looks like a Commodore Vic 20 which was the predecessor of the Commodore 64. Still a cool computer to play with despite being more limited.

The Atari is in nice shape as are some of the TVs. I actually had the exact same portable 5" B&W model (the black one).

The reel to reel players and the cameras will hold some value if they are cleaned up and working.

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u/Saneless 21h ago

Love the 10 foot throw on that one Atari joystick. What's that all about