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I am looking for an Atari 2600 and wonder if you could offer advice on finding perhaps one that is made from new parts and does not cost a "huge" amount of money. Yes, maybe I will end up buying one that was made 20-some years ago. One more factor to take in. I may want to trade in for it with a console I presently own.
I recommend looking on eBay. There is a whole community there that restores, buys, sells, etc. antiquated systems. A friend of mine recently got a refurbished Famicon that had a new processor, etc. You can ask the seller questions about the system, what parts were used, etc. and sometimes even find some that are still mint. In addition, if you just want a good, reliable Atari, you can find someone reselling it simply because they don't bother playing it anymore.
Another place to look is pawn shops. Larger pawn shops will often have a selection of antiquated systems and oftentimes can tell you when they got the system, etc.
Please let me know if I can help you further or with anything else.
Best wishes,
Helen =)
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Helen Joan Casper
Expertise
Ever since I played "Pong" in the early 80's, I've been a video game aficionado. I can answer hardware & games questions about PSP (PlayStation Portable), all PlayStation (1,2,& 3), Wii, Wii Fit, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo (NES), Super Nintendo, Gameboy/Gameboy Advance, and antiquated systems (ColecoVision, Atari, Sega, etc). I can answer hardware questions about all systems (including PS1 - PS3, Wii, NES, SNES, PSP, DS, GBA, GB, Xbox and Xbox 360). I can also answer PC game questions, especially CounterStrike: Source, Vampire: Bloodlines, Half-Life 1&2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and all Sims & Sims 2 questions. I am ESPECIALLY knowledgeable in Square-Enix (formerly SquareSoft) games such as ALL the Final Fantasy games (I can even tell you really obscure things about these games). If I haven't played the game yet I will research it and help you find the answer, renting the game if necessary. I can even answer questions dealing with the consoles themselves (hardware questions). I cannot answer questions about Action Replay. I cannot answer questions about football, basketball, or wrestling sports games. I also have very limited knowledge about Xbox & Xbox 360 games unless they are cross-platform. If it is an independent game that has not been widely published and/or a game only released in some countries, I may not be able to help with it either (sadly!)
Experience
I currently am employed as a supervisor for a large, national video game retailer. I am also an expert here in games/roleplaying games, weddings, childbirth, and doulas. My husband is a computer programmer and one of the forefront coders for CounterStrike: Source scripts & mods. He has his own forums for coders/scripters at Mattie.Info. I have been an expert here since 2000 (under the name of Helen Chipman) and also volunteer on numerous other game-related websites and forums.
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