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Atari VCS / 2600 | The Console that Launched an Industry

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1st November 2018 27 min

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Atari Staff Photo - ALLAN ALCORN / COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM

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● Description

Few systems can say they changed or created an industry. The Atari VCS is one of them, and this is the story of how it came to be and what became of it following the North American Video Game Crash.

Thank you to Neil for loaning his 2600 collection to The Cave.

● Music

Aural Imprints 1 - Gunnar Johnsén

Crystalline Lens 1 - Gunnar Johnsén

Follow The Tracks – Mochas

Not Even In Dreams – Chaxti

Small Circuits 2 - Gunnar Johnsén

Subtractions 1 - Gunnar Johnsén

Vivid Space 1 - Daniel Gunnarsson

  • Atari vcs
  • Atari 2600
  • video game crash
  • Atari shock
  • console history
  • Atari history
  • Nolan bushnell
  • retro man cave
  • retro gaming

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