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As a kid, I was pretty brand loyal to Atari, even getting into fisticuffs with an Intellivision fan once, which is pretty embarrassing to admit now.


I bought my 2600 with my own money (from menial labour gigs no less) and even though this Sears knock off was a better deal, there was some stigma attached to it that my 11 year old self couldn't shake.

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[dumbldor]

We had that one!

We didn't care, we were just happy to have "Atari"

[palitoy]

We had that one!

We didn't care, we were just happy to have "Atari"

It is an actual Atari, just re-branded for Sears, not one difference other than the name and the cartridge you got.

[pmwasson]

I didn't realize how much the games cost back then. $30 in 1978 is like over $100 now. Crazy.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Huh, I think this is the version we had. I had no idea it wasn't an "Atari" by brand anyway. I need to dig through my building, find my Atari and see if it has the Atari brand on it.

Either way, it was the hit of Christmas 1981!

Chris

[Godzilla]

Yup we had a Sears. I loved it like no other game system. The fake wood on the console fit the fake wood paneling in our family room all too well.

[Bocasean]

I didn't realize how much the games cost back then. $30 in 1978 is like over $100 now. Crazy.

I remember when my dad bought me Super Challenge Football at Kaybee in the early 80s and it was $37, which seemed pretty expensive to a little kid. The prices seemed to stick all the way through the Sega Genesis in the early 90s, too.

[jwyblejr]

I had the Sears version of Intellivision. They were ahead on Mattel on that by having the controllers be removable.

[Bruce Banner]

We were an Intellivision house. And then ColecoVision. And then the great video game industry crash happened.

[HardyGirl]

Hey, I have a Tele-Games storage unit. I'm looking at it right now. And I still have an Atari 2600, but I sold my wood grain version, for the sleeker 1987 version in the 80s.

[DavidCoppola]

I still have my Colecovision. :-)

[Figuremod73]

I had the Sears version of Intellivision. They were ahead on Mattel on that by having the controllers be removable.

When I saw the thread title, the Sears version of the Intellivision is what I thought of. I remember still playing it even after I got a NES and was kinda sad the day it stopped working around 1990. I think it was the powersupply.

[Figuremod73]

We were an Intellivision house. And then ColecoVision. And then the great video game industry crash happened.

I still get excited, play, and like to talk about the older systems and computers but have little interest in the newer ones (after the playstation 2) and they could quit making them tomorrow and I wouldnt notice. Around '83 anyone who could afford it moved on to micro computers. I still think the Atari 5200 played as much of a part of the crash as bad software.

[Werewolf]

And I still have an Atari 2600, but I sold my wood grain version, for the sleeker 1987 version in the 80s.

The Atari Jr! That's the one I have. Nice little system.

[dumbldor]

I remember the wood grain, but I thought it came with Asteroids. I don't remember Target Fun. I wonder if they changed the freebie cartridge over time.