"Old Knick" <Old Knick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:33:34 +0400 (MET DST), "Edward S. Baiz Jr."
> <edbaizjr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>>The Atari 2600, known in the 70s as the Atari VCS ~ Video Computer
>>>System, is 30 years as of October 2007. it's birthday was actually
>>>at the start of this month, but I didn't realize it until just now.
>>>it's incredible knowing that the videogame console industry is over 30
>>>years old.
>>
>>Yes it is great, but the really incredible thing is that I paid over
$300
>>for
>>the system. That was a really hefty price for back then. But, it really
>>was
>>worth it. I still have mine and it works.
>
> Really,,,,
> I remeber I paid $189 at Toys R Us but it had been out for awhile and
> the year was 1978.
First I heard of a 2600 was in a Tepe's catalog which listed it at $299.
I
think the catalog was out before the system was officially released so I
don't know for sure if it actually sold for that price at the very
beginning. The regular old selling price for a long time was $199 and
that
was the target price I was saving up for. By the time I hit $150, Toys R
Us
put it on sale for $150...I was very happy to get it early.
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