By today’s standards, the Atari 2600 is downright primitive. There’s no fan and no CD-ROM drive to get gummed up or out-of-sync. Just a board, a cord, black plastic and faux-wood panelling.
Ah yes, those were the days.
Other teardowns featured this week include the Magnavox Odyssey 100 and the RCA Studio II.
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Atari 2600 Teardown [iFixit]
Michael Barnes
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 9:05 AMReminds me of when I opened my first NES and I was like “Is that really all thats in there?”
James
Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 2:01 AMWell, This is actually a common 4-2 switch model. I would like to see a teardown of the heavy 6-er.