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Message: [QUOTE="NeonKnights, post: 403789, member: 16252"] Yes, but only as an unwilling downgrade from the NES back in the 80s. It started with only the NES and eventually we had both an NES and a used Atari 5200. I remember Winter Games was one of the better games we had for the 5200. A game I eschewed playing in favor of TMNT on NES. At some point the second NES was packed away or was sold idk which. Eventually we moved in with extended family who's only consoles were the 2600 and the 7800. Going from the NES to these 70s games felt like a hated downgrade at the time. I remember having dreams about playing the Gameboy I didn't yet own if that gives some idea of my childhood opinion of these consoles. There were a few 2600 and even fewer 7800 games I liked for these consoles. As that was the proportion of games I had access to. Most of these were arcade type games, though for someone who's first games were arcade games like Star Wars and Tron, they weren't anything to write home about. Joust was one of the better 2600 games I remember playing. Many of these weren't the well known titles but the shovelware of yesteryear. Now I know about many of the better games for these consoles. However I didn't have access to those at the time. No Adventure or Yars' Revenge. I did get to play E.T. though. I think this experience made the Sega Genesis we got a few years later even more mind blowing at that time. Now the only Atari consoles I own are a 2600 Jr. and the 5200 I got for free. I can appreciate them a lot more as well. [/QUOTE]

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