This evening I’ve been working on organizing some of my Atari 2600 cartridges:
Old shoe boxes sure do make for great vintage Atari 2600 game storage.
I still have a lot of games to go through and clean. 30 years of muck doesn’t allow for good game play 
I think sometime tomorrow I’ll review Activision’s Pitfall, River Raid or maybe Kaboom! I’m not sure yet.
Say what you want about the flickering graphics and the blocky, goofy-looking monsters, Wizard of Wor delivers some serious maze-shooting action. You can even play simultaneously with a friend!
The object is to exterminate all the monsters in each dungeon. The maze changes in terms of layout and color as you progress, and a scanner on the bottom of the screen helps you track invisible monsters!
There can be up to six creatures crawling around the dungeon at a time and some can even shoot at you! There are two escape doors on either side of the screen, like Pac-Man.
After clearing out the normal monsters, a winged beast called a “Worluk” flies towards an escape door, and you can blast him for bonus points.
Next you engage the Wizard of Wor himself. This guy teleports all over the place, usually vanishing before you get a chance to pump lead into him.
Sometimes it takes a lucky shot to nail him, so keep shooting. Wizard of Wor plays much better than it looks.
For best results, set the difficulty to A, and don’t forget to use the right joystick for the single-player game.
Earlier this morning I posted about the Atari 2600 VCS (Video Computer System) and that I’d be starting to post about the hardware, hacks, game reviews, photos and much more.
Well this evening I broke out a big bag (out of many bags) that hold classic Atari 2600 cartridges, a couple instruction manuals and took the following picture:
In the above photograph, you will probably notice a few titles that were later released on systems like the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo (SNES), etc.
Some of the game titles in this display of classic games: Jungle Hunt, Pitfall, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, River Raid, Joust, Yars’ Revenge, Video Pinball and a lot more.
A little nugget of Atari 2600 gaming trivia: Space Invaders for the 2600 was the first home license of a coin-op video game.
As promised, in the coming days I’ll be doing some playing and reviewing of these classic games. Stay tuned.
In closing, if any of my readers have an Atari 2600, use to own one, or know someone who owns one, etc., let me know as it would be great to get some good conversations going about this vintage gaming console.
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I’ve got some really great retro gaming news to share with the Recycled Gaming community… in the coming days I’ll start to have all sorts of Atari 2600 console information, game reviews, hardware hacks, etc.
Thanks to a family member, a few local thrift stores, garage sales and my storage unit, I’ve blown the dust off a 100% working Atari 2600, complete with working joysticks, paddles and games.
Here’s a little sneak peak of the Atari 2600 game titles I’ll be playing and reviewing in the next few days:
I’ve got a ton more titles to play and review, however like I said, this is just a sneak peak post.
Before you ask, indeed actual Atari 2600 console system and cartridge pictures are coming soon as well.
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The Recycled Gaming website is about the classics… basically video games and console systems that came out around the early 1980’s to the late 1990’s for the most part.
However, my gaming roots go back much further. As of this post, I’m 36 years old and started gaming at a very early age. My first system was the Atari 2600.
Anyway, this evening I was poking around YouTube and came across this 2 minute and 26 second video that covers video games from early 1972 to late 2007.
As you can see from watching this video, there is a ton of classic video game history covered. Systems like the Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis and plenty more.
Even PC gaming is covered. Most would freak out about that but games like Wolfenstein 3D, King’s Quest, Quake and Battle Chess are the roots behind games like GoldenEye 007, Super Smash Brothers and the entire Mario franchise.
I hope you enjoyed this video as much as I did. I love the classics and if you’re reading this, I’m sure you do too. Thanks for stopping by and please come back soon.