I have the first videogame system ever created: Atari Pong

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I recently went over to my grandparents house, and discovered, as the title suggests, the first HOME game console ever. It doesn't have cartriges or other games- it has PONG. I would LOVE to play it again, but ran into two problems:

1) I don't know how to plug it in, or what TV i need to plug it into.

2) I'm missing the power supply.
Update: Not positive, but i'm pretty sure an Atari 2600 AC adapter will do the job, which is easy to buy off ebay.


If anyone can help me, i would LOVE that. Pictures coming soon.

Update: Did some research. Model C-100
 
I'll like to see just what kind of plug it has. This was in the days before RF adapters right?

RE power supply, you can try ebay but I doubt you could even find it there. Time to head back to the grandparent's house to look some more.
 
Not quite

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I doubt i'd find the power supply. Anyway, it has a square box with a weird scre wthing, and two more screw thing. LOL, pictures later

Anyway, i meant HOME cosole. My bad.
 
My Atari 2600 hooked up to the TV with 2 little claw like things, that attached to 2 screws on the back of the TV. Sounds like you need one of those old TVs.
 
[quote name='Dezuria']My Atari 2600 hooked up to the TV with 2 little claw like things, that attached to 2 screws on the back of the TV. Sounds like you need one of those old TVs.[/quote]

Yep, that's it. HOW DO I CONNECT THIS?! PLEASE, WHOEVER YOU ARE, HELP!

Besides, how much could that kind of TV cost?....right?.....
 
I believe those are RF adapters? I also have a PONG console at my parents. It is a classic, and I am not sure if it works or not, but hell, its a collectors item. I would think you could get the connector to take it from RF to coaxial (the screw plug that you plug the cable coax into the tv).
 
[quote name='nakanenui']I believe those are RF adapters? I also have a PONG console at my parents. It is a classic, and I am not sure if it works or not, but hell, its a collectors item. I would think you could get the connector to take it from RF to coaxial (the screw plug that you plug the cable coax into the tv).[/quote]

Lol, i have no idea what you just said. Is there any way to play it on a "now" TV, or do you need an analog like 30 year old TV. I don't understand what you said at all.

[quote name='Psydrogen']Look online for something like this...

http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/TV_sw.htm[/quote]

That kind of power box is already connected to the system, except it has none of those three wires.
 
Check your local thrift stores for a TV like that, slim chances still but you might get lucky. Can't help ya on the power supply subject..
 
[quote name='Dezuria']Check your local thrift stores for a TV like that, slim chances still but you might get lucky. Can't help ya on the power supply subject..[/quote]

Looked on ebay, and judging from the outlet, an Atari 2600 AC adapter, which is easy to get through ebay, will work. Now the question is: TV?
 
[quote name='the_punisher']Looked on ebay, and judging from the outlet, an Atari 2600 AC adapter, which is easy to get through ebay, will work. Now the question is: TV?[/QUOTE]

Not 100% sure but I believe this is your answer...

[quote name='Psydrogen']Look online for something like this...

http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/TV_sw.htm[/QUOTE]

See where it says Antenna and has the arrows pointing in? See the two screws? That's where you hook up the 2 claw things. And then you use the coaxial out to hook it up to your TV.

I think that's how you'd do it.
 
[quote name='Vinny']Not 100% sure but I believe this is your answer...



See where it says Antenna and has the arrows pointing in? See the two screws? That's where you hook up the 2 claw things. And then you use the coaxial out to hook it up to your TV.

I think that's how you'd do it.[/quote]

This is correct and will work for you. I used to have one of those for my 2600 to my parents tv (via coaxial) in the late 1980s when i was a kid, before I got my first NES in the early 90s.
 
[quote name='Vinny']Not 100% sure but I believe this is your answer...



See where it says Antenna and has the arrows pointing in? See the two screws? That's where you hook up the 2 claw things. And then you use the coaxial out to hook it up to your TV.

I think that's how you'd do it.[/quote]

I can't believe I had completely forgotten about the 'claw' type TV connectors. What a trip...
 
Thanks a lot guys. I'll get back to you if it works, which would be awesome. Maybe i could find a couple old Atari consoles for like $10 too.....

And i'll also be playing through Lost Odyssey. Don't want you to think i'm too much into old school :)
 
[quote name='Psydrogen']Look online for something like this...

http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/TV_sw.htm[/quote]

I had been looking for something like that too hook up a 2600 when I found a somewhat simpler, and easier to find, solution. If you look on those converters, the Game/Computer port is pretty much just an RCA jack. Search Google for "RCA female to f-type male". (Example: http://www.computercablestore.com/Video_Adapter_RCA_Female__PID920.aspx) It's just a tiny little adapter. So you stick the converter on the end of the game's cable and plug it right in to a TV with coaxial input, without having to deal with the claws.

I've used these on both a Magnavox Odyssey and an Atari 2600, so I'm pretty sure it would work.
 
[quote name='Vinny']Not 100% sure but I believe this is your answer...



See where it says Antenna and has the arrows pointing in? See the two screws? That's where you hook up the 2 claw things. And then you use the coaxial out to hook it up to your TV.

I think that's how you'd do it.[/quote]

Kind of. The RF cable line is just there to run your cable through the switch, just like the RF switches from the NES, SNES, etc. I don't think the signal ever goes over the cable signal.

The claws are all you need to hook it up to a television that supports it, AFAIK. My parents still have an ancient black and white tv that has the antenna/claw setup. It's crazy.
 
Yes at home pong was the first game system unlawfully like some guy who made a film with a stolen credit card. This went to court and anybody who grewed up during this time will state this was the first real game system.

HOW DO I CONNECT THIS?! PLEASE, WHOEVER YOU ARE,
Click to expand...

LROTF:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Just go to a hardware store like Radio Shack. You also might need a certain model.
This is just so funny.

Odessey
Click to expand...

By logic was the first game system with a real patent thus making it legal and Nintendo was one the people that helped built it. However in Japan Nintendo was already making at home systems of there own. Pong is still the first. Think of it like the PCE.
 
[quote name='Redie']Yes at home pong was the first game system unlawfully like some guy who made a film with a stolen credit card. This went to court and anybody who grewed up during this time will state this was the first real game system.



LROTF:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Just go to a hardware store like Radio Shack. You also might need a certain model.
This is just so funny.



By logic was the first game system with a real patent thus making it legal and Nintendo was one the people that helped built it. However in Japan Nintendo was already making at home systems of there own. Pong is still the first. Think of it like the PCE.[/QUOTE]

Were you drunk when you posted this?
 
[quote name='elprincipe']Were you drunk when you posted this?[/quote]

Reddie's not drunk, he's just a compulsive ass-hat. I realize English may not be his first language, but that doesn't change the fact that he's a dick and a know-it-all. Go ahead and read his post history if you don't believe me...
 
[quote name='Trikip']It annoys me when people think Pong was the first video game system.[/quote]

It annoys me when people think shit like this is worth getting pissy about.
 
[quote name='Yaxley']I had been looking for something like that too hook up a 2600 when I found a somewhat simpler, and easier to find, solution. If you look on those converters, the Game/Computer port is pretty much just an RCA jack. Search Google for "RCA female to f-type male". (Example: http://www.computercablestore.com/Video_Adapter_RCA_Female__PID920.aspx) It's just a tiny little adapter. So you stick the converter on the end of the game's cable and plug it right in to a TV with coaxial input, without having to deal with the claws.

I've used these on both a Magnavox Odyssey and an Atari 2600, so I'm pretty sure it would work.[/quote]
I'm pretty sure that's what I have on my 2600 and Aquarius. Both are boxed up right now so I can't check.
 
[quote name='ChaosEmerald']Technically, the first system was the Odyssey, made by magnavox.[/quote]

But logically and internationally and even on the 70s show pong was the first real at home game system even if it was illeagal in it's own right
 
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