I had one of these as a kid... "Breakout" was the only one that I really liked and played a lot... The trick for it was to keep hammering the ball into either the left or right corner until you broke through to the top and then get the ball into the gap... it would then bounce around like crazy on the top clearing most of the board and then you just needed to finish knocking out the remaining blocks. As I recall (and it's been many, many years so recollection could be faulty) the game only had 2 levels and then you'd end up with just the paddle and ball bouncing around an empty play area after the 2nd clear. We eventually replaced this unit with an Atari 2600 which of course had a LOT more games and the lifelong addiction to video games was set in stone.
As long as the TV has a tuner (most TV's) I generally use these: www.amazon.com/Atari-2600-Coaxial-Female-Adapter-Corpco/dp/B01JESOLZI/ref=sr_1_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1518697433&sr=1-2&keywords=atari+to+rf
I went to Fry’s electronics and was told that even if I can find the adapter, the TV system or something like that is now different and it won’t work. Is that true? Thank you for your prompt response.
Imagine: the Atari 2600 came out only one year later. Of course, the first batch of cartridges for the 2600 (all 2K ROMs) didn't look a lot better than this.
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I’ was a mother of two kids at the time, when my kids were sleeping, my huaband and me used to played a lot. Beautiful moment. Thank you.
The family that games together stays together!
it was the first home console game i've ever played... thank you for the memory
I had one of these as a kid... "Breakout" was the only one that I really liked and played a lot... The trick for it was to keep hammering the ball into either the left or right corner until you broke through to the top and then get the ball into the gap... it would then bounce around like crazy on the top clearing most of the board and then you just needed to finish knocking out the remaining blocks. As I recall (and it's been many, many years so recollection could be faulty) the game only had 2 levels and then you'd end up with just the paddle and ball bouncing around an empty play area after the 2nd clear. We eventually replaced this unit with an Atari 2600 which of course had a LOT more games and the lifelong addiction to video games was set in stone.
That pinball game looks like it's built on the honor system! The flippers cover the entire screen!
sad thing is, this actually looks more fun to play than the 2600 Pinball game
Nice review!
How do I connect the Atari C-380 to modern TV’s? Thank you!
As long as the TV has a tuner (most TV's) I generally use these: www.amazon.com/Atari-2600-Coaxial-Female-Adapter-Corpco/dp/B01JESOLZI/ref=sr_1_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1518697433&sr=1-2&keywords=atari+to+rf
I went to Fry’s electronics and was told that even if I can find the adapter, the TV system or something like that is now different and it won’t work. Is that true? Thank you for your prompt response.
Most modern TV's still have the ability to use old NTSC signals. My ROKU TV from 2016 still plays it fine.
Definitely better than pong
Imagine: the Atari 2600 came out only one year later. Of course, the first batch of cartridges for the 2600 (all 2K ROMs) didn't look a lot better than this.
Nice 🎉
Thanks!
"This game was actually made by Satan" lol
"PINBALL" yep that's what it is...not BREAKOUT nope! PINBAAAAAAAAAL.....
+MaximumRD No breakout to see here.....
+MaximumRD Yep, just like Video Olympics was Hockey, Volleyball, Basketball , etc & not Pong..SURE, ATARI! lol
Dude looks like mike D.
I had this crappy system. Next year Atari 2600 game out and this was 100% dumb and obsolete
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It's like, the newer games are, the easier they are. If the kids of today tried to play this, they would be lost.