My Telegames sixer still works like new and I play it quite often. I don't care how old it is, many of those games are still excellent and retain their replay value to this day. Berzerk and Star Trek are the two that most often grace my screen. The Atari will never die.
@MattTheSaiyan It was completely legit. As the other poster stated, Sears would sell items like this under their own brand name. Atari was happy to have them as a dealer.
@Membrane556 Sears had their own brand on everything until the 80s when their electronics/appliance department was named "Brand Central" and they started carrying regular items. Sanyo made the first Sears Beta VCRs, and Hitachi made most of the Sears-branded CED videodisc players.
Sears sold EVERYTHING under their own name too, besides just this. Their VCRs and TVs at the time were made by Sanyo, but they just said "Sears" on them. By the late 80s they started selling everything the way it was made, and called their electronics and appliance departments "Brand Central."
Definitely was legit. All the Sears stores had them with similar names to the Atari release. Sears did this with a lot of other products too. I remember a football game by Coleco called Eletronic Quarterback which Sears sold as Electronic Touchdown.
Seems nutty. When the Atari VCS finally became successful with Space Invaders, how many people went to Sears to buy games for something called the Sears Tele-Games Video Arcade? I didn't. I went to JC Penney.
It is not a rebranded 2600. Atari licensed the 2600 to Sears BEFORE they released it themselves. The hardware is the exact same but Sears released it first.
The reason why Sears in those days didn't sell name brands was because they bought everything from the manufacturer without a manufacturer warranty and put their Sears brand name on it, so they could get it cheaper from the manufacturer and if you needed a repair you had to take it to Sears for repair. I use to be a consumer electronic repairman. The video game system is Atari, but Sears just stripped the name off, like they did everything.
The Tele-Games is not properly an Atari clone, its an actual Atari with Sears labeling. For the first two years of mfg, the Sears labeled Ataris are what sold, and today by far the easiest to find. I found two of the first-year models (laden with lead shielding, made in Sunnyvale) randomly at thrift stores. Don't spend much for a Sears labeled Atari on ebay! It's the early Atari labeled ones that are rare.
In the Tele-Games aisle at sears, one week after product launch. Employee: Uh, hey, boss. We got a whole load of brand new Sears Tele-Games cartridges. Boss: Just put 'em straight in the dollar bin.
Outer Space is one of the coolest sounding 2600 games. It's the only game being played in this commercial...you can see the sound effects matching one of the center TVs. Great game, especially for a 1977 release.
@DoubutsuNoMoriFan No, it's not a ripoff. It's actually a real Atari 2600. Sears and Atari had a dealing partnership (as Sears also had a partnership with Mattel for the Intellivision and called that the "Super Video Arcade"). The Atari was re-labeled the "Video Arcade".
@Hot80s I remember seeing some on eBay a few years back and thinking of them as uncool compared to the original 2600. Overtime, I think I've started developing a slight preference for the Sears model. The chrome/wood is so charming!
I'm playing Atari 2600 right now and thought that I'd look on you tube and post something. As a kid I had the Atari 2600 with 4 front buttons my buddy Bill had the 6 button Atari and Monty had the Sears Tele-Games System I remember us all trying to get different games so we could trade around... :-) Good times I love these old commercials
"Over 150 video games" my eye! Remember how the Space Invaders cart alone had "112" video games? I should march right down to my local Sears and...oh wait, they shut that down ages ago. I guess sometimes karma really works after all.
Ahh, the Sears Telegames Heavy Sixer model. Just found one of these last night for 20 bucks on eBay.. I'm guessing the guy probably didn't know what he had usually goes for about 150 bucks. He even threw in 4 games, the AC and two controllers
It wasn't really a clone. It was a straight-up Atari 2600 but with Sears branding. The intent wasn't to deceive or steal money from Atari; it was an agreement between Atari and Sears, and, in fact, having the Sears name on it gave the console a big push in those early days.
Kristie Ann Webb Yeah, this was when games were considered a toy/trend like slinky, rubiks cube, cabbage patch kids, He Man, etc. Sears wanted in and they helped Atari by giving them a hand. I have both an Atari VCS and a Sears TeleGames and the only difference is the controller port locations, the wood finish and the difficulty switches. Nothing else, they're both Atari 2600's.
I owned this one. I didn't notice at first only being 4 years old at the time but it did have some off generic look to it compared to the Atari version. I wish I would've kept it.
Atari made it, guys. The only way Sears would allow Ataris be sold in their stores is if they had their own store label. All these are are Atari 2600s with a facelift.
I remember the Sears boxes were black, and sometimes featured black-and-white versions of the original Atari box art. The game system itself was the older configuration with the skill switches in front instead of along the top. Their Intellivision clone had straight instead of curly cords on their controllers.
What were the first and 2nd best systems in 1977? Intellivision hadn't even come out yet! The flickering of course is to compensate for the Atari's inability to keep several moving objects on the screen at once, so it just put each one up for one field where there were a lot- Pac-Man being the most famous example where only one ghost was on screen at a time.
I remember the second version of the Atart 2600 (4 switches on console instead of 6) ran for $99.00. I would say this was circa 1980. I think Crazy Eddie sold the original console for $129.00 or $139.00
@ezelite The 2600 did have one costume chip the TIA-1A video chip. Sears tele-games were an OEM rebranded 2600 vs a clone. Atari had a deal with Sears it was common for the company to sell rebranded products. RCA and Sanyo made the Sears banded TVs
You ever seen a 1080p CRT TV set? I have one, and trust me, you wouldn't want to get rid of it. Graphics artists (and I'm talking real pro's) still proof their work on HD CRT's because of higher brightness, stronger color, and the fact that a CRT is still the only standard that can deliver a perfect circle. In reality, the only thing an LCD or Plasma has over an HD CRT set is that it weighs a lot less and takes up less space... and the fact that you can't really buy HD CRT sets anymore.
@@SumDumGy Yeah, amazing to think it wasn't a sure thing when it came out but just another home system that might be around for a couple years. The guy at Warner who told Atari, "Get Space Invaders at any cost" earned his pay and bonus.
@cymrutroll There was an Empire Strikes Back game around 1982, and in 1984 there was a version of 1983's Star Wars arcade game for the system (which is ridiculously easy- I played it for several hours before quitting!)
I have the six switch and the four switch of these, looking for the 5600 version now. They are a lot more cheaply made and lighter than the original 2600s.
5600?? I've never heard of such a thing. I have the Heavy Sixer, Light Sixer Sunnyvale model, standard Light Sixer and the Four Switch. The only other model I'm aware of existing is the later Japanese release of the Sears Video Game System II.
The Video Arcade II wasn't a 7800, even though it looks like one. Rather, it was actually the American release of the Atari 2800, which was the Japanese 2600.
@Membrane556 NES was pre 1997 (circa 1985-1994) but if it died years ago it probably put in a good life. My PS2 bought in 2002 still works but my cousin's PS2 bought at the same time gave up the ghost about 2007. And yes, my 2600 was still working in 2007 or so, at about 26 years old :)
I like how they come up with the 150 games so far... They are counting all the variations of each cartridge as a game. In 77 there were only a hand full of games out. If you include all the variations of every atari 2600 game out there, there is probably 30k or more games!
Why there is definitely NOT 112 games on the SI cart, there are some really cool variations that add a lot to the re-playability of it. Moving bases, controllable bullets and 2 player (at the same time) game play really add to the game. SI without options gets boring quick. With only 4k to work with (initially) it was probably for the best that they didn't put multiple games on the same cart. How many good games can fit in 4k? FTR 16k is the largest single game made for the 2600
Officially the Atari VCS 2600. Atari made the Tele-Games version for Sears so they would allow Atari to sell their products. Both versions have the Heavy 1977 models though.
@gtq838 I am an electrical engineer that has written simulators for various hardware. I really don't care to argue this. You can believe what you want, I don't make a mission to educate people who are convinced they are right even when they are wrong.
@Hiraghm No, it's always trivial. What MIGHT be difficult is simulating it in real time and that's a real rarity today for an 8 bit processor when you have a 64 bit processor, with memory running at over 1Ghz, with the chip speed at over 3 Ghz to do the simulation. Some of these old systems you could nearly emulate with SPICE.
This was from a time when you could straight swagger jack someone else's product and put a different name on it. Ahh the good old days. I'd like yo see them sell a MyPod today.
@s408c which one was made with higher quality and in which ways? Did this factory produce both the cartridges and the systems? They both seem exactly alike to me, so Im just curious.
Heh, back in the day I used to turn up my nose at people who had the Sears consoles instead of the real brand name ones. Even though it was exactly the same! Although I don't think the Sears Tele-Games machine had as swank wood paneling as the original 6 switch 2600.
@MattTheSaiyan "No amount of software emulation can re-create the feel of the original controllers for a system." What - those much plastic cheap controllers that always broke, that you replaced regularly or the controllers that were around $10 that weren't made by Atari that lasted a lifetime?
@Drzdog You realize those "shitty Sears games" are actually rebranded Atari 2600 games, right? You understand that Sears had a license from Atari to rebrand 2600 systems and cartridges with the "Telegames" label and sell them in Sears stores, no? And that they also had an agreement with Mattel to do the same thing with the Intellivision? Oh, I guess you don't. There's no excuse either, seeing as you're 41, old enough that you should know these things.
@gtq838 "the very best an emulator can do is perfectly match the original," First of all, emulators DO duplicate the hard, exactly. It's pretty simple timing in the system. Most games are "arcade perfect." Second of all, you can enhance the originals by scaling the images to a higher resolution.
@GarthMcCreery Mine the cartridge slot broke that's all but I was still a dumb kid at the time so it ended up in a box in the attic which was not good for it. l eventually resurrected it with a repair kit and a parts one I found at a yard sale.
@fuzzywzhe No, it's not "trivial". It can be done, but it's not "trivial" Even today the Amiga emulators can't duplicate EXACTLY the draggable screens of the original Amigas. (of course, Amiga wasn't 8-bit) Yes, old 8-bit systems can be emulated. But it's not always "trivial".
And for 1977, this wall of TVs is truly impressive !!
My Telegames sixer still works like new and I play it quite often. I don't care how old it is, many of those games are still excellent and retain their replay value to this day. Berzerk and Star Trek are the two that most often grace my screen.
The Atari will never die.
I love the sound of the cartridge going into the system!
Same!
Gun clip 😆
@MattTheSaiyan It was completely legit. As the other poster stated, Sears would sell items like this under their own brand name. Atari was happy to have them as a dealer.
I still have this. My Mom worked at Sears and bought it there!
Actually this TeleGames version was fully licensed (and even developed) by Atari...
Thanks for posting
No, it was exactly the same thing but was renamed because Sears always used to sell stuff that was under their name.
@Membrane556 Sears had their own brand on everything until the 80s when their electronics/appliance department was named "Brand Central" and they started carrying regular items. Sanyo made the first Sears Beta VCRs, and Hitachi made most of the Sears-branded CED videodisc players.
Sears sold EVERYTHING under their own name too, besides just this. Their VCRs and TVs at the time were made by Sanyo, but they just said "Sears" on them. By the late 80s they started selling everything the way it was made, and called their electronics and appliance departments "Brand Central."
Definitely was legit. All the Sears stores had them with similar names to the Atari release. Sears did this with a lot of other products too. I remember a football game by Coleco called Eletronic Quarterback which Sears sold as Electronic Touchdown.
Seems nutty. When the Atari VCS finally became successful with Space Invaders, how many people went to Sears to buy games for something called the Sears Tele-Games Video Arcade? I didn't. I went to JC Penney.
Is not a clone, it is just a rebranded Atari 2600
It is not a rebranded 2600. Atari licensed the 2600 to Sears BEFORE they released it themselves. The hardware is the exact same but Sears released it first.
The reason why Sears in those days didn't sell name brands was because they bought everything from the manufacturer without a manufacturer warranty and put their Sears brand name on it, so they could get it cheaper from the manufacturer and if you needed a repair you had to take it to Sears for repair. I use to be a consumer electronic repairman. The video game system is Atari, but Sears just stripped the name off, like they did everything.
@@JENDALL714 Did they have permission from the companies to do that?
@@elwoodjacobs4353 Long answer: Yes.
The Tele-Games is not properly an Atari clone, its an actual Atari with Sears labeling. For the first two years of mfg, the Sears labeled Ataris are what sold, and today by far the easiest to find. I found two of the first-year models (laden with lead shielding, made in Sunnyvale) randomly at thrift stores. Don't spend much for a Sears labeled Atari on ebay! It's the early Atari labeled ones that are rare.
In the Tele-Games aisle at sears, one week after product launch.
Employee: Uh, hey, boss. We got a whole load of brand new Sears Tele-Games cartridges.
Boss: Just put 'em straight in the dollar bin.
We gotta get this!!!
The name is misleading, says 2600 'clone', but it wasn't a clone, it was made by Atari. It just had a different name on it.
they had a joint venture
Now on Ebay for over $300 if kept unopened in the original box.
Sears - I still love you and buy all my tools, appliances and hardware from you and you alone. Please don't die on me!
@123stephenno this is an EXACT Atari 2600 clone. not even a clone. just an Atari 2600 with a sears label.
this is the sears heavy sixer
very cool
My Atari is stored where my dog can't even get to it.
November 25, 1977.
Outer Space is one of the coolest sounding 2600 games. It's the only game being played in this commercial...you can see the sound effects matching one of the center TVs.
Great game, especially for a 1977 release.
this is a great commercial!!!!!!!!
Order it from the catalog!
@DoubutsuNoMoriFan No, it's not a ripoff. It's actually a real Atari 2600. Sears and Atari had a dealing partnership (as Sears also had a partnership with Mattel for the Intellivision and called that the "Super Video Arcade"). The Atari was re-labeled the "Video Arcade".
@Hot80s I remember seeing some on eBay a few years back and thinking of them as uncool compared to the original 2600. Overtime, I think I've started developing a slight preference for the Sears model. The chrome/wood is so charming!
But you can get more cartridges or discs that have Call of Duty, Star Wars, New Vegas, Mario Kart...
Over 9,000 video games so far.
Yes, it is exactly the same thing as the 2600.
I think we had one, and have fun with so many games.
I'm playing Atari 2600 right now and thought that I'd look on you tube and post something. As a kid I had the Atari 2600 with 4 front buttons my buddy Bill had the 6 button Atari and Monty had the Sears Tele-Games System I remember us all trying to get different games so we could trade around... :-) Good times I love these old commercials
@almightyseancore Pong was one of many variations for the 2600 called Video Olympics.
"Over 150 video games" my eye! Remember how the Space Invaders cart alone had "112" video games? I should march right down to my local Sears and...oh wait, they shut that down ages ago. I guess sometimes karma really works after all.
It's not a clone but a rebrand.
i cant wait 4 it 2 come out im never goin 2 go outside again :) lol
Ahh, the Sears Telegames Heavy Sixer model. Just found one of these last night for 20 bucks on eBay.. I'm guessing the guy probably didn't know what he had usually goes for about 150 bucks. He even threw in 4 games, the AC and two controllers
Lodmot Nice
Man. They had console clones back in the 1970s? Weird. 😳
It wasn't really a clone. It was a straight-up Atari 2600 but with Sears branding. The intent wasn't to deceive or steal money from Atari; it was an agreement between Atari and Sears, and, in fact, having the Sears name on it gave the console a big push in those early days.
Kristie Ann Webb this was back before licensing games and consoles was a thing.
Kristie Ann Webb Yeah, this was when games were considered a toy/trend like slinky, rubiks cube, cabbage patch kids, He Man, etc. Sears wanted in and they helped Atari by giving them a hand. I have both an Atari VCS and a Sears TeleGames and the only difference is the controller port locations, the wood finish and the difficulty switches. Nothing else, they're both Atari 2600's.
Those days Sears only carried their own brands.
Atari stimulusly diffused their console to Sears.
@1989kirby Did you try ordering from the catalog?
$199.99 in 1977 $ translates to roughly $500 in 2007 $. Isn't inflation great?!
I cant wait for this to come out! Oh wait... what year was it now?
sears had some great products.I got a sears black and white tube televison set.still in exllent conditon.and has never been turned on in over 40 years
I owned this one. I didn't notice at first only being 4 years old at the time but it did have some off generic look to it compared to the Atari version. I wish I would've kept it.
Chiclito Adams i remember when some people would make fun of it cause it looked more nothing but a knock of of the Atari 2600.
Atari made it, guys. The only way Sears would allow Ataris be sold in their stores is if they had their own store label. All these are are Atari 2600s with a facelift.
Tim Walden That’s right. The Sears Video Arcade is just as much an Atari VCS as the Darth Vader model or the 2600 Jr.
I WANT A TANK GAME AND A SPAYETH WAWR GAMMME!!!
I remember the Sears boxes were black, and sometimes featured black-and-white versions of the original Atari box art. The game system itself was the older configuration with the skill switches in front instead of along the top. Their Intellivision clone had straight instead of curly cords on their controllers.
Exactly. In fact, the 7800 case is only a slightly modified 2800/Video Arcade II case.
@tangypanda No kidding. I'll die before my 2600 will. I think my Atari 2600 will withstand a thermonuclear war.
What were the first and 2nd best systems in 1977? Intellivision hadn't even come out yet!
The flickering of course is to compensate for the Atari's inability to keep several moving objects on the screen at once, so it just put each one up for one field where there were a lot- Pac-Man being the most famous example where only one ghost was on screen at a time.
now try to find a sears thats not out of business
raccoon681 Eesh, that's true
mine isn't, and it's still up and running :)
I remember the second version of the Atart 2600 (4 switches on console instead of 6) ran for $99.00. I would say this was circa 1980. I think Crazy Eddie sold the original console for $129.00 or $139.00
Four Switch is technically the third version.
@s408c I live in Sunnyvale - where was Atari's Office? Cross street would be fine to know, I doubt the building is still there.
i want one! but when i went to sears they were out of stock
@bestamerica The early system I have was made in California!
wow 26x times a different game and all look the.....same?
@ezelite
The 2600 did have one costume chip the TIA-1A video chip.
Sears tele-games were an OEM rebranded 2600 vs a clone.
Atari had a deal with Sears it was common for the company to sell rebranded products.
RCA and Sanyo made the Sears banded TVs
WOW! that's awesome! lol
You ever seen a 1080p CRT TV set? I have one, and trust me, you wouldn't want to get rid of it. Graphics artists (and I'm talking real pro's) still proof their work on HD CRT's because of higher brightness, stronger color, and the fact that a CRT is still the only standard that can deliver a perfect circle.
In reality, the only thing an LCD or Plasma has over an HD CRT set is that it weighs a lot less and takes up less space... and the fact that you can't really buy HD CRT sets anymore.
Yup, come to think of it I still have what might be a re-branded AM/FM stereo system that carries Sears' "Series LXI" label. Still works too.
So was that guy the architect? This must have been the first matrix! ;b
wow i remember this comercial
They did not even make it look different like they did with the Sear Intellivision which was called Sear Super Video Arcade.
Atari made these for Sears so that Atari could sell consoles in their stores. They are made the way Sears wanted them.
The woodgrain pattern on the front was different.
@@SumDumGy Yeah, amazing to think it wasn't a sure thing when it came out but just another home system that might be around for a couple years. The guy at Warner who told Atari, "Get Space Invaders at any cost" earned his pay and bonus.
@cymrutroll There was an Empire Strikes Back game around 1982, and in 1984 there was a version of 1983's Star Wars arcade game for the system (which is ridiculously easy- I played it for several hours before quitting!)
I have the six switch and the four switch of these, looking for the 5600 version now. They are a lot more cheaply made and lighter than the original 2600s.
5600?? I've never heard of such a thing. I have the Heavy Sixer, Light Sixer Sunnyvale model, standard Light Sixer and the Four Switch. The only other model I'm aware of existing is the later Japanese release of the Sears Video Game System II.
Do you think Sears could've sold the ColecoVision as the "Pro Video Arcade" to boost sales of the CV?
The Video Arcade II wasn't a 7800, even though it looks like one. Rather, it was actually the American release of the Atari 2800, which was the Japanese 2600.
@Membrane556 NES was pre 1997 (circa 1985-1994) but if it died years ago it probably put in a good life.
My PS2 bought in 2002 still works but my cousin's PS2 bought at the same time gave up the ghost about 2007.
And yes, my 2600 was still working in 2007 or so, at about 26 years old :)
At your local sears and robuck store.
Best system of 1977. Fairchild Channel F was 2nd, PONG systems were 3rd, and RCA S--tdio II was 4th.
I like how they come up with the 150 games so far... They are counting all the variations of each cartridge as a game. In 77 there were only a hand full of games out. If you include all the variations of every atari 2600 game out there, there is probably 30k or more games!
My Sears 360 Elite kicks ass.
I bought one of these at a garage sale today!
Why there is definitely NOT 112 games on the SI cart, there are some really cool variations that add a lot to the re-playability of it. Moving bases, controllable bullets and 2 player (at the same time) game play really add to the game. SI without options gets boring quick. With only 4k to work with (initially) it was probably for the best that they didn't put multiple games on the same cart. How many good games can fit in 4k? FTR 16k is the largest single game made for the 2600
can anybody tell me what came first .. the sears 2600.or the woody 6 switch atari
Officially the Atari VCS 2600. Atari made the Tele-Games version for Sears so they would allow Atari to sell their products. Both versions have the Heavy 1977 models though.
Ah, the good old days of video games, when simplicity ruled.
@gtq838 I am an electrical engineer that has written simulators for various hardware. I really don't care to argue this. You can believe what you want, I don't make a mission to educate people who are convinced they are right even when they are wrong.
@Hiraghm No, it's always trivial.
What MIGHT be difficult is simulating it in real time and that's a real rarity today for an 8 bit processor when you have a 64 bit processor, with memory running at over 1Ghz, with the chip speed at over 3 Ghz to do the simulation.
Some of these old systems you could nearly emulate with SPICE.
I was lucky enough to pick up a four switch for like $16 a while back, works great!! ASTEROIDS, word
Tele-Games were made for Sears by Atari, they are not an Atari clone.
This was from a time when you could straight swagger jack someone else's product and put a different name on it. Ahh the good old days. I'd like yo see them sell a MyPod today.
Except that's not what happened. Atari made the units specifically for Sears.
@tangypanda No, it didn't red-ring, but the power supply eventually overheated and crapped out.
@s408c which one was made with higher quality and in which ways? Did this factory produce both the cartridges and the systems?
They both seem exactly alike to me, so Im just curious.
They changed the names of the Atari cartridges for no good reason, other than because they could.
Theres were that many games in 1977? I didn't think there were that many.
I think it would be cool to play those games on televisions that were 10 down and 16 across.
I was just thinking they probably spent $100000 dollars on that wall of TVs and Ataris.
Heh, back in the day I used to turn up my nose at people who had the Sears consoles instead of the real brand name ones. Even though it was exactly the same! Although I don't think the Sears Tele-Games machine had as swank wood paneling as the original 6 switch 2600.
@ptd1965 It's usaully just Woolworth or Woolworth's (or F. W. Woolworth & Co. if you had to go that far). I remember that place as well.
The very first video from The Media Hoarder
holy vaporwave album cover batman!
I have the game console and 12 games, in the original boxes.
How to make video games sound as exciting as bookkeeping.
@MattTheSaiyan "No amount of software emulation can re-create the feel of the original controllers for a system."
What - those much plastic cheap controllers that always broke, that you replaced regularly or the controllers that were around $10 that weren't made by Atari that lasted a lifetime?
@Drzdog You realize those "shitty Sears games" are actually rebranded Atari 2600 games, right? You understand that Sears had a license from Atari to rebrand 2600 systems and cartridges with the "Telegames" label and sell them in Sears stores, no? And that they also had an agreement with Mattel to do the same thing with the Intellivision? Oh, I guess you don't. There's no excuse either, seeing as you're 41, old enough that you should know these things.
@gtq838 It's inane that people want to play on the original hardware.
You're basically saying that the package is more important than the contents.
@Membrane556 sweet. gotta keep the NESs of the world alive =)
I was born in 1992. The date was in an earlier comment now pages deep.
oh now i remember they were made by atari buy distributed by sears so they are going to be about $50 more than the origonal atari 2600 :)
These were the old heavy sixer ataris still built in the Us of a.
Will this thing play atari games? my aunt just gave me one of these
@gtq838 "the very best an emulator can do is perfectly match the original,"
First of all, emulators DO duplicate the hard, exactly. It's pretty simple timing in the system. Most games are "arcade perfect."
Second of all, you can enhance the originals by scaling the images to a higher resolution.
@GarthMcCreery
Mine the cartridge slot broke that's all but I was still a dumb kid at the time so it ended up in a box in the attic which was not good for it.
l eventually resurrected it with a repair kit and a parts one I found at a yard sale.
5 audible + 1 on screen = 6
That's 12 cartridge's per minute.
@fuzzywzhe
No, it's not "trivial". It can be done, but it's not "trivial" Even today the Amiga emulators can't duplicate EXACTLY the draggable screens of the original Amigas. (of course, Amiga wasn't 8-bit)
Yes, old 8-bit systems can be emulated. But it's not always "trivial".