Atari 2600

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*[[Strong Bad's Room Main Page]] — [[Strong Bad's Room]] has an Atari 2600 system.
*[[Strong Bad's Room Main Page]] — [[Strong Bad's Room]] has an Atari 2600 system.
*[[Main Page 13]] — Its icon is an Atari 2600 controller.
*[[Main Page 13]] — Its icon is an Atari 2600 controller.
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*[[Puppet Time]] — An Atari 2600 system is the last item Homestar steals.
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*[[Puppet Time]] — An Atari 2600 system is the last item Homestar steals from Strong Bad.
*[[Experimental Film]] — Homestar plays on the [[ATM]] with an Atari 2600 joystick.
*[[Experimental Film]] — Homestar plays on the [[ATM]] with an Atari 2600 joystick.
*[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] — What appears to be an Atari 2600 system is visible on the [[Telebision|TV]] during the taped head scene.
*[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] — What appears to be an Atari 2600 system is visible on the [[Telebision|TV]] during the taped head scene.

Revision as of 08:03, 22 October 2007

Homestar's Atari debut

The Atari 2600 is an old video game system and a running gag in the Homestar Runner body of work, with Atari characters, games and controllers appearing often. Quite possibly the simplest video game system of all time, the Atari 2600's single button, single joystick controller conveys the feeling of a simpler, easier time. It featured games such as Asteroids, PONG, and Missile Command.

Contents

Characters

Graphics

The graphics of the Atari 2600 are extremely pixelated and low-tech. Atari graphics appear in the following toons.

System and Controller

Real-life Homestar Runner computer magic

The Atari 2600 is blocky and black, and the controller is similar with a joystick and button. They have occassionally made appearances in various toons.

Games

The following games are modeled after the Atari 2600 games of old.

Also, the Videlectrix game catalog is presented as stacks of Atari 2600 games.

See Also

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