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Yeah, the paddle bundle looks okay, I only have one original paddle left and it's in quite bad condition with lots of jitter and other contact problems so I'm thinking of getting it. Price is €39 over here. That's a Paddlin'!
EDIT:
I've just found that the friggin' LEGO Kit of the Atari 2600 console costs a whooping 100 bucks more than the real thing over here: https://www.amazon.de/LEGO-Bauset-Erwachsene-Geschenk-Belohnungsprojekte/dp/B0BBJM1XDY/ref=sr_1_11?crid=23VAV3XYDITBO&keywords=atari+2600&qid=1700905189&sprefix=,aps,316&sr=8-11&th=1![loco :loco: :loco:](/ubb/graemlins/loco.gif)
I haven't dared it yet to go near the 5200. Played a lot of its games on emu, and yeah, some good stuff there, it's like a 2600 on steroids. Well, maybe not US- or Germany-made high-grade steroids, more like stuff from Africa or China... still a kinda interesting system in terms of vg history, it more or less was the result of a panic reaction by Atari when the IntelliVision and later on ColecoVision came out. The Atari lads were shit scared someone could steal their thunder which in retrospect was totally uncalled for.
The 5200 was practically non-existent over here, save for a few systems that US GIs stationed in Germany brought with them and sold to locals. They do pop up on ebay or local ads once in a blue moon, mostly broken or "untested", for insane asking prices.
Gonna stick to emu for now.
EDIT:
I've just found that the friggin' LEGO Kit of the Atari 2600 console costs a whooping 100 bucks more than the real thing over here: https://www.amazon.de/LEGO-Bauset-Erwachsene-Geschenk-Belohnungsprojekte/dp/B0BBJM1XDY/ref=sr_1_11?crid=23VAV3XYDITBO&keywords=atari+2600&qid=1700905189&sprefix=,aps,316&sr=8-11&th=1
![loco :loco: :loco:](/ubb/graemlins/loco.gif)
The only home Atari console I ever enjoyed was the 5200; they let someone design the controller while high as a fucking kite. Great port of berserk.
I haven't dared it yet to go near the 5200. Played a lot of its games on emu, and yeah, some good stuff there, it's like a 2600 on steroids. Well, maybe not US- or Germany-made high-grade steroids, more like stuff from Africa or China... still a kinda interesting system in terms of vg history, it more or less was the result of a panic reaction by Atari when the IntelliVision and later on ColecoVision came out. The Atari lads were shit scared someone could steal their thunder which in retrospect was totally uncalled for.
The 5200 was practically non-existent over here, save for a few systems that US GIs stationed in Germany brought with them and sold to locals. They do pop up on ebay or local ads once in a blue moon, mostly broken or "untested", for insane asking prices.
Gonna stick to emu for now.