View Full Version : 2600 console & Serial numbers
men-a-vision
06-30-2010, 02:29 PM
Does anyone know if on the first day of release of atari 2600,if they put serial numbers pressed in to the backs of systems 1-1000?I seem to remember a video done on the making of Atari and on the first day of release they numbered the first thousand in this way,The Ceo of Atari got the first atari or #1 and the other 999 were sold to Atari emplyees,The reason i ask is i have a heavy 6er with the number 480 factory pressed into the back with no serial numbers inside or out,And the warranty card has the number 480 stamp on it.
Rob2600
06-30-2010, 09:24 PM
If you have the box, you should sell it for $31,600.
men-a-vision
07-01-2010, 04:51 PM
I was hopping to find out more about it,Maybe another one like it,An old video still around or something.
ScottK
07-01-2010, 05:04 PM
weird. i never thought atari had anywhere close to 1,000 employees at anytime in it's life.
men-a-vision
07-01-2010, 05:08 PM
I have a 2600 with the numbers 480 factory pressed into the back of the system,And the number 480 stamped on the warranty card,No serial numbers inside or outside,Is this rare?Its made in california,board was replaced to the two channel,in California.
men-a-vision
07-01-2010, 05:18 PM
Who knows,all i know is the emploees got first dibs,on the first day of release,Can you tell me more about the number on the machine,I have asked many forams and no one seems to know about the number,could it be the serial number?I didnt think to much about it untill the number matched on the warranty card.
Enigmus
07-01-2010, 05:19 PM
That's a first-run Atari VCS from 1977. The first production run had the numbers 1-1000, the first being owned by Atari's CEO at the time.
EDIT: Wait a moment, did you just post twice asking about the Atari VCS serial numbers now?
men-a-vision
07-01-2010, 05:24 PM
I posted about the serial numbers yesterday,Im trying to find out more info on the system.
Arcade Antics
07-01-2010, 05:37 PM
I posted about the serial numbers yesterday,Im trying to find out more info on the system.
*merge*
MASTERWEEDO
07-01-2010, 08:03 PM
So the original production run was only 1000 consoles?
garagesaleking!!
07-02-2010, 02:16 AM
this thread is going nowhere haha
Night Driver
07-03-2010, 01:08 PM
Without the original S/N sticker, it's difficult to say much about your console. And even with one, dating an H6er is still mostly guesswork.
H6 Serial # List at AA (http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/76656-the-official-heavy-sixer-serial-%23-list/)
The 480 stamped into the casing is probably a date code. April, 1980.