Whats the oldest piece of gaming equipment u own?

[dj2times]

whats the oldest piece of gaming equipment you own?

id have to say mine would be the Odyssey 300 from '79.

can be seen here (large photo):
http://lowscore.net/photos/odyssey.jpg

[Richter Belmount]

like a msx 2?

[segarocks30]

whats the oldest piece of gaming equipment you own?

id have to say mine would be the Odyssey 300 from '79.

can be seen here (large photo):
http://lowscore.net/photos/odyssey.jpg

Hard. Core.

Damn, probably an NES. I really never went Pre NES, but i have played ROMs or Plug N Plays of Atari, Intellivision, Coleco, etc.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Nah, hardcore is an Odyssey no-hundred. ;)

http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/about/room/odyssey.jpg (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11902)

Gonna shimmy this thread over to classic gaming, BTW - probably get more of a response there.

[Pantechnicon]

It's probably my Atari Super Pong model C-140. It dates to 1976.

Although I don't know the age, I also have what is probably the ugliest RF switchbox in the world. I have no idea what system it goes to, but it's definitely really old and decrepit. :shameful:

[jcalder8]

My boxed Intellivision I was pretty excited when I got it

[ryborg]

It's probably my Atari Super Pong model C-140. It dates to 1976.

I have the Sears Super Pong IV unit complete in box with everything. The AC Adaptor is still factory sealed, which shows you how much use that thing got.
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LovelyWendie99 (http://www.lovelywendie99.com/)

[Sweater Fish Deluxe]

I have an original Pong C-100. So 1975.

I used to have a pretty large collection of pong machines, though I've trimmed it down to just a couple these days. I'm always surprised that there's not more people who collect pongs. Many collectors will have one or two that they picked up at a flea market or something, but there seems to be very few people who go out of their way to collect them. I think t pongs are a lot of fun and if I ever go back to collecting video games, I'd definitely re-expand my pong collection. Some of the Odyssey pongs are cool (it's just too bad they're so big and ugly or I would have kept one or two, especially the Odyssey 500) then there's Atari's line including the four player versions Speedway and Video Pinball (I kept the latter for my ocllection, but decided to sell my Speedway IV) and lots of other stuff like the non-pong Coleco Telstar stuff and the weirdo European pongs that took cartridges and stuff. It's an interesting world.


...word is bondage...

[jdc]

I've got nothing worth mentioning....but my brother has a SEALED Colecovision. Bastard.

[Cryomancer]

Nah, hardcore is an Odyssey no-hundred. ;)

http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/about/room/odyssey.jpg (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11902)

Gonna shimmy this thread over to classic gaming, BTW - probably get more of a response there.

Same answer for me.

[mydjsobad]

Does a complete, near-mint set of Nintendo Hanafuda cards from the 60's count? Otherwise I'd have to say my 2600, I haven't started going earlier than that because I wanna focus on my 8 & 16-bit collections.

[retroman]

pong

[poloplayr]

a pacman buttplug.

[keiblerfan69]

Mine would have to be a Sega Genesis.

[tornadostormxl]

SNES :(

[Iron Draggon]

Genesis for me. I sold my Atari 5200 a few years ago now.

[evil_genius]

NES

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

My NES...

[GarrettCRW]

I've got a six-switch 2600.

[50TBRD]

My 82 Vectrex with about 16 games.

[ghostangelofcky]

either my APF TV fun system or my TI-99

[dreamcaster]

Atari 2600 Jr.

[DigitalSpace]

Since I don't own any pre-NES gaming stuff, it's probably something from my NES collection - best guess would be one of the black box carts I own.

[MarioMania]

4 switch Atari 2600

[atomicthumbs]

My Wonder Wizard has the same base and guts as the Odyssey (if that counts for anything).

[CosmicMonkey]

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/4476/dscn13473ok.jpg

It's a Game n' Watch rip off called Play n' Time :)

I have no information on it, and I'd love to know if it's worth anything.

[Juganawt]

I think it'd either be my Acetronic or my Sinclair Zx-80, both I believe were released in 1978.

[Push Upstairs]

a pacman buttplug.

I heard those are rare. Better hold onto that.


The oldest gaming device i own (aside from an NES) would be one of those tabletop "Donkey Kong" games (orange and black and you have to sit under direct light to play it). It used to be my brothers but i somehow aquired it.

[Jumpman Jr.]

I've got about 15 Channel F games (but no console). So I guess the oldest piece of gaming I have would be whichever cart was released first (I'm guessing #1).

[jferio]

1977 Tomy Blip: The Digital Game. Basically a mechanical, portable Pong unit.

[jferio]

1977 Tomy Blip: The Digital Game. Basically a mechanical, portable Pong unit. Still works, although I had to reseat the gears a few years ago. :P

[Ed Oscuro]

Used to have an Astrocade; now it's just the (still pulled apart) Stratovox unit.

I'd be willing to sell that, too.

[Ed Oscuro]

1977 Tomy Blip: The Digital Game. Basically a mechanical, portable Pong unit. Still works, although I had to reseat the gears a few years ago. :P
Oh, God! My ca...er, I mean I have one of these too, and had forgot that. It's in its original box, too.

Dunno, probably my Atari VCS counts as well.

[Jibbajaba]

Well if my Apple ][+ counts, then I guess that, since it is from 1979. Otherwise, I have a light sixer, a Vectrex, a Commodore 64 (again, maybe that doesn't count) and some of the early mattel and coleco handhelds.

Chris

[fergojisan]

Nah, hardcore is an Odyssey no-hundred. ;)

http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/about/room/odyssey.jpg (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11902)

Same answer for me.

Me three, but I have 5 more cats than pictured. And if I let any of my cats that close to my Odyssey, it would be worth about 3 cents. X_x

[dunkoff]

I have a handheld football game that uses small red LEDs as "players". I believe it's from the early '70s

[atari_wizard]

I have an 1977 Atari 2600 Heavy Sixer.

[ROBOTNIK666]

A tie between my Telstar Alpha and my Heavy Sixer 2600 (each '77)

[ROBOTNIK666]

I have a handheld football game that uses small red LEDs as "players". I believe it's from the early '70s

Are you referring to Mattel Electronics Football?

[tom]

Also here, an original 1972 Magnavox Odyssey owner:

http://videogamecollectors.com/gallery/album128

[dunkoff]

I have a handheld football game that uses small red LEDs as "players". I believe it's from the early '70s

Are you referring to Mattel Electronics Football?

hmmm...I don't know atm. I haven't even looked at it in years. Do you know when it is from?

[BydoEmpire]

Either my 2600, which I don't know the exact year of the model, or my Bally Astrocade.

[the 5th ghost]

I have a Fairchild Channel F system with a few games. Still has its original switchbox and works!

[grimbal]

My 1972 Bally Fireball pinball machine

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9306/dcp01300rd.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dcp01300rd.jpg)

The first Bally pinball machine to have the center spinner.

[idrougge]

I don't know if my ABC-80 or ZX-81 count, so it have to be either a VCS or a Philips G7000. Unless one of my "weird European Pongs that takes cartridges" is older than that.

[Guyver03]

Also here, an original 1972 Magnavox Odyssey owner:

http://videogamecollectors.com/gallery/album128

I'm tossing my name in the ring for an original Odyssey also.

But I must say, tom, I'm totally jealous of all the extras you have for it. Nice stuff!

[neuropolitique]

I'm going to guess that it's my MicroVision, 1979.

[o2william]

Going by release year, I guess it's my Fairchild Channel F (1976). Then comes 1977: RCA Studio II, Atari 2600, Tomy Blip, and Sears Pinball/Breakaway unit (clone of Atari Video Pinball).

And then there's my PDP-1, which I keep handy for marathon sessions of Spacewar. LOL

[ClubNinja]

Not counting the several 60's/early 70's EM arcade games and pins that have passed through here, the oldest that's actually part of my collection is Midway's Gun Fight ('75). See it pre-NinjaCade:

http://gis.net/~bertulli/gunfight5.jpg

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

And then there's my PDP-1, which I keep handy for marathon sessions of Spacewar. LOL
OMG PIX PLZ. @_@ By the way, ClubNinja's Gun Fight cab is rad.

[Damaramu]

I have a National Semiconductor Adversary. Released circa 1976.

A pic of one with screenshots:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Damaramu/ns.jpg

[PSerge]

Well, my oldest would be my Sears Tele-games 6 switch or my Odyssey2, I'm not really sure which one came out first.

[Rogmeister]

The old Atari VCS...

[alec006]

Atari Super Pong System 1976

[o2william]

And then there's my PDP-1, which I keep handy for marathon sessions of Spacewar. LOL
OMG PIX PLZ. @_@
The problem with the Internet is: you never know when someone's pulling your chain. See here... did I fool PDF into believing my fish story about owning a PDP-1, or is HE trying to fool ME into believing that I fooled HIM? I suspect the latter.

At any rate, I don't really own a PDP-1. ;) For that matter, does anybody? I think there's some computer museum that has one, but I don't know if any are in private hands. Man, it would be awesome if some museum somewhere had a running Spacewar program on display...

[StakeRaiser]

old beat up Atari 2600 with no joysticks

[Carey85]

It was an Odyssey^1 until recently, now it is an Atari Pong circa 1975

[kentuckyfried]

My Williams Phoenix Pinball game from 1978 that I just picked up today :)

[Kuros]

Currently:

My Atari 5200 (which I'm trying to get rid of)

I have a great appreciation for the older stuff, but I'm not into it. My era was the NES era. :)

[ClubNinja]

At any rate, I don't really own a PDP-1. ;) For that matter, does anybody?

I had about 30% of one in parts at one point, but sold them away several years ago. DEC was the big thing in my area of MA for a long time - our town's Intel plant was once a huge Digital plant. The original HQ is one town over. As a piece of both computer and local history, I'd like to get at least 30% of one back someday.

[Retsudo]

The oldest I have is my Pong machine.I had it since the mid 70's.

[Flack]

I have a few Fairchild carts that I've been trying to get rid of forever, so that's probably the oldest thing.

I also have an Odyssey 400 ('76) and a heavy sixer and an Atari Stunt Cycle, both from '77.

[j_factor]

The oldest thing I have right now is my original Super Mario Bros. Famicom cartridge. But I should be getting some Atari stuff soon.

[christhegamer]

Proably my Odyssey2 (complete!)

[diskoboy]

It was my Odyssey 2 until it was stolen.

So I guess it would either be my Entex Galaxian2 or Space Invaders handhelds. I forgot which one I bought first..

[bangtango]

It would be my Atari 2600.

[starsoldier1]

My Odyssey 1 from 1972, it's a little beat up but it works.

[Tron 2.0]

Famicom Disk System that's the oldest one i can think of.

[Porkchop]

I wish I had an Odyssey 1. :roll: but since I don't the oldest thing I have is the orginal Atari Pong home system.

[Goblin]

Home made pong system and tank system circa 1974-75.

[Psycho Penguin]

NES!

[GhostDog]

The oldest would have to be my NES that my mom bought for my brother and me back in 1990. Call me a noob, but I don't care for anything before NES. :)

[Necrosaro420]

Atari 2600 or Inty II system, not sure which is older

[segarocks30]

Atari 2600 or Inty II system, not sure which is older

2600 for sure.

[donkeykong1]

Nah, hardcore is an Odyssey no-hundred. ;)

http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/about/room/odyssey.jpg (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11902)

Gonna shimmy this thread over to classic gaming, BTW - probably get more of a response there.

I will be the fourth to add this piece as my oldest, just the way you see it here.