Hi. I got a old Atari 800XL. When I was growing up, we got a Atari 2600 back in like 1978 or so, when I was about 8 years old. We had that for some time, and then instead of getting a Colecovision or an Intellivision, we got a Atari 800XL Computer. It had a slot on it for cartridges and I also had a tape player type thing that could play games and programs on tape. Kinda weird.
Anyways, I was at my Moms house diigging around in the garage and I found this puppy. Only thing is, I didn't find the power adapter or any of the video type cables.
Just the bare system itself, and a old Atari Joystick. And the tape player. The Tape Player I think is the Atari 410 or something like that. I also got a number of manuals for the system and some of the games. The game cartridges that I could find were: Eastern Front (1941), Shamus, Atari artist, Super Breakout, Galaxian, Jumbo Jet Pilot and Miner 2049er. I also have two programs on cassette tape. Energy Czar and Blue Max.
I can remember playing quite a bit of Blue Max back in the day, and of course Galaxian.
I have a ton of questions about this system for somebody that maybe knows quite a bit about the 800XL. If you know any of the answers to any of these questions, then great, if not, no biggie. But any help would defintely be appreciated.
I'm definitely curious to fire this puppy up again and check it out. This was the second Video Game type system that I've ever owned. It came inbetween the Atari 2600 and the Nintendo NES. It's kindof a forgotten system, at least to me. And I would love to revisit it and check it out.
Ok, here are my numerous questions.
1. Where can I find a power adapter for the Atari 800XL?
2. Is there a specific model # for the power adapter for the Atari 800XL?
3. I think that there is a special cable that will allow me to hook up my Atari 800XL to my Commodore 1084 monitor. Or am I mistaken?
4. I don't have the RF switch for the Atari 800XL. Is it possible to use a NES one with it?
5. From what I understand, none of the stuff that I have ( in terms of games) is very valuable. Does any of this stuff have any particular value?
6. What is considered to be the best games ever made that would work on the Atari 800XL?
7. Is the best place to find these games via Ebay?
8. Anybody know how much the 800XL originally cost?
Sorry about having so many damn questions about this, but I was just a young pup when I had it, and I don't really remember that much about it. I definitely remember playing Blue Max, but other than that, my memories on it are pretty limited. So any extra insight or takes on this particular system would be appreciated.