Atari rose like a legend, bringing arcade games home with the 2600 - then fell just as fast. This is the story of a console that shaped...
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My uncle gave me one with about 10 games back in the early 90s. He just didn’t want it sitting around anymore. Problem was, i had a regular and super Nintendo by that point… I honestly had more fun setting it up than i did playing it.

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Oh! Ewaste! So kind of you…

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“E waste?” In the early 90s?!? LMAO!

I’m not sure exactly what happened to it, but death by firing squad, followed by incineration, and then repurposed into lead paint or used as seasoning at an elementary cafeteria would be par for the course back in those days.

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Or sitting in a cupboard off-gassing, oozing, and generally making the home a safer environment.

It does remind me of the Acts of Gord’s use for an N64 - as a doorstop with a note saying “This is all I am good for.”

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rrod Xbox 360 has entered the chat

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smothers it with a towel and stuffs it into an oven

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I paid rent for a while in 2010 by getting people to pay me to make their 360 work again. Those were the days.

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