r/Atari2600↗
Atari 2600: Have you played Atari today?
The Atari 2600 is also known as Video Computer System or VCS. It was Atari's entry into the second generation of video games. The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in September 1977. It's the third console of its generation following the Fairchild Channel F and RCA Studio II. 2600 is credited with popularizing the use of modern video game consoles. The console was originally sold as the Atari VCS, for Video Computer System.
21k subscribers105 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)79 authors / mosince 2012
r/Atari2600 has 21k members (+36% over the last 12 months). It gets about 105 posts a month from 79 people. Top topics: Atari 2600 Classics, Atari Collectibles and Atari Games.
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- Atari 2600 Classics22%
- Atari Collectibles4.8%
- Atari Games2.4%
- Atari Games & Consoles1.8%
- Console Troubleshooting0.6%
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- AtariAge
- itch
- Pricecharting
- eBay
- etsy
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