I would say that it would be very cool to have an Atari exhibit, and the 2600 world not be completely out of place from a historic context, as the technology in it (in particular, the TIA) was the progenitor of the Atari 400/800 and Amiga. But significant as it was, it would not be part of the "Trinity". On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 10:55 AM Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Well, the other thing is that "about" 11 video game consoles came out in
1977. Though many of them were little more than variations on the various
pong type machines. But there were a couple expandable (aka Cartridge
based) consoles that came out in 1977. The Atari 2600 and the RCA Studio
II, the Fairchild Channel F actually came out in 1976.
In regards to the hobby being bigger than ours in some ways, most
collectors of game consoles don't have a physical venue to display their
systems. The majority of events where vintage gaming is seen tend to be
sales. So instead of people hobbyists displaying exhibits, you have vendors
selling them. Often knowing very little about them short of the price
they're selling for on eBay. So there is a significant difference between
the type of venues.
On Saturday, December 17, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
An example could be like when I did my "Basically it's BASIC" exhibit.
The
Atari 2600 does have a cartridge version of BASIC, that people could write
programs with. Or maybe an exhibit "Flight Simulators throughout the years"
as an example, and have a mixture of both game consoles and computer
systems.
I agree, but those are examples where the 2600 is one part of a exhibit on
a different theme.
But no matter how one looks at it, gaming consoles have been integral in
the development and popularity of computers.
Of course.
What we're avoiding are exhibits devoted entirely or mostly to console
gaming. That's a whole other hobby (bigger than ours in some ways). Just
because they used microprocessors is not enough -- so did a lot of products.
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