You Can Buy The Worlds Smallest Atari 2600 For $20 But Is It Worth It?

[@uncaringbear]

That was actually better than I expected. The little details in the hardware is quite nice. For what it is, it's pretty cool and although it's probably more useful as a collectable than something you'd actually play, it's quite neat and the price isn't awful.

[@EmblemParade]

This would be awesome for pixies, elves, brownies, leprechauns, and other diminutive forest spirits who are into retro gaming!

[@antwango]

Why did I think of Hammond? Who the heck is Hammond??! Stuart little!

[@Royy1290]

@@antwango hammond from overwatch?

[@actuallyusingmyrealnameher5061]

How about homunculi?

[@EmblemParade]

@@actuallyusingmyrealnameher5061 Those tiny snobs only play Ubisoft open world games.

[@SoulforSale]

Yeah, if they like rom hacks

[@JefferyMiller21]

I love this tiny arcade collectable stuff. I think ill start a collection.

[@darksuncomics121]

@Dragon On Coke i started cause my mom works at cracker barrel and she has an employee discount so i can get these very cheap

[@unicornmadness6286]

"You're only going to play once or twice," Not me, I play mine every single day, it's freaking AWESOME. I got mine from Amazon for 21.77, not to bad!

[@SoulforSale]

That version of PacMan is iconic. It was 1980 and it was all we had! We went from Pong to PacMan in three years. This was mind blowing at the time.

[@Crushonius]

can you imagine how much this would have blown your mind as a kid in the 80s 90s

[@bluejootheundergroundgamecat]

Yesss! I've been into miniatures since I was tiny, getting a sense of magic from the littlest things, making intricate little accessories for my Barbies all the time... I would have been obsessed with this!!

[@TheAnimeBoy]

I love the nostalgia factor, this a good gift

[@RetroRewind77]

I’m a massive Atari fan so definitely getting one

[@sifumikezielinski2238]

Awesome! I need 1 of these for my Spaceballs action figures to play with.

[@Chubzdoomer]

I just got one of these at the Cracker Barrel yesterday. As impractical as it is to play, it's got to be one of the coolest "retro gaming" toys I've ever seen. The detail on the Atari itself is awesome, and you just can't beat that little mock CRT TV! The fact that they even went through the trouble of adding fold-out legs and fake antennas on top is super cool. I do wish the game selection were a bit better (too many of them require a spinner for optimal play), but for under $30 this thing is a steal IMO.

[@SullivanInfinity]

Aweome! Never grew up with the Atari, but that looks like a nice collectible for that sort of money. I'm amazed :)

[@ProtoMario]

The turtle figures make this video 😩👌

[@rickwj324]

Seeing Metalhead, Mondo, and Usagi playing it is the best part of the video!! Will this go in your Turtle Sewer playset??!! :-)

[@marccaselle8108]

Speaking of mondo gecko, I have a TMNT adventures paperback that has him in it.

[@perafkraften]

Awesome to hear that you collect tmnt. Maybe a off-topic video sometime?

[@ETAPRIME]

I would love to do a video, I’ve been wanting for awhile now

[@robertgodlewski8553]

@@ETAPRIME You absolutely have to!!! You make quality videos.👍

[@eidolusgad]

I'd play that while laying on the floor like we used to back then.

[@feedmyintellect]

How come you didn't disassemble the TV part? The SBC for this is smaller than a R Pie Zero. What is it? A tiny blob?

[@Trekeyus]

Odds are it's just a blob

[@rustymixer2886]

Blob?

[@Trekeyus]

@@rustymixer2886 bare silicone die encapsulated in a blob or black epoxy

[@rustymixer2886]

@@Trekeyus oh,can that be powerful enough to play super Mario bros 1? I thought all these things just use Nokia chips and batteries

[@feedmyintellect]

I am guessing it a boring blob also. He takes apart every new piece of hardware before he even does his first power up (which is one of the reasons I love his videos). It surprised me that he didn't take this one apart. I also want to see how did they manage to make a joystick and a power button work with such a tiny wire. There must be a few strands of wire inside the wire that connects the mini TV to the mini console and then to the mini joystick.

[@KirkKiyosadaTome]

Looks fun! Is there a volume adjustment?

[@Heisenberg2097]

Looks really cool indeed. Maybe I should start working on my Amiga 1000 miniature again... we'll see.

[@antwango]

Love to see him mod this and connect to a big 80” HD screen and play it using the teeny joystick!!🤣🤣🤣

[@retrochill6527]

There actually were some tvs in the 70s that tilted the screen sideways and up and down, but not too intense. The real question is: do the rabbit ears work? Or does it come with some aluminum foil?

[@getyourkicksagain]

Wha? Foil? Real OGs used a wire hanger!

[@bubby2k]

Love it brings lot of memories

[@berner]

I'd definitely pick it up to add to my mini-console collection. Also, it looks like Walkabout decided it wasn't his thing. Shame though because it's a cute little system :)

[@alistair4909]

This is a pretty sweet miniature. I’m tempted to buy it for doll and action figure photography

[@Fshinobi]

“I’m sure you understand how small this is” My girlfriend just told me that

[@andyhello23]

Considering it takes virtually no computing power to run atari 2600, no wonder they can make such a small machine. I remember as a kid playing on it at friends house, while we were kids, and i think while there watched france beat brazil in 1986 world cup. I always remember that the joystick was rubbish, and they really were, but we at that time knew no different, as atari 2600 was probably the best most people could afford at those times. Mad, how far all this has gone in our lifes, for us, who lived through all the years of consoles, and when they started back then. Its amazing to see what consoles can do today. I just wonder do todays kids get as much enjoyment at playing todays games, as we would of, back when atari 2600 was still a thing. Amazing how today the games can be played on virtually anything.

[@rustymixer2886]

Crackerbarrel and target you live in nj?

[@totallyfrozen]

The comedy of it (aside from the inclusion of the world’s worst version of Pac-Man) is that anyone who grew up on the 2600, no longer has the eyesight to enjoy this little replica.

[@getyourkicksagain]

Sadly true. But they didn't include E.T., which would have been hilarious.

[@iamstartower]

...wish didn't sit so close to our old b/w t.v. back then...

[@MasaCheez]

Hey! I represent that comment!!

[@gmcubed]

Came here to say this

[@totallyfrozen]

@@getyourkicksagain I Liked your comment 3 times. Ha! E.T. The game that destroyed the 2600 and crashed the home console market in the USA until Nintendo saved it. Putting that E.T. on this would have been a riot. I’d just die laughing!

[@theoldar]

I went ahead and bought this as a silly Xmas present. I had a 2600 and played it to death.

[@atomicfox00]

Love the Turtle figures!!

[@eljuano28]

Watching my kids laugh and get competitive with the Atari games of my misspent youth is priceless. My eyes aren't good enough for the tiny screen, but I did play a little Missile Command to show them how it's done.

[@garfstao]

Nice now your action figures can play games with you, how cool =)

[@CptMunta]

Looks pretty rad. What's the tiny LCD TV playing south park at the start?

[@dannycanfield3038]

Probably the basic fun tiny tv sets. Or the tiny circuits diy tiny tv kit.

[@AllenTheWanderer]

Tiny TV Classics - South Park Edition

[@gregholloway2656]

ETA, is that RF box on channel 2 or 3? Just thinking you might get a better picture if you switch to 3. 😂

[@Darqon505]

Was this a limited-run item? I can't find it anywhere anymore

[@DennyT123]

If you wanted to collect this and keep it unopened, wouldn't there be the problem of the included batteries leaking?

[@rustymixer2886]

You have the old version the newest one this week batch has a bit different 📺

[@Tolbat]

Damn I would need a magnifying glass

[@craigharris9591]

Very cool.. They need to make a Mini NES now!!

[@OuterHavenMedia]

Yes! And a SNES!!

[@LegitMan335]

I got my worlds smallest Atari 2600 for Christmas. Now I own me an Atari ^^ I can kick it old school . 👾🎮

[@RetroDaddyPH]

What's the TV at the beginning of the video? Been looking for miniature TVs where i can input video either from an SD card or via HDMI.

[@computingwithcoffee3907]

You can build a miniature living room with a working tv and game console with a couple of characters sitting on a couch.

[@justgainwme]

Is there a way to mute the volume?

[@axmyoz]

This is so wholesome for some reason!

[@eugenemckinney8736]

Wow!!! I love the tiny replica of the Atari video game system itself, compared to the more bigger Atari

[@mystsnake]

hmmm centipede i had was slower and had better tune noise, are these actually replications rather than the real games?

[@doslover]

What is this? A game console for ants? Jokes aside this does look pretty neat.

[@mikemoss9559]

The act it has a little rf switch nox makes me want one.

[@lizziswane4632]

milipede and breakout were my faves as a child

[@superdroneuk410]

Was waiting to see if it could run Chains of Olympus. 🤣😂

[@MASTERMIND2368]

I think it could do that fine, might struggle with automobilista though

[@ncf1]

Does the RF modulator break after exactly 2 years like the real one? :D

[@MisterRubbertoe]

I've scrolled thru a ton of comments and I'm not seeing anyone mentioning that NONE of these titles are Atari 2600 versions. Weird to get so excited over a bunch of ports when it could have been so easy to give us the real thing.

[@jackpmeadows]

Very cute little device but it sure makes me want to play those old Atari games.

[@CantankerousDave]

Cue the "What is this, a retro game console for ants?" comments...

[@IRWPD]

That is a very cool toy. Going to have to look into getting the Ninja Turtles one.

[@WildkatPhoto]

Friend: Why are you still working? I thought you were retiring. Me: ETA Prime. Friend: Wut????

[@Idelacio]

Joystick is probably more reliable than the original too... Anyway this is dumb, kinda love it. Aww that turtles figure brings back some memories.

[@ETAPRIME]

LOL 😂

[@wyldelf2685]

Mondo Gekko and Metal-Head and UsagiYojimbo and other N-Turtles get to play these ,, awesome 👍

[@RCfromtheNYC]

Guess I can finally say that I have an "Atari on the Go"! 😁

[@ChickenNugget4658]

4:43 *you could put it on a shelf* me who actually wants to play this like everyday💀

[@PaulXMann]

So, is this battery powered or... ?

[@Legend813a]

Breakouts? The emulations are slow, but the sounds are at normal speed and pitch

[@usmcheavyjunk]

That atari is off the charts.

[@textgraphic9479]

whats not shown here is how absolutely hard it is to get it out of the package, tape galore.

[@TheFlatEarthChannelcom]

Do a tear down and maybe try to make it output to bigger tv

[@milkapeismilky5464]

Reminds me of playing games on Motorola Razer.

[@sardot4960]

That's a Christmas tree ornament. 🎄

[@TheBugkillah]

But will it run doom?

[@zackslack80]

I love it. Turtle power!🐢

[@milkapeismilky5464]

$20? Hells yeah!

[@bastien-]

I also have the mini Ninja Turtles arcade. It's cute as a little decoration or xmas ornament, but it's terrible as an actual game. It's just a fake old mobile phone version of one part of one level, with bad controls and generic sounds.

[@MrDowntemp0]

Any chance to swap out the roms for different ones?

[@MrDowntemp0]

@@DailyCorvid That sounds like more work than putting an open source emulator and the roms on there. The question is weather there's any way to access the memory. Maybe you're right, but I hightly doubt they reprogrammed 10 original atari games.

[@MrDowntemp0]

@@DailyCorvid Super interesting! But kinda a bummer. Obviously this ain't an ideal system, but I would like it more if I could load it up with the small handful of 2600 games I do care anything about.

[@MrDowntemp0]

@@DailyCorvid You're right, however, it's a cheap twenty dollar toy. I don't want to start investing in upgrades for it just to beef it up. I've already got a Pi 3b+ in a retro NES case. It's cute, but it ain't that cute =) I might still pick one up if I get a good look at one at target and like what I see.

[@musikawake]

Hey eta can you please test wavlink USB 3 display link

[@OperantSound]

Think this is just good for putting on top of your Arcade1up Atari Legacy cab.

[@_JuX101]

This pretty much only works with something like an atari 2600 Imagine playing something with a tiny nes-controller

[@dannycanfield3038]

And yet I want a tiny NES controller for a project. And a tiny joystick

[@Tolbat]

Please see sega game gear micro

[@rustymixer2886]

I love this even at 4 fps 😆

[@magnusgamekid6529]

I want this I want to feel the old days

[@shadwell749]

Too bad there isn't two joysticks,Combat is fun with two players. What version of centipede is that?

[@iamstartower]

The RF adapter... thats attention to detail... god i hated that thing unscrewing from my grandma's b/w t.v.

[@sideswipe1261]

That depends on if it has “Space Jockey”!

[@KiwiKoNZ]

These are pretty cool … I could collect em’ all! 😎👍✨

[@wgm4866]

eh eta u mind take a look at the 5600h 5500m victus ? looks like the best budget all amd gaming laptop

[@diceman74]

Mondo Gecko,Metalhead and Usagi Yojimbo! Who's the fourth?

[@RETROOBLIVION]

LOL! Tiny homes, Tiny cars and now Tiny games. The world is getting smaller around us.

[@jengelenm]

Teardown! TEARDOWN!😂

[@chrismaw5117]

Got mine today killing it on missile command and pong lol

[@epicfilmmaker3998]

They should make one for the NES or Genesis

[@_0mar]

Make a video on the aethersx2 emulator

[@Lexterizando]

Please, make a review of games on ATARI VCS store

[@rustymixer2886]

Exactly

[@Jay-lc1nh]

Great for a stocking stuffer.

[@ghost0224]

All youtubers: This is the new 2043 model of samsung washing machine... ETA PRIME: Thats all the specs. Moving on now lets test some emulation starting with PSP games using PPSSPP.

[@iskeypxx]

pricing is actually not bad for a collectible. way better than the game and watch pricing.

[@KanielD]

This is cool, however, Cracker Barrel is not.

[@dannycanfield3038]

Target has them. Cracker Barrel is yikes.

[@arcademania7544]

Now test the emulation potential. 😂

[@zockeromi1970]

now that's cool 😎

[@TheBancast]

These are all cute, but I've never been a fan of their little java phone style remakes of these games. Still, not bad for sticking next to some action figures.

[@piplup10203854]

This is pretty neat! Definitely not worth 20 bucks though 😂 but it’s cool. I’d pick this up from Goodwill or a garage sale for like 5 bucks.

[@rustymixer2886]

Good luck they hoard them on ebay now $100

[@piplup10203854]

@@rustymixer2886 You're not wrong lol

[@rustymixer2886]

@@piplup10203854 yeah before this video and saw one for $150, might still be on top google for ebay version, which was super impulse uk 50hz October model $150, then there was revision November 5th different tv, which was sold out and hoarded and now these new revisions...if you find them at target for $20 buy it they won't make more if they do they'll be on cargo ships for months and you'll have to pay $150 on eBay for them. I got lucky my target in nj had 3 left in stock and I bought them for me and my brothers. Lucky as hell. And now eta prime, mad little pixel and other big name youtubers made videos in this in last 72 hours...they'll be impossible to get soon like tg16 mini

[@BMPK]

this comment aged well.

[@piplup10203854]

@@BMPK Lol true other people can pay that kind of money, I have zero use for it lol

[@tippern2]

should have shown Tempest, it is NOT the 2600 version, have no idea which port it is

[@carlacespede3489]

*Para el día del niño en Agosto podria salir por el Supermercado Wallmart - LIDER en CHILE*

[@anonymousjones6218]

Seems incredible laggy?

[@anonymousjones6218]

Meant to say "incredibly" laggy.

[@JoeLinux2000]

"My family and I" did this and that.

[@CandyGramForMongo_]

Awe, you didn’t disassemble it! I want to see the guts!