It's all in color

Sales of the Atari 2600 skyrocketed during the Holiday season of 1980 as families rushed out to by game units in order to play the hottest new games. The color game system was now in full force for the home and the poor, old, Black & White Pong system was left standing all alone.

The Atari 2600 came out with Combat, a series of War type games where you shot your enemies tank, blasting them away with all your might. The funny part of the game was allowing you to roll off one side of the screen towards the other or if your lucky blast your target back and near your side for the next shot. It also came with Jets to fight and battle ships. The very simple block shapes provided hours upon hours of war game enjoyment.

Space Invaders placed the Atari firmly in the home, allowing you to move your laser gunner around and blast these Invaders out of the sky. Sadly for the invaders they adobted to fight in straight lines, like the early British and moved back and forth as they prepared to land, speeding up as they drew closer to Earth. With luck and perhaps and nice hole between one of your floating walls, you might squeeze off a round taking out the Invader or a bonus ship flying by.

The 2600 also allowed you to change out games with other games through the use of small cartridges. You could bring your games over to friends and swap them if you like. The system came with a Joystick and a simple red button & a paddle wheel with another simple button.
Many years have passed and the nostalgia of these old games now lives on. You can now find a collection of these games all hidden inside a simple Joystick controller that with batteries and an RCA connection, will allow you to play some of these games again. I only wish it came with Combat.