Atari 2600

Atari 2600
The Atari 2600, the definition of classic gaming. Unfortunately, it has the most shovelware of any console to date, so we're here to help you pick the right games from those garage sale bins. The Console itself is worth owning because it looks nice and isn't too costly but the Atari 5200, Intellevision 2, Coleco-Vision, and Atari 7800 can all play 2600 games. The 7800 is the only one that dosen't need an adaptor to play them but none of the adaptors are expensive.

To put the list in order of genre, just click the arrow next to Genre. 

Mucho thanks to http://virtualatari.org/ for their java emulator-in-a-browser "Play it now" links.