Angry Video Game Nerd - Season 2 (AVGN Full Season Two)

This is a

video

game

. This is what you immediately think of whenever you hear the term. It's the Atari 2600 and it defines the word classic. Although the

game

s are so simple and the graphics so primitive, it has a charm that will never be equaled. The objects and characters barely represent what they are supposed to be, but that's the beauty of it, that you have to use your imagination. The sound effects? Simply amazing. And the lack of music simply improves the mood. It's that special atmosphere when you're in the middle of the night and you're sitting in front of the glow of your TV with the sound of crickets.

The Atari had the longest lifespan of any home

video

game system and when people say Atari they usually mean the 2600. But in between its existence, Atari created other systems that came and went. And one of them was the Atari 5200. It was intended to replace the 2600 although, ironically, it failed and faded away, while the 2600 lived on. Why don't many people remember this and why did it disappear so quickly? Because it's a load of shit! Because? Well, look at it! Look how big this beast is! It's huge. And why does it have a door? Is this a video game console or a damn closet?

Even the AC adapter weighs a million tons. So, I'm going to plug this motherfucker here. Here we go. Get all this shit out of the way. Now where do I connect the other end? Doesn't fit the Atari? Well, you can search the entire system, but there is no power connector. There is a separate box you need to plug it into. Now, seriously, have you ever seen one of these? Other than the Atari 5200, I haven't done it. So, you connect this bastard. Then there's a cable coming out of the system, so you plug it into the bo-, wow!

Did you see that? That can not be good. Look, sparks. It is not a joke. Anyway, the AC adapter and the TV share the same cable. So, I don't know what they were thinking, I mean, maybe they were thinking that it would be more convenient to have fewer cables on the floor? But they knew they had screwed up, because they later re-released the Atari 5200 with the traditional two separate cables instead of just, you know, this thing. But I think that one had two controller ports instead of four. Now we want to connect this to that TV, but it won't be easy, I mean, just watch all these games!