

the A2600’s superior complexity
Now there’s a phrase that I didn’t expect to see. :-)
I do think that the console’s controllers look kind of interesting. I’ve never seen them before, sort of an alternate fork in console controller design that we didn’t go down. A handle with a six-degrees-of-freedom thumbstick on top.
While I did play a few games on the A2600, I never owned one myself. I do have to say that I remember the joysticks – these things – requiring a fair bit of muscle to work compared to any other joysticks that I’ve used.
If I remember correctly, I think the game I liked the most on it was Combat.
Yeah, I do remember that. Had a friend who had one, possibly because I – probably bad advice – recommended it over the Game Gear.
You know, I thought that the Sega Master System predated the NES, but I just looked it up, and apparently the NES was 1983, and the Master System was 1986. So I guess it really was the NES that hit it first.