Atari 2600 clone - 510 games built-in
This is an Atari 2600 clone with 510 games built-in.
It origins from Taiwan; the manufacturer is a company named: "RINCO".
Anyone heard of that?
The bottom of the case reads:
RINCO (both stamped into the plastic and one adhesive label)
MADE IN TAIWAN
And here comes a very strange thing, which really makes me think: on the back left side of the console is a white label with some hand-writing on it:
And yes,
this is arabian. I will give a translation as soon as possible...can anyone read
this?
What does a sticker with arabian writings on it do
on a game-console manufactured in south-east asia and discovered on a german
flea-market?
This console is built into a 2600A case with some differences:
1) The "b/w"-switch was
replaced by the "game select"-switch.
2) The "game select"-switch was
replaced by the "game player"-switch.
3) The case isn't as heavy as the original Atari one (cheaper plastic).
4) Just beside the power-plug on the back left of the machine there is the most
important switch: the "game group switch".
Apparently this switch is used to select the different game banks that contain
the 510 built-in games.
5) On the back right side of the console there is a hole with the same size of
the hole where the "game group switch" resides in. It is covered with
black adhesive tape.
6) There is no channel-selector switch.