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Your "Cavalier", sir.

Other classic consoles are also available including Atari, Activision, Nameco.

They are also talking about releasing a new console, which is a miniaturized version of the 7800 with built in games.

It may look cool, but we'll have to reserve judgement on whether it's actually worth owning (or giving) until we can tell how accurately the games are reproduced.

P.S. Also available: Spongebog squarepants. Guess which part of his body is the joystick!

They make an Activision 10-in-1 version, but it lacks Kaboom!.

I have the Namco model. Be aware that the games are ports, not emulations. The machine might be a NES clone, since there are all-in-one units that contain a collection of NES games, and the games look like NES games. Also, the Bosconian port is deeply flawed; the joystick only goes in 4 directions instead of eight, and the fire button has to be pressed for each shot, instead of firing continuously when held down. I was hoping that the game would actually contain hardware similar to the original machines, but that would probably cost much more than twenty bucks.

Also, these games are available in places like Toys 'R Us and Circuit City, so you don't have to go to Wal-Mart or mail order. The manufacture is Jakks Pacific.

Uhhh... The Atari 10-in-1 is shaped like the original stick...

As for the Intellivision controllers, they were way too thin. There would have been no way hold the electronics needed for a complete system in such a form factor.

My last game was written on a machine with 640 bytes of work RAM (none of this luxury "K" malarkey). Although admittedly the CPU is a bit faster (3,375kHz). And yup, I'm grateful for it.