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Ten-in-1 Atari Joystick Available

Posted by michael on from the no-space-invaders dept.

Dave21212 writes "My wife emailed me today with a link (yes Geeks can get married) to this interesting little retro-toy. It's a self-contained Atari game unit. The joystick *is* the console, battery operated with 10 preprogrammed titles and RCA out to your television. Includes Adventure, Real Sports Volleyball, Gravitar, Video Olympics, Circus Atari, Yar's Revenge, Asteroids, Centipede, Breakout, and Missile Command. She found it here on Avon and after a bit of Googling for this, I turned up no other sellers. The silly season is just around the corner, what a cool stocking stuffer! (Batteries not included)." Looks pretty authentic to the original... We mentioned this earlier but hadn't seen it for sale anywhere.

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  1. My Wife Will Ask by minus23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    My Wife will ask "What were you doing on Avon.com?" when she sees the credit card charge. ;)
    You know... I gotta say though that the site seems pretty well designed!

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  2. Avon?! by sulli · · Score: 5, Funny

    What, buy a video game and hand cream at the same site? That's just TOO WEIRD.

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    1. Re:Avon?! by foistboinder · · Score: 5, Funny
      It seems a little less scammy than Amway

      The mafia is a little less scammy than Amway...

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    2. Re:Avon?! by Per+Wigren · · Score: 5, Funny

      What's even weirder is that they sell a JOYSTICK and hand-cream at the same site... ;)

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  3. How soon ... by bizitch · · Score: 3, Funny

    before we get a modchip for this thing?

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  4. Ok, sounds great... by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That sounds great, but how heavy is it? The product page says it takes four batteries.

    I mean, if you're going to have a five-pound joystick, you might as well just get an Xbox.

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    1. Re:Ok, sounds great... by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny

      So, an XBox costs 20$ and comes with 10 games now?

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  5. Re:Truckdrivers love them. by ekrout · · Score: 5, Funny

    Truckdrivers love them.

    Is that from the advertising-quotes-that-didn't-quite-make-it dept.?

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  6. Awesome. by ?erosion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Totally. Not only do we have the ultimate in comfort and reliability, but 10 of the most action-packed, jaw dropping titles ever released for home entertainment computer machine devices!

    I just wish it came with ET and Custer's Revenge...

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  7. /.ed by auroran · · Score: 5, Funny

    can't resist saying this but..
    "ding dong slashdot calling" :)

  8. There goes the firewall report. by CTD · · Score: 5, Funny

    Our security team is really going to be confused by the hits Avon is getting from our general IS department... funny thing is that it's not porn, but the result is the same:

    A bunch of guys sitting in front of computers with a dazed but happy look on their faces.

    Someone link the Activision one. I must have Pitfall!

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  9. Re:what's the point? by (trb001) · · Score: 3, Funny

    This was either posted by a troll or a teenager...

    Dude, you're posting on a forum in which a countless number of us have built our own arcade machines (myself included) just so we could play pac-man and galaga again. If there's one thing that sells remarkably well, it's computer nostalgia.

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  10. OGG Support Lacking by limekiller4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not buying one untill it supports the OGG format.

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  11. Seen in ASCII art: by smittyoneeach · · Score: 3, Funny

    _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_
    -ASCII artist's impression of said cluster

    The normally useful lameness filter seems to require a bunch of random input to circumvent.

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  12. Found a pic of it... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    " It's a self-contained Atari game unit. The joystick *is* the console, battery operated with 10 preprogrammed titles and RCA out to your television"

    I found another pic of the unit here. Enjoy.

  13. OT Observation by LittleGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    "My wife emailed me today with a link (yes Geeks can get married)..."

    We just call the ceremony, "My Big Fat Geek Wedding".

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