Atari 2600 jr long rainbow

I recently bought this Atari 2600 jr long rainbow, with MS. PAC-MAN cartridge and joystick, as non-functioning.

Atari 2600 long rainbow ms.pacman videogame joystick

Fortunately, it only took a little deoxidizer on the various connectors, including the multipolar one where the game is housed. Now everything works!

Every now and then, repairs are very simple.

Atari 2600 ms.pacman ms. pac-man videogame

The vintage Atari 2600 jr long rainbow console adds to my collection.

There are several versions of the Atari 2600, which have followed one another over the years. The first is the Atari VCS CX2600 “Heavy Sixer” / “Sunnyvale” from 1977. The console has been updated over the years.

The version I talk about in this post is the Atari 2600 Jr. Rev. A Long Rainbow (1986). It has four sliding buttons, in addition to two smaller ones, instead of the sticks that were there in previous versions, and has a long rainbow on the chrome insert.

Atari 2600 Video Games

The video game MS. PAC-MAN is similar to the classic PACMAN, except… PAC-MAN is female! You can recognize her by her bow! 🙂
In addition to MS. PACMAN I also have other games, for Atari 2600, in the collection.

Atari 2600 games videogames cartridges retrogames, Pele's soccer, Moon Patrol, Pole Position, Vanguard, Centipede, Pac-Man, Galaxian

Technical characteristics of the Atari 2600 jr long rainbow

CPU: MOS 6507 at 1.19 MHz
Audio + Video Processor: Television Interface Adaptor (TIA), 160 × 192 pixels, 128 colors
2 mono channels for audio: 1 square wave generator, 1 white noise generator
MOS RIOT (MOS 6532 – RAM, I/O, Timer)
RAM: 128 bytes (integrated into MOS RIOT). Additional RAM is located in game cartridges
2 D-SUB-9 connectors for joysticks and paddles
6 switches to manage the console (4 large and 2 small for the long rainbow version)
Game cartridges: ROM 4 kB maximum capacity (with possibility of increase by exchanging ROM banks)
RF modulator for connection to the TV

While losing the originality of the console, there are two improvements to image quality: A/V (audio/video) modification to connect the Atari 2600 to the TV via the composite video connector (CVBS) and RGB editing, which requires an additional card inside the console.