Club VCS Owner Set-Ups

[Sabertooth]

Welcome to the official topic for
Club VCS Owner Set-Ups

 

Club VCS Members share your Atari VCS set-ups here! 

 

[Sabertooth]

Got a sweet VCS gaming rig that you'd like to share?  Post your set-up here!

Shout out to @JustClaws for suggesting this topic!

Edited January 23, 2022 by Sabertooth

[RickR]

My setup is boring.  I haven't really decided where its final home will be.  This is our main family room TV, and I like this a lot for the VCS.  The 55" TV has a beautiful picture quality, and the Bose speakers with subwoofer give the games a tremendous bumping sound. 

I'll post again once I get it situated permanently. 

 

Edited July 1, 2022 by RickR

[RickR]

I'm in a gaming room now and really happy with this setup. 42" TV feels just right. 

[Mockduck]

Second VCS is hooked up to my computer, third VCS is being used as a livestream box for the church I go to.

[Atari 5200 Guy]

Well…mine seems comfortable next to my PS5 and Switch.

 

[sramirez2008]

Hmm...I thought I added a post to this thread, but guess not.  Okay here it goes. Mine sits next to my old Windows desktop setup. I keep an external SSD connected to boot up in PC mode and have Stella, Altirra and A7800 loaded with a few adapters to play the games the way they were meant to be played. I've purchased several of the Recharged games, as well as a few Indie and homebrews from a couple of the AA developers. Oh and anyone that hasn't purchased Atari 50 should really do so. 🙂

Game On everyone!

[Atari 5200 Guy]

2 hours ago, sramirez2008 said:

Hmm...I thought I added a post to this thread, but guess not.  Okay here it goes. Mine sits next to my old Windows desktop setup. I keep an external SSD connected to boot up in PC mode and have Stella, Altirra and A7800 loaded with a few adapters to play the games the way they were meant to be played. I've purchased several of the Recharged games, as well as a few Indie and homebrews from a couple of the AA developers. Oh and anyone that hasn't purchased Atari 50 should really do so. 🙂

Game On everyone!

I haven’t bought Atari 50 yet.

[Sabertooth]

Atari 50 is a must on any platform. It far exceeds a simple anthology compilation. It's beautifully curated and the new games by Digital Eclipse are excellent. The paddle functionality on the Classic makes the VCS version the one to get.

 

[Smell Dawg]

One of my favorite parts of having a VCS unit out has been all the comments received from visiting friends and family.  "What the heck, that kinda looks like an Atari.  Wait, it IS an Atari!!??" 😄

[AtariVcsOnyxUser]

Hello VCS Family! 🫂👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Here is my set up:

I learned from @Yorkies TV how to install a drive 🙇:




And I learned from a Discord member "Super Bros" how to install Artic 6 Thermal Paste 🙇:





Those upgrades allowed me to install lots of games while also keeping the machine cooled!

This is my final setup for now. 2 Classic Joystick, 2 Modern Controllers, and a Logitech wireless keyboard, that was also suggested to me by a discord friend "scxlpture" (a.k.a. Pretty Dull). 🙇 

This is the final result 🎉:




And for laughs, here is me in the VCS Hoodie, which I would highly recommend to anyone that likes the VCS or a good black hoodie. 😶‍🌫️