How to Hook Up Your Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision

No game review this week, but instead a tutorial of how to set up older gaming systems.

Having trouble hooking up your vintage game system? Well, here’s a guide that’ll help you a lot: First, check if you have a system that comes with a cord to hook up to a television. I’ve only encountered Atari’s having these, but I may be wrong. So, if you have a system with one of these, what you need to do is buy a coaxial adapter, preferably a RCA female to male coaxial adapter. Then, on the back of your television, you will see a grey screw-in plug. Screw in the adapter that is connecting to your system’s cord. Next, set your TV to whichever setting that it says “TV” or a static screen. Set it to channel 3 or 4, depending on what your system is set to.

Part 2: This is for hooking systems up without connector cables already attached to the system, such as a Intellivision. First, what you need to do get a cable with a coaxial male end on both ends of the cable, get the nifty adapter mentioned previously and plug it in, the continue to screw in the plug into the back of your television, following the steps from part one to get it to work.

Still need help? E-mail me at Ian@Gab3.net or stopaskingquestions72@gmail.com

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