Vote: Wii v Atari

Ginger Prince04 August 2009

Oh John, The 2600 led the way for the games of today. I can remember getting my first Atari back in 1980. Man the games are just as playable today as they were back in the day, plus who needs more than one fire button on a joystick!!

Ron Perkins04 August 2009

Has to be the Atari 2600 all the way, where it all began. I remember as a boy playing on one in the local electrical store for hours. Was it me though or were those joysticks really stiff and didn't feel like they moved?? Ron..

Ed Kay04 August 2009

Guys, how can you give this to the Wii? The Atari 2600 (aka VCS) lead the way with video games entering the home - bear in mind that this predateded home computers so it was the only way to get access to games in the comfort of your own home. I remember the joysticks with nostalgia - despite looking pretty rugged, I did manage to go through them fairly easily.

Chris B04 August 2009

The Atari is a clear winner for the hall of fame; all the Wii brought was a game system for non gamers, sure it has a few entertaining games but it's like making a car for non drivers.

Mr Techno04 August 2009

Unfortunately i think that John forgets that this is a wall of fame; gadgets that make it onto this should have been around for a long time to prove themselves, like the Atari 2600 has. It led the way for every other console. Yes the Wii has revolutionized the way in which games are played, but it hasn't been around for that long and so in my opinion, cannot go on the wall of fame.

MushaSega04 August 2009

Oh man, the Atari sooo deserves to be up here. The first home video games console was the Magnavox Odyssey (in the US), or Phillips' Videopac in Europe. Image: http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2008-05/magnavox-odyssey.jpg But the Atari was superbly succesful. It really should be on that humble wall.

aaron james04 August 2009

come guys the atari2600 is the daddy and mummey of gameing.i grow up with,with games like pitfall etc.how can it not win

Frogger04 August 2009

Already posted about this but in the wrong place (Doh!) Anyways, 2600 all the way. Why - the cartridge was a revolution. It had some of the most memorable and classic games out there (as opposed to Mario Karts and...er...) My gran could set it up and use it and, whats more, I still play it now when I get a chance. I genuinely got bored of the Wii very quickly, along with just about everyone else I know. Apart from the quirky and unreliable controllers it is nothing like as revolutionary. It may have potential but it hasn't earned its stripes by a long way. Come on Gadget Show peeps, do the right thing.

Andy`04 August 2009

The Atari 2600 should have won. If it wasn't for the atari then the Nintendo Wii wouldn't have even been made in my opinion.

Ben04 August 2009

john what were you thinking the wii its a gicic and it dosent work thats why they brought out the motion+ atiar i think the wall should be changeded

Charlotte04 August 2009

What,Wii had to win i have on and the wii fit is sooo cool,much better than those Atari 2600 because it has so many different setting crammed into it. Okay the Atari 2600 is good but it's just a twiddle o plastic and it's over. WII IS ALREADY A LEGEND!

Lilaton04 August 2009

Atari 2600 should have won! Who doesn't know about space invaders, the Atari 2600 let it happen!!!!!!

Paul04 August 2009

Oh dear, John has really lost the plot. Has he not seen the great fall from grace the Wii has recently experienced. I still remember the day I got my Atari (shame I had to share it with my brothers). We played it until the joysticks stopped working; before getting more joysticks and playing some more until they died too. Contrast that with the Wii; as soon as the novelty wears off and the frustration with trying to consistently control it takes over, it simply sits there gathering dust. A poor decision without a doubt!

James04 August 2009

Got to go with the Wii. It has really brought mass market appeal. Always good to get the misus involved in gaming and without the wii - that wouldn't have happened.

N Talbot04 August 2009

Guys, what are you thinking? The 2600 should have won the only reason grannies play the wii now is that they were weened on the 2600 all those years ago. The 2600 was a revolution, the wii is just an evolution and standing on the shoulder of a giant. Give this one a rethink.

Danny Fullbrook04 August 2009

The Wii quickly looses it's appeal and becomes nothing more than a dust magnet. The controls get boring and frustrating and at the end of the day gamers would rather hold a pad. The games on the Wii are nothing compared to those available for the other major consoles and the Atari was the best of it's time. As a toy the wii is great, not as a games console.

Alex Summers04 August 2009

I can not believe the Atari 2600 is not getting on the wall of fame, what a joke, the wii would not even be here if it was not for this simple but genius bit of gaming equipment.

Trevor04 August 2009

I guess when the atari was released Jon was living on another plant or was too old to appreciate how good it was. Who can forget packman and numerous other classic games.

Taz K04 August 2009

I am always fond of gadgets NEVER PLAYED THE ATARI but on the wii i reckon its better because it more interactive and could make you alot more healthier but as the atari your sat down all the timee and gettting nothing out of it Gadget show is wicked keep it up I DUNNO IF I SHOULD ISSUE IN A IPHONE 3GS IZ IT WORTH IT i watched the episode 1 of the new seasonn and are still unsuree

Alan04 August 2009

Come on John... You know the Atari should be on the wall. It was the first affordable home game console ever. Can't see why people get so hook up with Wii, is it because they like exercises? Why pay £40 for a hula hoop game when a hula hoop (in the real world) only cost a fiver and doesn't use any electricity? People with a Wii always say “even my mom loved to play on it”. Well, isn't it time to start thinking about the safety hazard for older people on that balance pad or those flying remote controls?

Jacob Kempster04 August 2009

The Nintendo Wii was a ridiculous choice. It is the Harry Potter of gaming consoles. Yes it opened the games industry up to a much larger community, but it cannot fight against one of the original consoles and does not have the same draw to core-gamers as it does to the general public. Nintendo have even had to release the Wii MotionPlus in order to bring the accuracy of the WiiMote up to the original level that they had promised. This is the type of console that has an excelent novelty selling point, something which will sell with record results - but has a good chance of gaining dust in the household once consumers tire of the arm-waving and realise that few high quality games make it to the system compared to the other industry contender. I understand however that in terms of th eGadget Shows popularity, the Nintendo Wii was really the only option for them, in order to keep viewing figures the show has to pick the gadget most popular among the public today - and it would be safe to assume that more viewers will have had some experience or a greater knowledge about the Wii, than about the Atari.

Jase (not Bradbury)04 August 2009

Sorry Jon, but you're wrong! The Atari brought families together (even the extended family) even more that the Wii. The Wii is great for making games a physical experience, but let’s be truthful, the controller isn’t all it’s cracked up to be...at best it’s vague! For the first time, we had the opportunity with the Atari to play arcade games in our living rooms!

Ian Anderson04 August 2009

Oh dear, you got this so wrong. Its easily the Atari 2600. If it wasn't for this machine pioneering the way the Wii and PS3's of this world wouldn't be under our tv's now. And all this before home PCs became the norm. Fair enough the Wii has brought it to the family, but its starting to show that its the 5 minute trick pony that people thought it would become. Only 4 months left before it gets dusted off and used for a quick game of tennis with nan before the christmas turkey, and then put away for another 12months.

gadgetygamer04 August 2009

Atari 2600 for me and my family. The Atari 2600 not only gave birth to the video console scene but having games SO simple to play, it also enabled people of all ages to play. The Atari 2600 was not only the first and most important console ever made, it got the family playing games together with classic simple bat and ball style games. The stuff my mother, father and even grandfather enjoyed playing!. Other later consoles actually lost some of this charm and more violent single player games became the norm. Nobody was scared of a single button controller!. Complexity wasn't an issue. The wii may be huge but its also new and benefiting from a form of entertainment which has been growing for 30 years. Every generation new records are set in sales, why? because the industry keeps on growing. If it wasn't for the iconic and hugely successful 2600 there would be no wii.

richard04 August 2009

i dont believe wii should even stand a chance against the atari let alone win, a timeless classic like atari should not have pitted against a console like wii. atari paved the way for cartridge gaming and without it the industry would have been lost leaving no hope for disc reading consoles or motion sensitive controllers, if i had the offer i would gladly swap my wii for the atari without a second thought, like i said earlier TIMELESS CLASSIC, enough said...........

Robert04 August 2009

The argument for the Wii doesn't even hold muster, if we want to discuss the medium which brought gaming to the masses surely we've got to consider the Playstation 2 and Nintendo's own DS. These systems pre-date the Wii and achieved the same, if not greater, level of popularity in an equally wide spectrum of demographics. All the Wii has really done is change the method through which we play our games, and arguably limited the genres' which can be successful on the platform. Beyond Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Mario, Zelda ... essentially all first party Nintendo games, what do consumers actually play on the Wii which is so different? If we take into consideration the amount of time spent on these machines, or the attach rate of software outside of hardware bundles I doubt the Wii would fare so well. It's not a hit with the hardcore gaming crowd, and it's simply retreading the road the PS2 and NDS laid out for it in terms of mass market 'non gamers'. The Atari brought gaming into the home, for that it is a legend. The Playstation 2 broke numerous sales records, brought an affordable DVD system with state of the art gaming to the home, for these reasons it is a legend. The Nintendo DS is dominating the portable market to the same extent Sony did the home consoles with the PS2, it's 6 years old and still king, truly appealing to the mass market like no other games machine before it. The Nintendo Wii is insanely popular ...but while the PS2 smashed everything that came before it, the Wii is simply on par with what the PS2 did before it. It is not breaking new ground outside of the motion controls and will probably only be remembered in the industry for ending Sony's decade long dominance. If anything had a shot against the Atari it would have been the Playstation 2, not the Wii in my humble opinion.

Robin05 August 2009

Perhaps it shoudl be renamed the wall of shame! The Wii instead of the Atari 2600? Judge Jon needs to go... sadly he has failed to understand the true importance of the Atari 2600.

Ben05 August 2009

Atari 2600 has to win this. The Wii is a toy not a gaming console. How many of the new casual market actually become gamers? I think the problem with this is that the general public see the Wii as a mesiah but don't actually know anything about the gaming industry (sorry but I think the same goes for Jon). They will defend it/ vote for it because it is all they know. Knowledge is the key to this vote as such the Atari 2600 should win.

Sashabaz05 August 2009

Its seems that John is too easily swayed by the "latest" gadget in these wall competitions... Without the Atari the Wii would not have existed!! (The Wii (if anything) is a backward step in "video games" as it has nowhere to go. Motion sensor gaming without physical feedback is never as immersive as proper "old school" gaming. but that's a different story). As for the "It brings families together" quote, the reason that more families are playing is because the people who started on the Atari now have their own families and are ACTUALLY inerested in gaming and computer literate. Also directly comparing sales figures from different eras is not a fair comparison. People spend a lot more on gadgets today then they did in the 70s-80s when the Atari was out.

jozef05 August 2009

who wins here... SPACE INVADERS v marrio DONKEY KONG v more steriotipical itallian rubish

Bobbus7405 August 2009

I can't believe Jon went for the Wii over the 2600 VCS. Are you insane man? The Atari was what got most of us 'mature' gamers started in the first place. Being able to play Space Invaders, Asteroids and the like in your own home was like a dream come true. The Wii is just a Gamecube with a motion controller. Yeah its very easy for the whole family to use but to be honest, it gets dull quickly. I say we all go down to the studio and remove the Wii from the wall. Long live the VCS!

numachka05 August 2009

Agreed the Atari 2600 should have one by far, without it the wii wouldn't have happened and anyways the console war the xbox 3360 and the ps3 but where's the wii in this? As john was saying the wii is a family console it wouldn't be around without the beginning of the atari 2600.

Chris00105 August 2009

Surely the Atari 2600 should have won!! There are some great posts above, but I'd just like to echo the ease of use (no sloooooww cassette loads!!), easy controls that enticed mums and dads to play with kids, and the bringing of recognised video arcade games into the home. Sorry John, you messed up this time!!

HK Gadget SHOW Lover!!!05 August 2009

I have been watching the Gadget Show since day one, every programme and episode. I think that the Wii should win as it is already a winner in gaming and the Atari is a much older console. I know that it was amazing for it's time but the Wii is much better!! Also the graphics and everything about it makes you want to buy a Wii!!! Keep Voting For Wii, Wii Lovers

smithee05 August 2009

i vote for wii. but both should go on the wall. this poll is pretty useless.

spence...05 August 2009

Without The Atari There Would Be No Wii.... <<<<WRONG CHOICE>>>>

Sam05 August 2009

I think Jon is going insane... i mean, he's made loads of wrong choices and this is the worst.

Andrew Milne05 August 2009

If the Atari didn't exist, the Wii wouldn't either!

gadgetygamer05 August 2009

:( It's plain to see that the comments are 95% for the 2600 but wii users have chosen to ruin the poll by advertising the poll on wii web sites. Still, the 2600 has won in viewer feedback by a landslide. John you were very very wrong this time.

Flavafridge05 August 2009

John, I'm weeping. The 2600 introduced mass market gaming plus, I was a kid when they came out and played combat against my old man and brother.

updjcool05 August 2009

the grafics on then are both the same make i think they sould both go on

mlawlor199305 August 2009

the nitendo wii is such a betta console than the atari the atari may hav revolutioniced gaming but its old tech and the wireless interface with the wii is much better

soul_ire06 August 2009

i think there is no way the wii beats the atari. when the atari came out as jase said there was absolutely nothing like it.if u had an atari and ur m8s didnt u were the envy of ur friends.there was nothin like it then.i remember my m8 was loaded and his ma got him an amstrad cpc464,and i would call round to his house just to play it,it took ages, hrs to load the cassette up just for a game,then for crimbo i got an atari 2600 with centipede,pacman,the atari multipac with tanks,then my loaded m8 started calling for me.i bought my son a wii 2yrs ago and i really do think its a novelty,seriously none of his m8s are bustin their arses to call round to play the wii cos ever1 has 1 and since the novelty has wore of and hes old enough all he wants to do is play my 360,maybe theres just so much stuff on the market atm that their spoilt for choice but back then it didnt cost much or take much to be the bees knees and boy it was so much fun.

soul_ire06 August 2009

i think there is no way the wii beats the atari. when the atari came out as jase said there was absolutely nothing like it.if u had an atari and ur m8s didnt u were the envy of ur friends.there was nothin like it then.i remember my m8 was loaded and his ma got him an amstrad cpc464,and i would call round to his house just to play it,it took ages, hrs to load the cassette up just for a game,then for crimbo i got an atari 2600 with centipede,pacman,the atari multipac with tanks,then my loaded m8 started calling for me.i bought my son a wii 2yrs ago and i really do think its a novelty,seriously none of his m8s are bustin their arses to call round to play the wii cos ever1 has 1 and since the novelty has wore of and hes old enough all he wants to do is play my 360,maybe theres just so much stuff on the market atm that their spoilt for choice but back then it didnt cost much or take much to be the bees knees and boy it was so much fun.

StereotypeTeen06 August 2009

Jon is very very wrong. The Wii doesn't just not deserve to defeat the mighty Atari 2600, but Jon said it "revolutionised" gaming It really hasn't. It's casualised it and defeated the object of what gaming was all about. The original object of games was to relax and pass the time. You can't relax by jumping about like a lunatic or waving your arms around like some demented clock. It's not right. =\

Splont06 August 2009

I can't help but think they chose the Wii to start off a debate to boost viewers :) Atari belongs on the Wall for obvious reasons.

tonka06 August 2009

Wii Wii Wii all the way home. Done the Atari, finished with the 360 have the PS3 and the Wii is the only console in our household we all play together and we all still love it. The Atari is nostalgic and it started the console revolution but did your parents or grandparents play on it and love it? The Wii is for everyone and absolutely deserves the legend status. I used to enjoy the Atari but not as much as I love playing the Wii with my kids and my parents and nan.

Piranacon06 August 2009

Atari is the only choice here, it was the birth of the modern games console. With no 2600 there would be no Wii plain and simple.

Ugi06 August 2009

I'm sorry, but how can they choose the Wii. The Atari 2600 is the grand daddy of home gaming and in my opinion the Wii is not even a proper gaming console.

Ashley Townend06 August 2009

The Nintendo Wii all the way, its the best console to play multiplayer on, it's fun, it's family fun and it looks good...Jon Bentley Esquire is correct. http://twitter.com/admtownend

imatonkatoo06 August 2009

Play the ashes on any console and then play it on the Wii. Wii games me and the kids play are still just as good a year and a half later of playing. Fair enough not every day but there is no way I still play any game from the Xbox or PS even 6 months later. It is all about having fun with the whole family and especially with the kids. We still have a right laugh still playing Mario Kart Racing. The kids still can't beat me but they're certainly catching up. : ) The Atari brings back good memories but only of me and my brother having fun on it like any game your parents would have a go but soon get bored and not really join in the proper fun of it.

Peter06 August 2009

Never played the Atari but I have played the Wii, sure its fun at first but once you get over the novelty of waving your arms around and seeing your movement imitated on the screen, its boring. You just have to look at the X-box 360 or PS3 and and realise that you've chosen the wrong console. The Atari is the console for gamers, don't know why the Wii was chosen but its just for 'casual' gamers who can't spot a proper game if they were sitting on it. The Atari is the father of all good modern game consoles.

Mark Speight07 August 2009

Can't beleive the WII was up their for some reason everyone is buying them and then don't use them i bet about 8 out of 10 never get turned on again.

Mark Speight07 August 2009

Can;t beleive the WII got up their, it's a dust collecter one of those trends everyone got and then did nothing with like the ballence board and EA active very poor games and very poor console

Storm_Hooper07 August 2009

This was my 1st console I ever played on. If it wasn`t for the Atari then then Wii would have not been born. You are a bad bad man on choosing the Wii haha

Betterthanlife08 August 2009

Yes i agree the Wiimote is revolutionary, but it is only the controller that is clever(although it doesnt have depth perception). As a games machine, what has come out as far as good games for the Wii in the last 6 months......Nothing but a remake of Wii sports. Sorry John!! It has to be the Atari. If i could play an Atari today i would (and my kids would), but who will want play the nintendo once Sony & Microsoft have brought out their equivilent(with depth perception). Sorry John, the Nintendo will be short lived.

Jordan08 August 2009

wi all the way :)

addz-sapphire08 August 2009

The mega drive should have been in this and it should have won! =) but out of the 2600 and the wii the 2600 is by far the most iconic console and the wii is going down at the moment it has no good games really for this year and Wii Motion???? why couldn't they have done that originally, the 2600 was just the best from its realease and every year it had amazing new games for the time especially space invaders. and without the 2600 would the wii really exist today??

Jay Garratt08 August 2009

No contest, for me the Atari wins it hands down. The Atari was the first of its kind, it brought gaming out of the arcade and to the household; a revolution. Whereas the Wii has poor graphics, by today's standards, and is completely out of it's depth in comparison to the 360/Playstation.

Oliver Lavery-Farag08 August 2009

The Wii is too young to go on the wall of fame, it's like giving someone a life time achievement award at the age of 23! The Atari 2600 was a brilliant console, not only was it brilliant for its time, I still remember the games as being utter genius, if it wasn't broken I would take it out of my cupboard and play it right now. However I will nail it to my wall as the true choice of the wall of fame, SO THERE!

thebawp08 August 2009

Yes the Atari 2600 led the way for home consoles, but only for people who wanted to play games in the first place (a fairly narrow audience back then)! Did it really do anything else except be the first on the scene? The Wii has got people playing who would refuse to contemplate video games before hand! Just this weekend I spent the day at a friend's (who is definitely in the non gamer camp) and spent a good few hours of Wii Sports Resort (the Wii belonged to her boyfriend) playing 7 other people, one of whom was her dad but also with her disabled brother (who was able to participate due to the motion based controls) plus my friend (non gamer) and a few other people. It was excellent fun, but no way would we have all sat round an Atari 2600 and been able to enjoy a similar experience (of the 8 who played I'd say only half would touch the Atari). Even my mum has a Wii and uses the Wii fit, and now's she got herself a DS! The Wii is bringing gaming to a whole new audience of people like no other console has and for that I think John got his decision spot on.

Paul Moore08 August 2009

I think john must have been smoking something !. The 2600 should have won by a mile it is the daddy. Everybody I know who bought a wii because it seemed to be cool and the thing to have at xmas, used it for about 3 month and now they just collect dust. I can remember wearing out the joysticks on the 2600 because it got played so much. Sorry john but you'll have to wake up before the next episode.

glen patterson08 August 2009

even those i own a nintendo wii i still think the atari will allways be the best console because it is what started of gaming

sam morrow08 August 2009

sure the wii is amazing if your a child or a women, but as a games machine, it simply leaves you wanting, its a fad that so far as hooked into a women's desire to slim down and make it look like by swinging a remote, healthy. The last proper nintendo console was the n64. The Wii has pushed back gaming to age of kids only and to put it up on a wall of fame when its only a few years old, beggars belief. The atari 2600 is what started it all, without it, nintendo wouldn't have made a console, sega wouldn't have, and so on. Actually lets from this point forward not use the word console and Wii in the same sentence, it isn't.

andy08 August 2009

i have played on the Wii its cheap graphics let down the revolutionary system that better consoles like the 360 with natal and dare i say the ps3 with its little glowing stick, the Wii itself is cheap because its a bland console which you have to buy things for it the new motion board, the gun, steering wheel and the motion+ making what it was meant to be three years after they said it should be that good. And to say how valueable it is to bring the family together is only if you like racing a fat italian plumber or trying to get a many hula hoops as you can when you can go outside to a leisure center and play tennis there because its real making the Wii stereotype of how lazy gamers are than what it is with the other consoles making it clear that the atari should have won and on monday jason can put the rightfull winner on the wall of fame tainted by the stain of the Wii in which he can put in a shredder because 99.9% of people say that the atari is better console and john is making stupid decisions and should pick the correct one and change it on the next show

CB08 August 2009

This Wall of Fame should have compared a real game console to the Atari. The Wii and the Atari are both completely different era and style. If the game consoles had the same style of game play then any verdict would of been more fair.

Sandy08 August 2009

John how can you suggest that Wii brought the family together, My mum bought one and she is 70, she and all the family played this remarkable console.

CyberJacob08 August 2009

Atari is the godfather? ha! more like the grandfather! btw out of all the people who voted for the atari how many have actualy tried a wii

aaron08 August 2009

i love th nintendow wii it is one of the best things in my life

andy08 August 2009

this is just a thought how many people supporting the Wii have played the atari because if your going to complain about how atari players haven't played the Wii first check if you've played the atari because you wouldn't be complaining about how the Wiis is better because you saw the light a traded it in for something better like the atari

Jacob08 August 2009

I am afraid every1 who likes the Atari is wrong i remember mine it was so rubbish i was actually gave it to my friend, honestly i think every atari fan must be insane

Anonymous09 August 2009

the wii is much better then atari because you move the player with your body and feel like your in the game unlike Atari

Jamesidude09 August 2009

The Atari 2600 should of won dude to so many reasons: 1: I brought videos games from the arcade to the living room. 2: It has amazing sound effects and interesting graphics. 3: It brought 3rd party gamers to the industry. 4:It had a funky wood grain design and finally it sold over 12 million consoles in the 80's. ATARI 2600 DESERVED TO WIN !!!!

paddy 100010 August 2009

wtf the atari so should be on the wall of fame if there was no atari there would be no wii or xbox or playstation or anything but I have to admit the wii is good but the atari gave birth to it and no my parents hted the wii they thought it was ridiculous

martin ryan10 August 2009

The Wii is just a gimick fot non games players. I think the Wii has only converted the people that do not normally play games consoles. No serious gamers have moved to the Wii, they all play the PC, PS3 or Xbox.

Thegadgetman10 August 2009

jon,how could pick the wii over a classic games icon like the itari 2600 i mean as jason said it gave birth to the wii but you choose the pre-dessesor shame on you i thought u were a classic gadget fan.i rest my case

robert stoba10 August 2009

What planet is he on saying the wii is should be on the wall of fame the Atari 2600 should have won hands down this is a crime against game players

Jack Gregory10 August 2009

John, how could you. The Atari 2600 led the way for all console. It is The Daddy; The Godfather; The Big Cheese. The fact the Atari is older than me makes no difference! The Atari should be on The Wall.

chris10 August 2009

The atari is simply better than the wii - the atari was good for 1 or 2 players - the wii is only good for more than 1 player and you soon get bored with it.

billy10 August 2009

why cant i find details about the competition on the web site

Low_Key11 August 2009

Atari wins for me, absolutely no contest. I think the reason Mr Bentley gave it to the Wii was simply down to the gimmick of wireless motion sensing game play, which lets face it, is not that accurate. I grew up up with the first mass production games like PONG, Space Invaders and Pac-Man and I've been totally hooked ever since. The controls couldn't get any simpler, it appealed to so many people of all ages and at the time was revolutionary, I mean it brought arcade games to your living room for heavens sake. I've got all the next gen consoles and my favourite is the xbox360, the ps3 is just used for playing Blu-ray movies (about all it's good for), and the Wii is something that gets switched on at Christmas and no other time of year (waste of money really). There are certain things that get invented, that influence history and shape they way we live our lives, big things like Television, Radio, Telephone, the Internet and in my opinion I think the Atari 2600 games console is right up there with them. Now you can't say the same for the Wii can you!!!

H Phillips13 August 2009

Oh so wrong. The 2600 was the daddy of them all. So what if it didn't have cute childish graphics and a controller you could wave about. It started all of this. I demand a re-count!

DSIDSI13 August 2009

YOU CAN NOT BEAT THE ANY NINTENDO PRODUKS YPU CAN NOT BEAT THE WII

Peachy13 August 2009

Wii??!!! yea its taken gaming to people who wouldent normaly play video games.. but its a video game system! that gamers dont play!! Atari 2600 wins hands down, great to see Steve benway's collector piece on TV as well!

Dr Ian Gibson14 August 2009

As the votes on this page show, the decision to put the Wii above the Atari was totally WRONG! Don't get me wrong. I love my Nintendo Wii. HOWEVER, there is no doubt that the impact of the Atari was far greater. It was so incredibly sought after and a true ground-breaker. OK, the Wii has family appeal and a novel interface.It pails into insignificance when I remember the impact of the Atari. They were the pioneers, the true and original. We need a reverse decision on the wall of fame!!!!

Tom30 August 2009

really what where they thinkin when they thought up this one i mean cmon there from two completley generations theye shouldnt even be in the same category its all completley wrong

Michael24 October 2009

The wii is all about the gaming controller, the console itself is substandard, so it cannot win this one!

Tony21 November 2010

Sorry what is the Wii, Atari 2600 will be around long after the Wii has been forgotten. Space invaders, Asteroids, Tank Command Pitfall, Empire strikes and Back Pack man???. I remember doing a full 24hrs stint on Asteroids and clocking the score on it. I have never done that since Sorry Wii you are the Weakest Link and do not belong on the Board. :)