I'd have to go with the wood grain Atari 2600, I'm a sucker for 70's designed electronics.
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Hol'up.
Atari's only had 4, not 6, switches on them?
Nope, there were two different versions! The 6 switch is the original. (And in my opinion the better looking one!) The 4 switch came later, and still has 6 switches, they just moved the difficulty switches to the back. I believe it saved them some money and made production a little easier because everything was on one circuit board with that setup.
There were several models including an all-black one that ditched the woodgrain.
Yeah, I should have specified I was just talking about the switches!
I was never a big fan of the "Vader" style 2600, but it seems a lot of people like the aesthetic. I was always partial to the six switch look, I just wish they would have made a Sears Video Arcade sixer with the Atari branding! I like the silver by the switches better than the black on the official ones.
The burl woodgrain is also very fancy!
Yeah, it gives it a really nice look!