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July 23, 2011 12:49 am GMT

For The Geek Who Has Everything: A Gold-Plated Atari 2600

One thing most 30-something people in tech have in common is video gaming nostalgia. Generation X (and Generation i) can go on for hours discussing the merits of our favorite Nintendo games, our programming experience in school, and of course our beloved Ataris. Sure there were C64s and Amigas and such, but Atari's 2600 and its successors were truly groundbreaking in the gaming world.You can still find a few here and there, working even, but to be honest the machine is a little more humble-looking than my memory has it. But Urchin Associates had the brilliant idea to preserve this piece of computing history forever... in 24-karat gold.

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