Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg

Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg

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**Original** – An Atari 2600 console with a plugged-in controller ready to be played on

Reason: Behold, an image of the Atari 2600, a console from the second generation of video game consoles that sold over 30 million units. I believe this photograph is of excellent quality and meets all the featured picture criteria, with a complete composition captured, a forgivable degree of graininess, and an enticing joystick, well worth over one thousand words. Could it use a resolution higher than the current 3,940 × 2,300? Certainly, but there is enough important detail that nobody can be left dissatisfied, right?
Articles in which this image appears: Atari 2600
Atari, Inc.
Atari
Video game console
Home video game console
List of best-selling game consoles
(and 8 others)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator: Evan-Amos

Support as nominator – GaɱingFørFuɲ³⁶⁵ 07:54, 29 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:43, 29 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Static. – Sca (talk) 12:25, 29 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support @Sca: I used to own one of those. The plastic is textured, and what you're seeing as static is just that texture. They have a fairly rough plastic texture, which, when photographed, is going to look kind of mottled, but that's because it is mottled. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7% of all FPs} 03:10, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What I meant by "static" was something like "producing an effect of repose or quiescence." In other words, blah – of little visual interest. – Sca (talk) 13:55, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Sca: I think that encyclopedic value wins out here. It's a clear depiction, and adding more visual interest would likely distract. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7% of all FPs} 20:45, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Certainly iconic enough to be featured. JOE BRO 64 10:28, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Iconic is one of the two most overused words in the English language. – Sca (talk) 13:59, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And that has to do with... ? JOE BRO 64 14:24, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What does that have to do with anything? Namcokid 47 ^(Contribs) 16:21, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Question You say controller ready to be played on but TOP on the joystick is on the left. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:34, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Odd wording, aye. I think they mean it's plugged in. Since there's no game in it, it's not really ready, is it? (For that matter, no visible power or TV cables) Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7% of all FPs} 20:44, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose not ready. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:36, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How so? Namcokid 47 ^(Contribs) 02:58, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Namcokid: It's mainly a flaw in the description: with no cartridge in it or power/TV cables, it's not "ready to be played on". Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7% of all FPs} 19:58, 7 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:10, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Namcokid 47 ^(Contribs) 16:21, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Another game console floating in space. I don't understand why people remove the backgrounds. It's a lot of work and just makes the photo worse, IMO. Kaldari (talk) 20:26, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Geoffroi 02:29, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:59, 9 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]