Nope, they're all the light versions. I only opened up the nicest-looking one, and it seems to have the heavy's PCB, but I'll need to look at it a bit further.
I'll probably end up figuring out which controllers are broken and keep those for spare parts, then just keep maybe two of each controller (and one backup), and sell the rest. Not sure if I'll try to sell one console or just keep all three.
Still cool, since none of the 6-switchers are common.
I still don't have Pitfall II Lost Caverns for 2600 but I do have the fabled Atari 8-bit home computer version...
The box is actually exactly the same as the Atari 2600 version. They had an insert that could hold several different cartridge shapes and I believe a sticker on the box would say what platform it was for.
It's "fabled" by some for arguably having the greatest Easter Egg of all time according to Perifractic's recent video from a month ago:
His channel seems to have been particularly relevant recently since his two videos before that one were both about fixing and restoring a Sears Telegames Heavy Sixer:
https://youtu.be/MPsD2NOjmHE
Dude's really into Atari and retro computers.
Speaking of which, I was kinda forced to buy my old Atari 800XL home computer with that copy of Pitfall II since it broke while I was testing it several years ago. Was really just trying to see if my Atari 800 non-XL was working and was switching the cartridge back to the XL when one of the pins bent. Months later I got a desoldering station I removed the connector, ejected and straightened the pin, then swapped the pin's position with a vestigial pin, so now it's good as new.
I don't have a Harmony Encore or any other flash cart for my 2600 or 7800 consoles yet but I do have the Atari Ultimate Cart for my 800 and 800XL. I still hope to add an Atari XE GS to the line some day so it'll be more in line with the rest of my consoles and flash carts. Even without it, the XL is like the Atari 5200 SuperSystem on steroids! Nearly identical hardware but with a library of arcade games that even beats the 2600:
https://youtu.be/JwPuuqTxV-I
...and no notoriously faulty CX-52 controllers.
Just the standard Atari CX-40 joysticks from the 2600.
The Space Harrier homebrew port is pretty amazing too:
https://youtu.be/MLTNyP62NVc
That's literally home computer hardware from 1978 with background music and pseudo-scaling graphics like that along with digitized speech! The original 400/800 really only needs a memory upgrade to play it, which was officially available later on. They used NTSC artifact colors to get extra colors on the screen so it looks even better in person on a CRT monitor.
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