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| The Atari 7800 was released in 1986 to compete with the NES and the Sega Master System. It was to late for the once powerful Atari Corp. The really cool thing about this system, is that it is compatible with all 2600 games. The funny thing about all of these Atari systems is that they came out pretty close to one another. This may account for the huge lull in video game sales back in the mid-'80s until the original Nintendo came out. An interesting story is that Nintendo came to Atari with their 8-bit Famicom system and the deal was botched at the last minute by Atari. So instead of the Nintendo 8-bit from Atari, gamers were able to play games on the good, old 7800. The 7800 was compatible with the 2600 (but not the 5200) which was the main reason why the 5200 didn't succeed. Most of the games were similar to the NES but they didn't have as many colors and nothing really came close to Super Mario Bros. After the video game crash at the end of '83 Atari was left to single-handedly compete with the NES in 1985. Guess what happened. |
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| Barry L. Laws,
Jr. bigdcaldavis2000@yahoo.com
on Wednesday, October 11, 2000 at 17:57:04
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- I started collecting the Atari 7800 earlier this year. I started off by buying three cartridges at a flea market for 50 cents each (they were Xevious, Karateka [the only stinker in my collection], and Robotron [virtually arcade- perfect]). After that, I got a 7800 system with 2 controllers, power supply, switch box, RF cable, boxed Asteroids, and boxed Galaga. Since then I have gotten several games in mint condition. The rarest of my collection has to be Motor Psycho (I think it is one of the rarest games for the 7800...and I got it in shrinkwrap condition). I think I now have 12 boxed games for the 7800, and 4 loose games (the above 3 plus Pole Position 2). A note : I have
heard that
the 7800 is incompatible with the Arcadia/Starpath Supercharger. In
fact,
I have
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| James
Pemberton jayfrank@juno.com
on Thursday, March 2, 2000 at 10:59:16
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're going to go retro, forget the 2600 and find a 7800. It only has three drawbacks that might make you want a 2600. 1 - Its power
supply is unique.
If yours breaks, the only way to get another is to buy a whole new
system,
or pay the cost of a
2 - The
controllers are awful.
Unless it's a game that requires both buttons, plug in a Sega Genesis
controller;
they work fine on
3 - More 2600
games don't
work on it than most people will tell you. While only a few won't
work because of the programming,
Otherwise, it's a
fun system.
The best title is Ms. Pac-Man. It's just like the original, and they
fit
the whole board on the screen,
Other neat titles to own are Apple //e ports, and some unique titles like Midnight Mutants (an RPG) and Ninja Golf (too weird to explain). But you probably
shouldn't
buy this only for the 7800 games, because there aren't that many and
they
are hard to find. What you're
And beware of a little sadness, the games are cool, and make you wonder what Atari could have done if they hadn't released the 5200. All in all, of
its Generation
I think it looks better than the NES, and pales before the Sega Master
System. It even has a Super Mario
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