It’s the Atari 7800! A system born from the fires of corporate shakeups and a quickly evolving video game industry. After the failure of the Atari 5200 Atari hoped the brand new Atari 7800 pro system would become the next big thing…. but it didn’t actually release until 1986 and by then the writing was on the wall for Atari’s spot as the biggest video game console company.
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Naming in the 7800 probably was a poor move, makes it seen like just a successor to the 5200, which is not a position you want to be in
The 7800 could have been really really really good had just a few things been different
7800 controller was extremely uncomfortable. Other regions got an actual NES style gamepad that's so much better. I have it and absolutely love it.
if the 7800 came out before nintendo entertainment system it would of stood a chance but also they should of stayed in the computer market
I never gave much thought to the 7800, it just seems….sad
You are not wrong in saying that using the TIA chip for sound was a bad idea – but saying it was exactly the same audio as the 2600 is just incorrect. In 7800 mode, it had 100% access to TIA for audio, and could blow the 2600 audio out of the water. Just do a simple comparison of Ms. Pac Man, Xevious and Donkey Kong vs. the 2600 versions. Total night and day vs. those versions.
I have one on order to make me next BEAT the high score. Where I will shatter the 5.51 on Dragster.
The 7800 allows to play 2600 games so I figured it’s a better choice to beat some other games too.
And after reverse engineering Pole Position and Dragster I feel comfortable on Atari.
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