Atari 7800 Thread

[Shadowrunner]

Thanks Ice 

[onthinice]

Your welcome! Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the 7800

[onthinice]

[TL]

Great to see those thanks! 

[onthinice]

[TrekMD]

Karateka for the 7800...a game in dire need of hacking!

[TL]

Great scans! 

[Shadowrunner]

Karateka for the 7800...a game in dire need of hacking!

Now that I have this game I have to try it and see if it's really as bad as you guys say it is.

[TL]

It is! Run away now! Karateka might look good in screenshots or even video but it just controls terribly. Don't believe me? See what Classic Game Room said about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZQb7IQ5vb8

The 7800 game you need in your life is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVTLnTDA8KU

[TrekMD]

Karateka's problem is not in the looks department but with the controls.  That's why I said that it just needs to be hacked to have that addressed.  The lag kills it.

[Shadowrunner]

So I noticed on the side of my 7800 there's a big square hole where you can see right inside the console. I wondered what it was so after a little digging I found out on early models there was a expansion port there but when Jack came along he got rid of it to cut costs. I try to keep my consoles as dust free as possible but I have to imagine a lot of stuff can get inside a hole that big. Just wondering if there's supposed to be a cover there or is that the way they came? If there wasn't a cover what do you guys do? Guess a piece of tape would work if nothing else.

[TL]

Yep, uses the same case design. Don't have it on PAL models though.

[Shadowrunner]

Yep, uses the same case design. Don't have it on PAL models though.

Okay so tape it is 

[onthinice]

I have one of the later 7800 releases. Sorry I could not help you, Shadowrunner.

[Shadowrunner]

I have one of the later 7800 releases. Sorry I could not help you, Shadowrunner.

Don't worry about it, thanks anyway