Atari 7800 Thread

[TrekMD]

Can't blame them for this one, the 7800 was originally released under Warner.

Well then, Warner was too cheap (or dumb)!

[Gorf]

Can't blame them for this one, the 7800 was originally released under Warner.

Well then, Warner was too cheap (or dumb)!

They both had similar suckability. If only Nolan were to hang on a little longer. I think Atari
would still be the dominant force in video games today.

[onthinice]

Wonder if Nolan would have pushed for Chuck E Cheese to be the official mascot of Atari?

[TrekMD]

Wonder if Nolan would have pushed for Chuck E Cheese to be the official mascot of Atari?

Hmm, I think I would have preferred Bentley Bear as Atar's mascot.  Then again, I may be a bit biased. 

[DreamcastRIP]

Wonder if Nolan would have pushed for Chuck E Cheese to be the official mascot of Atari?

While I don't know the answer to that question it was certainly the case that Nolan took numerous opportunities to have the mascot pictured alongside Atari publicity photoshoots for their latest products prior to the first restaurant opening.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69771719@N06/9550875250#

There was of course a mutually beneficial relationship between the two companies because the restaurants had numerous Atari arcade coin-op machines available for its diners to play on.

[TrekMD]

Hmm, interesting seeing the Chuck E Cheese's pet with the Atari stuff.  Makes sense given the connection, though.

[DreamcastRIP]

Hmm, interesting seeing the Chuck E Cheese's pet with the Atari stuff.  Makes sense given the connection, though.

Yep, there's another such photograph in Marty & Curt's book too.

[Gorf]

I don't think CEC would have mattered or ever become reality if Nolan stuck it out a bit longer...he should have just got some initial investment money from Warner or someone instead of selling them the company. A move I bet he still regrets to this day seeing what has happened to his once great company.

[onthinice]

So many what-ifs. I saw an interview on tv years ago, Steve Jobs wanted Nolan to invest in Apple. Wonder how that might have went?

Asteroids on the 7800 is still the best version for me. I wish Activision had ported more classics. The 7800 was all about arcade and old school games. Updates of River Raid, Pitfall II, Stampede and Private Eye would have been cool.

[TrekMD]

We already know how good some of those games looked on the 5200, so they could have been even better graphically on the 7800.  They probably just assumed that users would just play the 2600 versions on their 7800 and did not feel it was necessary to port the games to the system with upgraded graphics.

[onthinice]

We already know how good some of those games looked on the 5200, so they could have been even better graphically on the 7800.  They probably just assumed that users would just play the 2600 versions on their 7800 and did not feel it was necessary to port the games to the system with upgraded graphics.

Thankfully I am grateful for that decision. 

Backwards compatibility now, is different from the 7800 days.

[TrekMD]

Endgadget published an article about the Atari 7800 that I just saw.  So, what do they have to say about Atari's backward compatible system?  Check it out:  Time Machines: Atari's CES Endgame.

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[TL]

This is very cool . . . .

Worlds First 1MB Demo

[TrekMD]

Ah, the Megacart!  Awesome!

[TL]

[align=center:2ff64ceb]So I see somebody did a multi-cart for the 7800!

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