Atari 7800 Thread

[HDN]

Today is very special! I'm getting a box in the mail from cjherr over at AtariAge filled to the brim with 7800 games! He didn't use them anymore, so he wanted to send them to me, free of charge! How nice of him! I'm very humbled by this generous donation and incredibly thankful. I'll post what's all in there here in this thread later. I plan on doing an unboxing video.

[Shadowrunner]

Well that's pretty cool! Looking forward to seeing what games you get.

[TrekMD]

That is awesome!  I'm curious to see your unboxing video when you get it done. 

[HDN]

Well, @TrekMD , you won't have to wait long! Here it is, in all its 7800 glory!



I think that's how you insert a hyperlink here. Not entirely sure if that'll work or not. I'm still getting used to the way things work here.

Anyways, if you are too busy to watch the video, here's a list of what I all got:

Asteroids
Centipede
Choplifter!
Crossbow
Dark Chambers
Desert Falcon
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Junior
Galaga
Hat Trick
Joust
Ms. Pac-Man
Pole Position II
Rampage
Realsports Baseball
Robotron: 2084
Touchdown Football
Xenophobe
Xevious
Xevious (yes there were two in the box)

Thanks so much, cjherr!

[HDN]

Whoops! I forgot the BIG ONE! Commando is also in there. One of the two games that uses the POKEY audio chip instead of solely the stock 2600 TIA sound.

[TrekMD]

That is one nice group of games and, Commando is awesome!  I've saved the video to watch later.    Congratulations!

[HDN]

Cool, be sure to tell me when you watch it!
Commando is a lot of fun. I tried them all out and they do work. I haven't spent equal time with all of them, but I played at least one game of each (except some of the sports games). So far, I have been really enjoying Commando, Choplifter!, and Crossbow mostly. The 3 "C's".

[TrekMD]

I will!  Glad the games work too!

[HDN]

What are some of your favorites on the console? I am loving Choplifter, Commando, Galaga, and Food Fight especially.

[TrekMD]

Just watched the video.  Very nice!  Favorites from the original lineup:  Ms. Pac-Man, Commando, Xevious, Donkey Kong, Desert Falcon come to mind.

[HDN]

Those are all very good games! The first three you mentioned (Xevious, Commando, Ms. PAC-Man) are all easily better than their NES counterparts.

[TrekMD]

Yes they are!  I forgot to include Dig Dug, Asteroids and Centipede!  Love them all!

[HDN]

And I heard Robotron is pretty good too! I haven’t tried it out with a proper two stick setup yet on 7800. I made this holder for my joysticks seems to hold them pretty well. It’s okay to laugh if you want as it’s pretty ugly, but I’m not complaining! I think it will work well. I plan to blast some robots tomorrow on my day off.

Whoops, sorry. Looks like I can’t insert a picture on my phone. Or at least I don’t know how to. I think I will do a video on it and maybe post later. Sorry!

But rest assured, it’s not winning any beauty contests!

[TrekMD]

Oh, it is!  Definitely a fun game and, perhaps, one of the best home versions of the game.  Hey, if you made your own holder for the joysticks and it works, more power to you. 

[davyk]

7800 got some really solid ports. Asteroids on the 7800 is still my favourite home port of it. Centipede, Food Fight and Joust are all really splendid conversions. Food Fight might still be an exclusive still - can't be sure of that though.

Look out for Pacman Collection which is an excellent homebrew hack built on the original Ms.Pacman game. I think there's a POKEY version of it now - I own the original version with the old 2600 sound but it plays great.