Author Topic: The History of the Atari XEGS (Read 920 times)

TrekMD · « **on:** March 26, 2019, 20:26:55 PM »

Today Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of the Atari XE Game System and whether or not it failed.

https://youtu.be/3-puC0zkph0

TrekMD · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2021, 02:40:47 AM »

Here is another video looking at the history of this Atari system!

https://youtu.be/etkeJCOgdZs

poundlander · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2021, 22:38:56 PM »

Knew exactly one kid with a XEGS. Brought it to school once and failed to awe everyone. Never saw it again

I wish the trend of augmenting consoles into full computers stayed strong. The middle route of a sort of console / sort of computer seems like it was a hard sell.

TrekMD · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2021, 03:04:40 AM »

I have a XEGS that I got last year. I am among those who loves the look of the system. I do understand it does not appeal to everyone. I do agree that augmenting consoles into full fledged computers was an interesting idea but it lacked in implementation. Look at the Adam with the ColecoVision. It made Coleco fail.

onthinice · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2021, 17:20:34 PM »

I have looked at buying an XEGS several times. It is a nice looking machine but to get the most out of it for me would require a disk drive which adds to the price. There are a few exclusive games that I only remember being made for Atari 8-bit computers so maybe one day I will talk myself into buying one.

TrekMD · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2021, 18:25:49 PM »

You can get a multicart for it and play the games that way.

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