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The History of the Atari 2800
« on: May 15, 2019, 03:58:19 AM »
Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of the Atari 2800 Game System and why it failed!

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Re: The History of the Atari 2800
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2019, 07:20:54 AM »
Interesting video. The cost of Famicom vs the 2800: approximately 14,000 to 24,000 was such a stretch. Even if the cost was the same would have been a hard sell.
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Re: The History of the Atari 2800
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2019, 02:18:23 AM »
It really was a stretch but I guess they still had to try.  The results, though, were totally expected.
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