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Beef Drop

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Burger Time was released to the arcades in 1982 by Data East. The title was very successful and it was ported to many systems but the Atari 7800 was not one of those systems. Thankfully, Ken Siders decided to take his version of the game (Beef Drop) which he had created for the 5200 […]

Basketbrawl

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For whatever reason, Atari only released one RealSports title for the 7800 (Baseball) but it did release other sports titles with interesting formulas. Basketbrawl is such an example as it mixes basketball with street fighting in a surprisingly successful manner. The story of Basketbrawl has the action set in the inner-city area where gangs […]

Barnyard Blaster

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You and your grandpa have decided it is time to leave the city and move into a farm. You use your savings to get a few acres of land with a farmhouse with cornfields and several farm animals. Unbeknownst to you, the farm has not been tended very well and when you sit on […]

Ballblazer

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Ballblazer was first released in 1984 on Atari 8-Bit systems and has the honour of being one of the two titles for the 7800 that included a POKEY chip in its cart. This was an excellent move by Atari as one of the best aspects of this game is its catchy music that would […]

B*nQ

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In 1982, Gottlieb released a game that took gamers by storm. That game was Q*Bert and it was such a success that it was converted to just about every home system of the time except the Atari 7800. Fear not for Ken Siders did not like to see this gap in the 7800’s library […]

Asteroids Deluxe

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The one aspect of Atari’s version of Asteroids for the 7800 that many players dislike is that it does not have the vector-style graphics of the original arcade game. Well, Bob DeCrescenzo decided to address this by hacking Atari’s original game into something that more closely resembles the arcade while adding the elements from […]

Asteroids

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There are certain games that little in terms of introduction and Asteroids is one such game. Released in the arcades in 1979, Asteroids was a hit for Atari and they made sure most of their systems had a version available for home gamers to enjoy. The 7800, of course, was not left behind and it […]

Britsoft – An Oral History: Book Review.

By zapiy
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Reading gaming related books as become a bit of a hobby over the past year or so with so many books being created with a core subject close to my heart, Retro Gaming. Britsoft: An Oral History is Read Only Memories latest book, designed as a companion book to go with the 2014 documentary, From Bedrooms […]

Chopper Command

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Given the success of Defender in the arcade, it was expected that other companies would develop games along the same lines. Though the 2600 had gotten a port of Defender by Atari, the folks from Activision decided to create a game in the same vein but with their own original twist.

Chetiry

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The Soviet Union is crumbling! Its most brilliant scientists have come up with a plan to dominate the world and save the republic – construction of a gigantic infernal machine. For build it, a vast number of steel beams are required. Unfortunately, the proletariat is drunk with the smell of freedom and will only make […]