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August 4, 2009 / Console Systems

8-Bit Atari 7800

The Atari 7800 was released in 1986 just after the Nintendo brought their Famicom system to America. The system was actually more powerful graphically then the NES and Sega Master System but it still utilized the same sound chip that was in the Atari 2600 so that hurt the system.

Since the Atari 7800 was fully backwards compatible with the Atari 2600 that meant it had a full compliment of games ready at launch. Which was good because the system only had 3 games at launch and many were announced that were never released. The Atari 7800’s short life was marred by it’s vaporware and inability to attract gamers from Nintendo’s machine.

The NES style controllers seen in the screenshot below were not actually released with the system. An update to the Atari 5200’s controllers called the “Atari Proline Controller” was released with the system but received many complaints again about how uncomfortable they were.

The games were great though and if anyone wants to try some out there are lots on Ebay all the time and of course emulation is a good way to play the classics.

August 4, 2009 / Console Systems

8-Bit Atari 2600

In 1977 Atari released their Atari VCS (2600) and initially had nine games available. Atari sold over thirty million of the consoles, and together with other companies sold hundreds of millions of games. Cartridges for the system were produced across three decades, and believe it or not there are still new games being produced today. …

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August 4, 2009 / Console Systems

8-Bit Nintendo Entertainment System

Following the Video Game Crash of 1983 no U.S. company felt there was money to be made in video games anymore. It wasn’t until a Japanese company named Nintendo brought stateside their popular Famicom (FAMily COMputer) re-named the Nintendo Entertainment System. For the first time gamers were actually able to play almost arcade perfect translations …

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