MaximumRD Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Atari 8-Bit XE Game System XEGS Review, Teardown, Repair and SIDE2 Compact Flash Hard Disk Upgrade! Modern Vintage Gamer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLO-z3re1PU Published on Feb 17, 2017 Here is a full comprehensive review, teardown and repair of the amazing Atari 8 bit XE Gamesystem XEGS. Song: The Ghost, written and produced by myself - download available at https://soundcloud.com/lantusone/the-ghost -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► Check me out on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ModernVintageGamer◄ ► Soundcloud : https://www.soundcloud.com/lantusONE◄ ► Follow me on Twitter : https://twitter.com/ModernVintageG◄ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Category Gaming License Standard YouTube License RickR, TrekMD, Justin and 1 other 4 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 This is one system that have always been tempted by. Lost Dragon and MaximumRD 2 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted February 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 This is one system that have always been tempted by. Yes me as well! Regret not biting back when I was still actively collecting. Considering I really only cared about gaming on Atari systems seems like the perfect console. But I rarely ever seen them available for decent price (to get to Canada including shipping) and honestly don't think I have ever seen one in person. Just something about it, the funky pastel colors lol. Lost Dragon 1 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 These are really nice, but I would highly recommend an Atari 800XL instead. The 800XL is essentially the same (minus the built-in Missile Command game), but is of much higher build quality. Plus easier to find and less expensive. MaximumRD and Lost Dragon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted February 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 These are really nice, but I would highly recommend an Atari 800XL instead. The 800XL is essentially the same (minus the built-in Missile Command game), but is of much higher build quality. Plus easier to find and less expensive. I have an 800XL as well as a...is it 130 XE? Been a while I have to check. I just always wanted one of these because they are so funky. RickR 1 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Yeah, I'll admit....I was the same. I have one just because. Lost Dragon and MaximumRD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Yeah, I've thought of the 800 XL also but I just like how the XEGS looks. MaximumRD 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergojisan Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 I have one with the keyboard, but I've never been able to get it to work. Maybe Willie can help me... Lost Dragon and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 I have one with the keyboard, but I've never been able to get it to work. Maybe Willie can help me... You'll have to tell us what it does when you turn it on. If it came with the "ingot" style power brick, most likely that's gone bad. In fact, watching the video above, I guessed it was the power brick that was broken the second it came up on screen. Anyways, the much more safe styles of Atari power supplies are available on-line for decent prices. Best sells them, and I've also seen them on Ebay for $10-15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 As I mentioned above...quality in the Tramiel years was not very good. It's amazing how many XEGS' are broken. I got mine from Correagonzales because it was broken. I also have an extra working motherboard if anyone needs it. MaximumRD and Lost Dragon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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