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Already getting flack for this one! Ep 273: Galaxian

Seal Circus Tomy Pocket Game

Thanks to jmjustin6 for trading me a Fantastic Four Pnp, which you can see in action here.

Thanks to jmjustin6 for this one: Fantastic Four:

All my 7800 titles are spoken for except for One on One Basketball, Realsports Baseball and Rampage.

Pete Rose and Xenophobe for the 7800 are called for.

That is very tempting. The only thing holding me back is the high price and the fact that they won't ship for possibly 2 years.

Just in at No Swear Manor and available for trade or sale! A bunch of 2600 & 7800 games including Rampage and Pete Rose for the 7800. Please note I have not had time to test any yet, but if you're interested I will definitely make sure they work before trading. Also, some of the games have initials in marker and a slight smoker smell if you sniff them up close, just like all good Atari fans do. I also have a 7800 Karateka. It got embarrassed on how terrible a game it is and snuck out of the photo shoot.

Another reviewed game is up for trade! Submarine Commander -2600

I honestly just use a DVD recorder.

Bob Laser, you are one of the best members here at AtariDiedO!

Ep 271: Submarine Commander

Ep 268: Adventure

After Jack bought the company, it seems we heard very little compared from Atari. Sure, there were commercials, but for the most part they focused on the system and multiple games, rather than a single title. It seems like for every 10 NES commercials, there was one Atari ad. Even Sega seemed to do more promotion under Tonka. I remember seeing the Master System on Post cereal boxes. It seems they post most of their effort into "The Atari Advantage" promotion that gave you a poster in marked boxes and a chance to earn a game if you bought 15 titles. There seemed to be even less magazine ads. Atari did try to make their own Nintendo Power with Atarian magazine, but again they did not advertise it much and I only happened to stumble upon it at a book store with a large selection of magazines. And it seems for the most part, gaming magazines treated Atari like the red headed step child. Perhaps this was due to politics and the fact that Atari simply didn't buy as many magazine ads as other companies. I wouldn't be surprised if a NES third party like Capcom or Konami spent more on ads than Atari. Recently I've been going through old comic books during this time and found no 7800 ads and only 1 Lynx ad. Now I wasn't into computers much, but I knew about Tandy, Apple and Amiga. At the time (late 80's to 90's), I didn't even realize that Atari made computers until much later. It is my impression that Atari Corp overall did better overseas than in the US. I heard some reports that the Lynx sold better in the UK and that Atari didn't send enough Jaguars to fulfill the UK demand at launch. It might also explain why the last two releases on the 2600 and 7800, Klax and Sentinel, made it to the UK but not here. However, on the bright side we did get this ad:

Looking forward to seeing what you and/or your kid take out of the box!

Dive-Dive the GoBot

FYI - The Turbo Express launched here for at least $249.99 in 1991 (or $440 in today's dollar) Some reports say it actually launched at $299.99 (Or $530 today) while other say it launched at 249, raised to 299 and they reduced again to 249. This was the Neo Geo of portables, another system that is highly regarded, but probably sold less units than the Lynx. And it seems that being a fan of Atari comes with a lot of baggage. Whether it be the archaic look of 2600 games, ET, the 5200 joysticks, the lack of awareness of the 7800, the flip flop sized Lynx or the "utter failure" Jaguar. Nintendo on the other hand seems to get a lot of the benefit of the doubt despite the poor design of the NES (blinking screen), the hard ot see green and black Game Boy screen, the slowness of the SNES on sport games, the fog of the N64 and the lack of 3rd party support and DVD playback of the Gamecube. By the way, I like both Nintendo and Atari. I'm just trying to show how you can be positive or negative of just about any system.

It was released in the states, but was pretty expensive. It did have a neat TV tuner accessory. My guess is the Lynx both outsold and outlasted it in the states.

Yeah, I can see that for your area. I'm not claiming the Lynx was a mainstream smash. I just don't understand why it is called a horrible failure? To me, such a failure wouldn't even last a year at a Toys R Us, yet I recall it being at TRU for multiple years. Most companies would be thrilled TRU carried their product so long. According to some reports, the Lynx had a longer life than the Colecovision, Vectrex, 3DO and Sega Dreamcast! Did it ever lose money for Atari? Maybe, but I never heard it did. FYI - Cost Comparison Lynx in 1989 - $179.99 (or about $349.99 in today's dollars) Game Boy in 1989 - $89.99 (or about $174.99 in today's dollars) On a side note, did TRU even carry the Jaguar? I only recall seeing it at my Babagges.

"depending on who you ask, it was a horrible failure for the company" As was brought up, this is my only problem with the article. I don't believe you should you say "depending on who you ask" and only bring up one, unsupported point. Depending on who you ask.... The Browns will win the Super Bowl, Tax Avoiders is a great game and beef tastes like chicken. Too me, that was lazy and biased. How in the world does a system that lasted multiple years count as a horrible failure? Just because it didn't sell as well as the Game Boy? BTW, I think the main reason the Lynx didn't sell more was due not to any lack of games, but the high price of the unit compared to the Game Boy. Even if Tetris, the biggest portable system seller of all time, was packed in with the Lynx, the Game Boy would've still outsold it.

Ep 270: Escape From The Mindmaster (Starpath Supercharger)

I have a new, sealed copy of Ikari Warriors for the 7800. The box does have some crushing

Adventures of Tron

Ep 269: Sword of Saros - Starpath Supercharger Atari 2600 Add On