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What a great Atari Day gift! Isn't funny that a "quick question" turned into you getting a 7800 on Atari Day! 👍

A show some rare games I got over the past 5 months in my latest pickups video.

Yeah, pretty much my thoughts too. I like the idea in general of a new system that can play old physical media, especially CD games, but for the amount of money, I'd just get the original systems themselves.

NBC's 1985 Saturday Morning Cartoon Lineup Where else can you see Punky Brewster, Mr.T, Smurfette & Spider-Man at the same table?

Pointless? It's clear it was done as a protective measure for their valued customers so they wouldn't have to experience the horror that is: 😲😆😅🤣😂

, I'm curious now. What are some 7800 games that did not sell well? Also, outside of California Games, can you think of any other 7800 titles announced, but never came out and never had a prototype that surfaced? Thanks!

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The Flashback controller is very similar with one main difference: the side buttons are softer. On the original Intellivision, those side buttons are hard and can kill your fingers. Unfortunately, even though the original plan was to make the Flashback controllers compatible with the original system, they aren't with some sort of adapter.

Lazer Tag I really like the design of the gun and think it still looks futuristic even today. Too bad it didn't work with my Atari 7800!

I'm assuming so. However I won the pole and finished the race, but still needed 1500 to break 70k. Maybe there's some randomness to how many cars you'll have a chance to pass? I figured you'd like that. I guess it figures that two guys from the motor state who grew up with the 7800 are leading the race, lol.

Atari 2600 Paddles Games Month continues with this launch title. Ep 642: Street Racer

Star Trek: S.O.S. Atari 8-Bit Computers Difficulty: Default High Score: 450,600 May 29, 2020

Sometimes you just let Jordan be Jordan, and accept that you're Isaiah Thomas 😁

I'll throw this into the discussion: almost all add-ons fail or lose money for their companies. Personally, I like add-ons. For instance, I'm a big fan of the Power Base Converter & Intellivoice. But it seems the average consumer doesn't want to deal with them. The Intellivoice was a disappointment to Mattel along with the ECS. They may have contributed to the Intellivision downfall. The 32X was a bust for Sega. Nintendo had to give away Expansion Paks for the N64. None of the 3rd party add-ons for the 2600 seemed to do well either. I owned and still like the Sega CD. It may have been the most successful add-on of it's time, but it didn't even reach 10% of Genesis users. Maybe that's why we don't really see many add-ons anymore.

Sorry if I misunderstood. If you're saying that early 7800 games fit better in the early 80s than in 86, I 100% agree. To be fair, a lot of early NES games also fit better in the early 80s, but they caught fire with Super Mario and were smart enough to shift focus more on games that had different levels and could be beat, rather than high score only games. Of course I've always believed that Super Mario in particular was the reason games rebounded in the US. Without that game, even the Nes may have failed here.

Wow. The more I here about Jack, the more respect I lose for how he handled business, assuming this is all true. On one hand I'm greatful for him owning Atari. If not, we may have never had the 7800, Lynx and Jaguar. On the other hand, if the reports are true, I don't like how he manipulated others for his own gain.

Btw, the Famicom (Aka NES) debuted in 83 in Japan. The technology between the two systems is closer than many give credit for. It's just the dominance of the NES have given a false perception that the NES was vastly superior under the hood compared to the 7800.

Ballblazer, Commando, Ikari Warriors, Alien Brigade, Ninja Golf, Midnight Mutants, Xenophobe, Tomcat F-14, Desert Falcon, Mean 18 Ultimate Golf and Pete Rose Baseball on the 7800 could go toe-to-toe with similar games on the NES. Of course, some of those were late releases. And of course, the older arcade titles, like Food Fight, Ms. Pac-Man, Xevious, Robotron & Joust could also compete with similar older ports on the NES. The 7800 was held back by lack of 3rd party support, an out of date system sound chip and a lack of more NES style games. The 7800 had enough under the hood to compete with the NES with the right support. Most NES games were handheld by teams of programmers, many of whom learned how to get the most out of the system with companies who would spend extra money for more memory and sometimes even special chips. Most 7800 games were contracted to a single programmer on the cheap. Just imagine if the same teams that made NES games invested just as much into 7800 games. Support is huge. The Atari 2600 was able to out sell systems like the Intellivision, despite having less horsepower. The Sega Master system, which in many ways was superior to the NES hardware-wise, was fighting with the 7800 for a very distant 2nd place behind the NES. Nintendo has made an art out of the this. Their systems are often not as powerful as the competition, but they still stay competitive.

68,500 Won the pole, finished the race and still finished short of the lead. I don't know @Justin, it might be near impossible to break 70k.

Yup, Super Metroid is another game I want to review. Truth be told, I probably have anywhere from 500-1000 games in my collection I want to review (phew)

Actually it used the Display Processor Chip or DPC, which was made by David Crane. DPC is also his intials.

Bomb Squad Intellivision Difficulty: Game 2, 1 Digit High Score: 3,920 July 4, 2020

It's funny you mention that, because getting all of the treasures was one of the most satisfy game experiences I ever had, mostly because of all the work that was involved, lol. It's a good thing I liked playing the game so much! As for the sequel, I'm not super familiar with it, but I have it and do plan to review it one day.

Alien Ambush Atari 8-Bit Computers Difficulty: Game Speed 0 High Score: 3,400 February 18, 2020