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Also the difficulty switches are confusing as <bleep!> on the 7800.   Completely unlabeled. 

I think there are two things that would give a few people some reason/excuse to say 7800 is "bad" at playing 2600 games:
 
- The cartridge slot can be kind of tight and doesn't play nice with Imagic cartridges and a few other third-party manufacturers' cartridges. Of course, you can cut away the plastic lip around the slot, and that solves that problem. (That was one of the first things I did when I got my 7800.)
 
- Some versions of the 7800 have some compatibility issues with a few Activision (and other) games and the Supercharger.
 
- Some people think the color on the 7800 isn't as good as on a dedicated 2600. Then again, there are some people who insist that heavy sixers are the only ones with decent color. Of course, the color is adjustable under the hood. Personally, I've never had a problem with 2600 colors on *any* machine -- I've had a coupla heavy sixers, a woodgrain 4-switcher, a Vader, and a couple of Jrs and they were all fine. Ditto my 7800.
 
Heck, one of the reasons the 7800 is my favorite consoles is that it plays 2600 games, meaning I don't need a separate 2600 taking up space. And I'm lucky enough to have a 7800 that has so far proven fully compatible -- Robot Tank, The Activision Decathlon, and the Supercharger all work on mine.

What I don't get is on Atariage, I saw a thread where people kept saying the 7800 is bad at playing 2600 games.  What are they talking about?  Everyone else I've talked to says it works great.  I'm looking at getting one in the near future, as I like it a bit more than the 2600.

The Atari 7800 is my favorite video game system of all time. Welcome to a place both wonderful & strange 

Welcome to the 7800 club!!!!

I hate Food Fight but everyone else loves it! Enjoy!!

and Rick is the man!!!!

It's ugly but I know it went to a good home!   Yes! Joust 7800!!

I had a dream about that 7800 control pad the other night!! One day it will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine.

Well technically, this should fit the bill since Xevious was originally an arcade game and this 7800 controller is made from arcade parts 

Welcome to the 7800 club!!!!

I hate Food Fight but everyone else loves it! Enjoy!!

and Rick is the man!!!!

It's ugly but I know it went to a good home!   Yes! Joust 7800!!

Welcome to the 7800 club!!!!

I hate Food Fight but everyone else loves it! Enjoy!!

and Rick is the man!!!!

It's ugly but I know it went to a good home!   Yes! Joust 7800!!

Welcome to the 7800 club!!!!

I hate Food Fight but everyone else loves it! Enjoy!!

and Rick is the man!!!!

It's ugly but I know it went to a good home!   Yes! Joust 7800!!

Offered for your consideration:
 

Time to drag out my 7800, my best 7800 controller...and some Alieve. I feel some hand cramps coming on LOL.

I'll take it!!  Yea...I wish.  I would love to get my hands on one of those  But...I may switch to a Genesis controller doing this challenge however I am going to try to keep it all original hardware.  Atari had some nice hardware with the 7800 but they should have given the Pro-Line joysticks a better balancing point.  It's too top heavy to be comfortable.