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Dec 21, 2020 · The Atari 7800 was expected to be the next major console of its time. The Atari 7800 was introduced to the public with the backward-compatibility function. The system did something that its predecessor, the Atari 5200, had not: it gave fans the ability to play their favorite Atari 2600 games on the latest system.
Oct 14, 2012 · Atari made it's own problems with the 7800 anyway, since they were selling 2 other games systems alongside it (i.e the rejigged 2600 and the XEGS), if Atari had been serious about the 7800 long term, it would have focused only on one gaming system since no software publisher worth their salt was going to ever support 3 Atari games systems Atari might have stood a chance with better 3rd party ...
Sep 27, 2001 · The result of the XEGS was not an increase in video game sales, but further lack of focus in Atari's video game division. As a game machine it was too computer-like, and as an entry level computer it was too game machine-like. Efforts Atari put into developing and marketing this machine would have been better spent supporting the 7800 and ST.
Jul 15, 2013 · The Atari XE Video Game System fared even worse than the Atari 7800, and was yet another instance of Atari failing to save itself from Nintendo's increasingly domineering presence.
The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a video game console re-released by Atari Corporation in January 1986. The original release had occurred two years earlier under Atari Inc. The 7800 had originally been designed to replace Atari Inc.'s Atari 5200 in 1984, but was temporarily shelved due to the sale of the company after the video game crash.
Dec 9, 2022 · The main issue that comes up with the 7800 panel buttons is that over time, they start to fail in that they won't always register a press. The power button and reset seem to be the most problematic and that is likely due to them being used the most.
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With the 7800 launch, Atari put a focus on "budget" gaming, with many games selling for less than $19.99. Because the system was all ready to go back in 1984, most of the launch titles were arcade ...
