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- Atari attempted to salvage their video game console business with the release of the 7800 in 1986. And it was, in many ways, quite a good console. Many issues seen in the 5200 were fixed, and backwards compatibility with the 2600 was included. Graphics and game complexity were also a huge step up from the 2600.
Aug 20, 2024 · The new 7800+ console is more compact than the original, features HDMI connectivity, and can play both Atari 2600 and 7800 game cartridges. Expect it to ship this winter.
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Release Date: December 14, 2020 Units Sold:10000+ Atari’s back, baby. Well, sort of. Long out of the console game, and working as developers for the past several decades, Atari made a surprising return in 2021 with the release of the Atari VCS. Bundled with both a “classic” Atari-style joystick and a modern controller, the system comes bundled with...
Release Date: 1975 Units Sold:200,000+ By the mid-1970s, Atari was riding high on the success of their first game Pong. One of the first commercial arcade games ever released, the literal hundreds of clones that sprung up in its wake compelled Atari to look for new ways to develop electronic games. A home version of their Pong game was the next log...
Release Date: May 21, 1984 Units Sold:1 million+ There’s a strong argument to be made that the Atari 5200 was the beginning of the end for the company. Riding high on the monumental success of the 2600, expectations were at a peak for the follow-up. What people got instead was one of the worst video game consoles of all time. An extraordinary failu...
Release Date: November 23, 1993 Units Sold:less than 150,000 A bizarre, aggressive advertising campaign did little to help Atari survive the next stage of the console wars, with the 1993 release of the Jaguar being marked by strong early salesand a plethora of elaborate promises made by a company whose public perception by this point was in tatters...
Release Date: September 1, 1989 Units Sold:2 million Although the Atari Lynx fared about as well as anything did for Atari in the 90s, the Lynx has a lot more going for it than the Jaguar, but it wasn’t perfect by any means. So bulky and heavy was this effort by Atari to take down the Game Boythat calling the system a handheld almost feels inaccura...
Release Date: September 1977 Units Sold:30 million Released in 1977, the Atari VCS (Video Computer System) wasn’t the first home console to market, but it was almost immediately the most successful and focused. It was a technical powerhouse for its time, and more importantly, it could play games besides Pong in bright, relatively vibrant colors. Ni...
Release Date: May 1986 Units Sold:1 million The Atari 2600 is more historically significant than the 7800, but for overall game quality, system specs, and sheer potential, the 7800 comes out on top of every Atari console ranking. The console may have been something of a “too little too late” situation for Atari, with it being released to stores in ...
It was the first home console system with full backwards compatibility with a previous system and it's accessories. It had pretty accurate arcade ports of games in that era. But it had bad timing
Sep 21, 2005 · The Good: Very attractive and sleek console design that would look good next to today's high-tech video and audio equipment. Also, the console is easier to keep clean than the venerable 2600 with all of its ridges.
Aug 20, 2024 · Atari’s follow up to its 2600+ retro console for modern TVs is the Atari 7800+. Just like the console from 1986, it’s backwards compatible with the 2600.
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Aug 28, 2024 · This is a revised version of the classic retro console and follows on from the excellent Atari 2600+, which was released last year. Like that console, the Atari 7800+ is a full size replica that plays all your old Atari 2600 and 7800 carts as well as new games and collections being released at launch. This approach is a great way to play old ...
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Sep 27, 2024 · Last year’s console supported old Atari 2600 and Atari 7800 cartridges, and the 7800+ will do exactly the same thing. It even comes with a new official 7800 game, a sequel to Atari’s classic Crystal Castles.
