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Summary Of: Atari 7800
The Atari 7800 ProSystem was the first game system from Atari Inc... the Atari 7800 could play almost all Atari 2600 games out of the box... The Atari 7800 languished on the warehouse shelves until it was re... The Atari 7800 faced the severe software drought that would plague all the Atari Corp... the number of titles specifically designed for the Atari 7800 hardware is the lowest of any commercially released Atari system... While the Atari 7800 is capable of playing bankswitched games... amount of complexity on the initial run of Atari 7800 games when compared to the competition... Consumers complained that Atari 7800 lacked the depth and variation often found on Nintendo and Sega machines... The software libraries of the Atari 7800 and Sega Master System suffered tremendously as a result... The Atari 7800 was often forced to fill the void with either computer conversions or original titles... Atari 7800 conversions of Mario Bros... Eight third party Atari 7800 titles were manufactured by three companies... The Atari 7800 remained active officially between 1986 and 1991... The Atari 7800 distantly trailed the Nintendo Entertainment System in terms of units sold but was a profitable... the Atari 7800 was one of the last to be emulated... Several new commercial Atari 7800 titles such as Beef Drop... a device that allowed the Atari 7800 to read MMC cards containing binary files of Atari 7800 programs... This system resembled a miniature Atari 7800 and joysticks and had 20 built in games... Atari 7800 prototypes tend to be highly coveted by collectors... an Atari 7800 version was started but not completed beyond a simple demo... Comprehensive Atari 7800 database and information... Encyclodia Page On: Atari 7800
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