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    5200 Gauntlet

    in Atari 5200

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    47 minutes ago, 0078265317 said:

    Ya, maybe try offering 4 dollars and 50 cents instead of 450 dollars.

    I'm all for starting auctions at .99 cents and letting them sell for whatever buyers are willing to pay for it. The funny thing about this auction is that I was the original buyer of the 49/50 cart. Purchased it in 2012 then I sold it on eBay in 2016. Now someone thinks its worth $450 🙁.

    Is collecting a full set still doable?

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

    19 minutes ago, Shawn said:

    NTSC Mean 18 Golf is a very hard game to get. Personally I've found it harder to get than Tank Command. I've owned more copies of Tank Command than Mean 18 over the years. PAL Mean 18 is easy enough, NTSC? Much, much harder to get.

    I agree about Mean 18. I had both Mean 18 and Tank Command CIB but have sold/traded both off 🙁. Another one is Rampage which is selling for a good bit of change these days....

    Is collecting a full set still doable?

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

    Good luck finding a reasonably priced Tank Command. I would be happy with just the repro copy! Ebay has gotten so ridiculous now that you could easily pay $150 or up on at least 10 Atari 7800 CIBs/Carts. So happy to have purchased the 30th anniversary 7800 cart# 2 which has 8 7800 games which are getting very expensive these days:


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    Contains eight 128k games

    1) Basketbrawl
    2) Ikari Warriors
    3) Mean 18 Ultimate Golf
    4) Midnight Mutants
    5) Ninja Golf
    6) Scrapyard Dog
    7) Title Match Pro Wrestling
    8 ) Water Ski

     

     

     

     

     

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    Why was 7800 discontinued

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

    2 hours ago, DrVenkman said:

    Jesus. This thread went on for 16 pages and everyone already hashed, rehashed and regurgitated the same stuff as it was. Why bump it back to life two years later with more of the same? 

    Looks like a new user made a comment to the topic and a few people replied? What's the problem boss? 

    Why was 7800 discontinued

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

    On 10/10/2023 at 12:16 PM, zzip said:

    They didn't really plan for it,  Atari had GCC making 2600 carts for them, and the GCC guys came up with the 7800 design on their own and brought it to Atari in 83.    Atari was at a weird phase where they had no concept of console generations and seemed to think they could release a new console every year and be fine,  they were also talking to Nintendo at the time about releasing the NES under the Atari brand,  and had designs on an Amiga-based console to be released in 85...

     

    Anyway 5200 was plagued with technical issues, high price and complaints about 2600 compatibility.  Instead of addressing those they decided to kill it in 84 and offer the 7800 instead.   That was probably a huge mistake that hurt Atari's reputation- killing an expensive console after less than 2 years, but we didn't have the internet back then to hear the shrieking.

     

    I think it would be better if they told GCC to go back to the drawing board refine the design for an eventual 5200 successor in 86 or 87--  get a real sound chip, improve the high-resolution issues, for example.     But there was too much disarray and lack of forward thinking for that to happen.

    I agree with this 💯. The 2600 should've been cancelled in 1982 and Atari could've concentrated more effort into the 5200. If they would've reduced the price of the 5200, made it compatible with the 2600 carts on release and had self-centering joysticks it may of had a 4 year life ending with the 7800 release in 1986. Look at all the prototype games found for the 5200 after it's demise. Should've been a great system but Atari seemed to rush the 5200 to market just to compete with the Intellivision/Colecovision. Why have all these divisions competing against itself at the same time with the 2600, 5200 and the computer lines? Sounds like greed and bad decisions making by those in charge at Atari. The 5200 is still my favorite system even with all the "failure" labels attached to it 🙂.

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    AtariAge + Atari Q&A

    in Atari General

    Posted

    1 hour ago, jgkspsx said:

    The 5200 was a sales disaster with a struggle bus controller that would be prohibitively expensive to recreate, literally four exclusive games, and simply no compelling reason to own one.

    I see Atari hired a few comedians too 🙂

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    AtariAge + Atari Q&A

    in Atari General

    Posted

    With all the 2600 flashbacks that have been released plus now the Atari 2600+ plus 3 new My Arcade systems, how many times can a system from the 70's/80's be milked based on nostalgia and be profitable enough to be released on a consistent basis? It seems way beyond overkill to me......

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    AtariAge + Atari Q&A

    in Atari General

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    Saw the news on Facebook yesterday about Atari acquiring AtariAge. First off, congrats to Albert! His devotion to this hobby and keeping this website going all these years is a testament to who he is as a person. Having been on this site since 2001 you realize that things are gonna change eventually. Never wanted a 2600 back in the day having purchased the 5200 in 1982 and then the 7800 on its release. So what does the news mean to me? I hope there's enough interest to keep me coming back. I have for over 20 years! If the "New Atari" is only interested in promoting the Atari 2600 + in the future, I'm prob not interested. Time will tell......

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    Popeye 7800

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

    The error in the counting of points for the thrown bottles by Seahag on the 2nd screen is such a non issue in the overall playing of the game. This is a wonderful update when compared with the 5200 release. Played the crap out of 5200 Popeye and got very good at it. The head/body contrast of Brutus's body in the 5200 release always made me laugh! Fix or no fix this is a definite purchase for me in the future!

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    5200 and the arcade experience

    in Atari 5200

    Posted

    On 3/20/2023 at 7:05 AM, ledzep said:

    And for anybody who complains about the 5200 joystick, that Mattel controller was thee worst piece of shit I ever had to deal with in terms of playing video games and trying not to throw that thing against a wall.  A 16-direction disc that freely spins and has no markings on it to tell what direction you've selected, Odin how I hating using it!!  There was no tactile indication that anything had happened, either.  The keyboard had a slightly different feel that was no better or worse than the 5200.  The fire buttons were just as spongy.

    This +1! Plus the Colecovision controllers were just as worse. Rectangular in shape with a knob style joystick with hard buttons to push consistently? Thankfully there are many new joysticks made nowadays as an upgrade to the originals.

    Popeye 7800

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

    20 hours ago, sramirez2008 said:

    +1. I Keep them in a three ring binder along with my manuals. Brings out the 10 year old in me.

    As a collector that's a great idea! Saves you from constantly opening the box and damaging the box flap. I also find myself going back and reading my 5200/7800 manuals and brochures over again like a 10 year old! I will look into doing this. Any pics of your binders?

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    Popeye 7800

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

    I love when Al includes the extra brochures with the upcoming releases! Played the crap out of this on the 5200. Need to order this very soon. Great job Darryl!!!

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