atari52 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I would like to know, if Atari ever made an 7800, In the USA. I know that Atari made an early 2600, and 5200(4 port) In the USA,But I never heard of an 7800. I would like to have one. All I have seen is made in Taiwain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 AFAIK, no 7800 systems were ever made in the USA (with the possible exception of a few prototypes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari52 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Ya, Thats what I thought too. I Was thinking that, maybe the first run, would be made in the USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 (edited) It is unlikely there is Atari 7800 that has a made in the USA label. The only versions that might are prototype versions of the system. Everything thing that Atari published or made were from China, Hong Kong, and Twain based on labels from the Tramiel era including game systems. Edited March 15, 2009 by 8th lutz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Ya, Thats what I thought too. I Was thinking that, maybe the first run, would be made in the USA. It is unlikely there is Atari 7800 that has a made in the USA label. The only 7800 systems that might are the ones that were made in 1984. No, I have an original Warner unit from 1984...it was made in Taiwan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Were any Atari systems manufactured in the USA except for the Jaguar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Were any Atari systems manufactured in the USA except for the Jaguar? Most Heavy Sixers and some 5200s (not sure on this one) were made in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 I have a Sears Video Arcade II, which looks quite like a 7800 and it says made in the USA on the bottom. I thought that was strange, since the Video Arcade II is in a 7800 case and was probably made very late in Atari's first life. But there it is, made in the USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 I have a Sears Video Arcade II, which looks quite like a 7800... The Sears Video Arcade II is the same as the Atari 2800 (Japanese 2600), not the 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 (edited) Is it true that the Atari 400s, 800s, and early 1200XLs were mfg'd in the USA? Edited April 13, 2009 by Ransom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Is it true that the Atari 400s, 800s, and early 1200XLs were mfg'd in the USA? Yes, both my 400 and 800 were made in the US. Some 1200XLs were made in the US, while some were made in Taiwan (mine's a Taiwan unit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Is it true that the Atari 400s, 800s, and early 1200XLs were mfg'd in the USA? Yes, both my 400 and 800 were made in the US. Some 1200XLs were made in the US, while some were made in Taiwan (mine's a Taiwan unit). Oh, good! Thanks. I was hoping I hadn't misremembered that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I think all 800s were made in the USA, and most 400s. But I do have a 400 made overseas,Taiwan I think. I don't know about 800xl or 1200 models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 The first 5,000 7800's built in June 1984 were built in Atari's new El Paso, TX plant. If you find an Atari, Inc. 1984 Atari 7800, it will have a serial# starting with EP Curt I would like to know, if Atari ever made an 7800, In the USA. I know that Atari made an early 2600, and 5200(4 port) In the USA,But I never heard of an 7800. I would like to have one. All I have seen is made in Taiwain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonaru Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Unfortunately this is false but I wish it were true. Apparently all EP units were actually made in Taiwan. Every single one of them were made in Taiwan except for a few prototype unit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Yeah, Curt isn't here anymore to answer for that claim but I don't know where he was coming from with that. It certainly appears they were all made in Taiwan, unless some of the labels are blatantly false. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Maybe it is manufactured vs assembled? But I am just guessing. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 From everything I've ever seen or read from anyone, including talking about it with Curt directly years ago before he passed, EP units were almost certainly engineering prototypes, with the boards made in Taiwan but likely assembled and tested in Atari's former, short-lived El Paso facility. The differences (if any) between those EP units and the initial AT-84 production units is probably very minimal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Okay, that makes more sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Made in the USA = Bolted together in the USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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