carmel_andrews Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 I seem to remember that the initial 7800 (UK version) featured a Nes/Sms alike game controller, except it had a little joystick like thing where the thumbpad was Subsequently in later versions of the 7800 (UK version) they replaced the nes/sms alike games controller with the standard cx40 stick What was the reason for this change Also I remember seeing the original UK 7800 in a Atari show near victoria station london, it was the innards of the 7800 in a glass enclosure on Atari's own stand either late 1986 or early 1987, i was just wondering, as Atari weren't going to release this system of at least a year (due to Atari UK, market research pointing out that the UK/Euro market was still tape/disk driven and would be better served with a system with these storage capabilities (hence xegs), was the 7800 that was shown at the atari show a warners 7800 (with expansion and sio port) or the tramiel version (less expansion/sio port) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 (edited) Surprising similar post to the one you made in the 8bit section! The show was at the Novatel in Hammersmith - the 7800 was show, as were 7800 "pods" with playable games... See the 8bit reply for the truth about joypads... sTeVE Edited April 26, 2006 by Jetboot Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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