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#1 2011-07-07 19:19:24
- agscratcher
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I just dug up an Atari 7800
It came with 75 games.
The only problem is that I wrecked the Adapter, so the picture is messed up sometimes. :-(
Discuss the 7800.
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#2 2011-07-07 19:30:07
Re: I just dug up an Atari 7800
I love old Atari systems, especially the 2600 because I have fond memories of playing games on the one my uncle had whenever I went over my grandma's house. What are some of the better games that came with it? (I don't really expect you to list all of them, after all. 
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#3 2011-07-07 19:46:15
- agscratcher
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Re: I just dug up an Atari 7800
It took me a while to realize that RESET starts the game over when you lose. I thought it was the fire button.
The 7800 is backwards-compatible with 2600 games, BTW.
What odd is that I found a cartridge that said "compatible with Colecovision". O_o
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#4 2011-07-07 20:01:48
Re: I just dug up an Atari 7800
I would hope you would figure that out pretty quickly after resetting the game a few times. XD
I never knew Atari consoles were compatible with games from older systems either. That's awesome.
And apparently ColecoVision was a competing game console that could also play Atari 2600 games. I imagine that compatibility in the 7800 was a shot back at Coleco to compete in terms of number of titles.
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#5 2011-07-07 20:15:29
- agscratcher
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Re: I just dug up an Atari 7800
Harakou wrote:
I would hope you would figure that out pretty quickly after resetting the game a few times. XD
They could've had a "retry" button.
Harakou wrote:
I never knew Atari consoles were compatible with games from older systems either. That's awesome.
The 5200 wasn't, though. What a stupid move on their part. -___________-
Harakou wrote:
And apparently ColecoVision was a competing game console that could also play Atari 2600 games. I imagine that compatibility in the 7800 was a shot back at Coleco to compete in terms of number of titles.
Lol, I never read about the 7800 having ColecoVison compatibility. I'll try it out.
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#6 2011-07-08 17:47:57
Re: I just dug up an Atari 7800
agscratcher wrote:
Harakou wrote:
I would hope you would figure that out pretty quickly after resetting the game a few times. XD
They could've had a "retry" button.
Harakou wrote:
I never knew Atari consoles were compatible with games from older systems either. That's awesome.
The 5200 wasn't, though. What a stupid move on their part. -___________-
Harakou wrote:
And apparently ColecoVision was a competing game console that could also play Atari 2600 games. I imagine that compatibility in the 7800 was a shot back at Coleco to compete in terms of number of titles.
Lol, I never read about the 7800 having ColecoVison compatibility. I'll try it out.
It wasn't. 
SCRATCH 2.0 OHHHHH MANNNNNNN
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#7 2011-07-09 01:09:58
Re: I just dug up an Atari 7800
PW132 wrote:
agscratcher wrote:
Harakou wrote:
I would hope you would figure that out pretty quickly after resetting the game a few times. XD
They could've had a "retry" button.
Harakou wrote:
I never knew Atari consoles were compatible with games from older systems either. That's awesome.
The 5200 wasn't, though. What a stupid move on their part. -___________-
Harakou wrote:
And apparently ColecoVision was a competing game console that could also play Atari 2600 games. I imagine that compatibility in the 7800 was a shot back at Coleco to compete in terms of number of titles.
Lol, I never read about the 7800 having ColecoVison compatibility. I'll try it out.
It wasn't.
Oh, it was on the cartridge. I guess I just glossed over that and assumed it meant the Atari was compatible with ColecoVision games, not that the game was designed for Atari but could be played on ColecoVision as well. Derp.
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