The Unknown Gamer
06-30-2003, 06:17 PM
ATARI LAUNCHES 7800 PROSYSTEM:
Atari also made ther slapsh at CES with their new video game player, the
7800 ProSystem. The company hopes to spark a new fever by giving
you games with graphics close to arcade quality.
The 7800 can display and control up to 100 on-screen objects at once.
Its color and animation are far superior to any seen on previous home
video game systems. It comes with Pole Position 2 built-in, and is
expandable to a 4K computer.
The 7800 will play all 2600 cartridges (with 2600-quality graphics).
The system will sell for about $150. Several games are already availible
for it.
The above was taken directly from Enter magazine September 1984
issue. The reason I decided to post this was because of another post
which suddenly turned from a disscussion of systems to the 7800
and was any one bashing it. I admit I am a fan of the 7800 and to
this date I have NEVER paid more than $20 for ANY of my games.
I figure I have all but 6 of all the titles availible.
To the rest of you who think the 7800 is crap. Think of this
The 7800 is the only system Pete Rose Baseball is availible
on, and the 7800 gave us such games as Ninja Golf -no joke.
So here I give you this...To paraphase Shakespeare
"I come to praise the 7800 not to bury it"
The 7800 was like any system with the good and the bad. To me
the bad was Warner for no giving us what we wanted. For example
Tower Toppler IE Castlelain for the NES. It is exactly the same game
execpt for the bonus round. The 7800 version the Bonus round
gives us graphics equal to or better than Ninja Gaiden 2 for the NES.
Then there is F-18 Hornet a psuedo 3-D flight sim on an 8-Bit system.
I swear I did not see any game like this on any other system until
the Genesis came out. No on second thought Flight Sim for the PC
by Microsoft.
Then the is Hat Trick...enough said.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Atari also made ther slapsh at CES with their new video game player, the
7800 ProSystem. The company hopes to spark a new fever by giving
you games with graphics close to arcade quality.
The 7800 can display and control up to 100 on-screen objects at once.
Its color and animation are far superior to any seen on previous home
video game systems. It comes with Pole Position 2 built-in, and is
expandable to a 4K computer.
The 7800 will play all 2600 cartridges (with 2600-quality graphics).
The system will sell for about $150. Several games are already availible
for it.
The above was taken directly from Enter magazine September 1984
issue. The reason I decided to post this was because of another post
which suddenly turned from a disscussion of systems to the 7800
and was any one bashing it. I admit I am a fan of the 7800 and to
this date I have NEVER paid more than $20 for ANY of my games.
I figure I have all but 6 of all the titles availible.
To the rest of you who think the 7800 is crap. Think of this
The 7800 is the only system Pete Rose Baseball is availible
on, and the 7800 gave us such games as Ninja Golf -no joke.
So here I give you this...To paraphase Shakespeare
"I come to praise the 7800 not to bury it"
The 7800 was like any system with the good and the bad. To me
the bad was Warner for no giving us what we wanted. For example
Tower Toppler IE Castlelain for the NES. It is exactly the same game
execpt for the bonus round. The 7800 version the Bonus round
gives us graphics equal to or better than Ninja Gaiden 2 for the NES.
Then there is F-18 Hornet a psuedo 3-D flight sim on an 8-Bit system.
I swear I did not see any game like this on any other system until
the Genesis came out. No on second thought Flight Sim for the PC
by Microsoft.
Then the is Hat Trick...enough said.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?