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The Atari 7800 ProSystem

As the successor to the ill-received 5200, the Atari 7800 was meant to save the company from bankruptcy. It was developed in 1983 by a company called General Computer Corp (GCC) after Atari won a lawsuit against them for developing … Continue reading

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The Atari 7800 ProSystem

The Atari 7800 ProSystem was Atari’s chance at redemption in the video game market. Atari Inc. spent a good part of 1983 interviewing thousands of people on what they wanted and didn’t want in a video game console. Atari Inc. … Continue reading

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The Atari 3600 (7800 Prototype)

3600 Prototype Motherboard. PCB Design by Dan Schwinn formerly with GCC, Inc. The original model # of the Atari 7800 was the Atari 3600. Marketing then settled on the Atari CX-9000 Video Computer System. Since the system was originally thought … Continue reading

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The Atari Mindlink

“The State of the Art for the State of your Mind” Atari, looked into interfacing people with computers and videogames in an entirely new way. A set of controllers and software combined together to create the “Atari Mindlink System”. A … Continue reading

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Top 10 Atari 7800 Games

The Atari 7800 never had a chance. Stacked against the dominant NES and a stubborn Master System, Atari’s competitor was doomed to fail. The console was created in 1983 for full release the following year, but the faltering videogame market … Continue reading

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Atari 7800 Video Game Console

After the release of the Atari 5200 and the great Video game crash 1983. Atari needed to do something and do something fast. So they came up with probably their best game system to date. Reason being it has its … Continue reading

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How to Buy Vintage Atari Games

Instructions Step 1 Try games online before you buy. If you don’t remember which Atari would make the best choices to buy, you can play them online before you decide to buy them. Go to the Classic Consoles website, click … Continue reading

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Woot Shirts “Sore Thumbs” Tee. All Controls From Old To New. What A Control Freak.

Woot Shirts have rereleased their shirt “Sore Thumbs” for $20. What a catch! This shirt gets all the old to new game console controllers from the following: Atari 2600, GCE Vectrex, NES, NES Max, Magnavox Odyssey, Colecovision, Atari 7800, NES … Continue reading

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Retro for the road: Portable Atari 7800

Retro for the road: Portable Atari 7800 2 Comments by Randy Nelson Jun 20th 2008 7:00AM Filed under: Click Here For More…

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Ben Heck Mods Atari 7800 into Portable Retro-Gaming Wonder

Ben Heck Mods Atari 7800 into Portable Retro-Gaming Wonder Click Here For More…

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