/vr/ - Retro Games

>Company that tarnished their reputation via the '83 crash thinks they can in any way compete with Nintendo or Sega

>>4937764
>arcade perfect ports

Christ, apart from Centipede nothing else came close

>>4937764
DP'd by Nintendo and SEGA
Jaguar could've saved them if it was good like the 64

>>4937764
>brand name literally anonymous

>>4937764
>two words; Ninja. Freakin'. Golf.
That's three words

>>4937774
t. watched a youtube video and now he's an expert on 1980s consumer electronics zoomer

>>4938562
I'm 30 years old for god's sake, Atari had a snowball's chance in hell of being able to compete with either of them, there's no denying this

>>4938562
He's not wrong. And frankly nether are these boogeymen youtube videos.

Weak sound chip

>>4937764
>arcade perfect
Stopped reading there.

Can some mod just permaban this shitposter already?

Stale pasta.

>>4938837
What rule is violated?

>>4937776
Robotron
Food Fight
Dig Dug
Xevious

All pretty solid on the 7800.

>>4938869
People chose unique NES experiences at home because they could already play those at the arcade. Atari was always poodoo.

>>4938869
None of them are even close to arcade perfect. And I'm saying this as someone who owns a 7800 and thinks it's a solid system overall.

Shitposting outside /b/
Exactly how new are you? So also underage posting

go make a 7800 emulator for the PS2 so that I never need to play games on my pc again.

>>4938571
Speaking as a fellow 30 year old boomer, true OG gamers probably feel about us chiming in on Atari as we feel about 18 year olds opining about the SNES.

A close relative of mine was a head hardware guy for the 7800 project. Lots of interesting stories.

There's probably about 60 cartridges of prototype games and other miscellaneous goodies that I have access to. Would /vr/ be interested in these roms etc?
I'd also be happy to share some fun 80s Atari/GCC tales if you're interested.


>>4937776
they were quite accurate, dunno what you're grievances are.

>>4938853
This exact same thread gets posted once every week or so

>>4939572
Why not, if you aren't Nintendo dad's son.

>>4937764
It was the right console at the wrong time.
If it was released in the place of the Atari 5200, it would have had a shot. Unfortunately, because Nintendo grabbed third-parties by the balls and prevented them from releasing games on competitor's hardware, and most of the 7800's titles were arcade ports and simpler games, compared to the more fleshed out games in the NES library, the 7800 wasn't strong enough to survive.

It's respectable enough.
Jaguar, on the other hand, was just a total shitshow. Atari had no one to blame but themselves for that one.

>>4939562
I'm 37 and I don't feel age qualified to talk about 70s consoles, that other 30 year old needs to shut his stupid mouth.

>>4939562
>>4940569
Yeah, 39 next month reporting in.

I had a 2600 but would definitely consider myself a late adopter.

it seemed barely more powerful than the 5200

Didn't it use the same sound chip as the 2600? That's a huge drawback.

>>4940628
yes, but cartridges could have their own onboard sound chips, like with BallBlazer

>>4940510
DAMN YOU JACK TRAMIEL AND YOUR NEED TO SHELVE THE 7800 FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS!

>>4940691

It's always their fault. Never forget it.

>>4940635
They could, but most games didn't.

>>4940698
OK then. Though to be honest, I don't think Jack Tramiel is one of the (((merchants))) by birth/blood, or even by conversion.

>>4940691
it's a damn shame. GCC had everything ready to go in 85 - Atari literally only designed the plastic clamshell - but then Tramel had to fuck over everything and demand that it be sold for peanuts.

>>4940712
If only Atari got bought by Sharp, Phillips, Paramount, or 20th Century Fox

>>4940713

You could not be more wrong.

Come on now, faggot, it's a google search away. Also, Tramiel was already well known even back then for being a ((((((((((((((holocaust survivor))))))))))))))).

>>4940721
>Tramiel
>Hebe name like Klienrock, Arad, Spielberg, Levine, Eisener, Goldberg, Greenblat or Silverman

>>4937764
The XE should have had its support dropped in NA in 1988, and then those resources meant originally for that driven to the 7800. Also, Atari or Absolute Entertainment really should have tried to muster the courage to go to court with Nintendo as to their selfish policies towards third party game developers.

>>4937764
>brand name literally anonymous with video games
Everything outside of the 2600 and maybe their computer line Atari made has been a flop.

BUMP FOR LIFE

>>4937764
Fuck this copypasta. I’m not doing thread again. Everyone in this thread is an idiot.

>>4942670
>everything I don't like is a copypasta

>>4942670
>BAAAAAWWWWW! REEEEEEEEEE! Everyone in this thread is an idiot because they have differnt viewpoints!

>>4938869
Robotron on the 7800 was by far the best console port available but it is absolutely not arcade perfect.

>>4940510
Tempest on the Jag was fantastic but that's about all I can remember fondly.

Lack of a versatile library and outdated sound chip, this shit isn't rocket science, OP.

>>4941390
Why didn't Activision/imagic make more games for the 7800

>>4940257
cool, I'll get around to it soon.

Fun fact - the 7800 had to get an export approval due to the encryption it used to check for legit 7800 games. The initial Atari logo screen when you boot the system up is when it performs the check. The encryption was actually never cracked - thus the lack of unlicensed games. The private key was released in the mid 90s though.