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10259159 No.10259159 [Reply] [Original]

It's worse than the NES and the Master System in every way but not everything about it sucks right?

>> No.10259179

ballblazer, from the only good tod in video games

>> No.10259206
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>>10259159
I know what you mean, but don't be too hard on the 7800, Atari sabotaged it by not releasing it when it was ready, it was never meant to be their response to the NES or Master System, because they finished it way before, but released it after them in a ridiculous move. I think it's the optimal Atari console to own in fact, since it's compatible with 2600 cartridges... also, it's still stunning.

>> No.10259207

Midnight Mutants is neat.

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>>10259206
Fair, considering how much the graphics improved from the 2600 to the 7800

>> No.10259906

7800 is like a 2600 with a really powerful GPU.

>> No.10260048

>>10259159
Most of its games are pretty good, really. There's very little you can go wrong with.

>> No.10260151

>>10259159
Robotron
Joust
Commando
Dark Chambers

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>>10259159
Ballblazer came with a sound chip in it, so it doesn't sound awful.

Robotron, what I feel is one of the best ports of the game. Though you'll need a joystick holder like pic.

Food Fight. Better than the Atari 8bit port, the only two ports that I'm aware of. Googling seems to note versions for the Playstation, Xbox and Switch, but I don't readily see any footage of ports specifically for the hardware.

Those three titles in particular stand out for me.

>> No.10260161

does anyone know why Ballblazer came out on this but the other Lucasfilm classics like Rescue on Fractalus, Korons Rift and The Eidolon never did? they would have rocked on the 7800

>> No.10260178

>>10260161
Rescue on Fractalus was on the 5200.

>> No.10260179

>no mention of Ikari Warriors

Best console port of that game, mops the floor with the shitty NES one.

>> No.10260218

>>10259159
anything by Epyx, so Winter Games, jImpossible Mission and Summer Games

>> No.10260231

Rescue on Fractalus was a cancelled game for the 7800, a ROM was discovered in 2004 and the game was 50% complete, it was shaping up to be really good
http://www.atariprotos.com/7800/software/rof/rof.htm

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>>10260161
>>10260231
Interestingly, the first variant of Atari 7800 packaging advertizes Fractalus front and center as one of its games.

>> No.10260313

>>10260161
>>10260231

Interesting. I was about to reply to the first comment speculating that they didn't get 7800 ports because of the 3D element of the games. While Ballblazer too is 3D, it's a much simplified version. Everything is only drawn/viewed from 4 angles. Even the simpler of the 3 games, Eidolon, did allow you to freely roam about the mazes.

>> No.10260336

>>10260313
Anon, the Atari 5200 got a port of Fractalus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F00EC8gt4pA

>> No.10260346

>>10260336
Other poster was asking why the 7800 didn't get them.

>> No.10260367

>>10260346
Yeah, the point was that if the Atari 7800 didn't get a port because of the game's 3D elements, the Atari 5200 definitely wouldn't have got one.

>> No.10260382

>>10260313
Ballblazer port was coded by GCC, the actual designers of the 7800 hardware, way back in 1984, but it wasn't released until 1987. I assume Rescue on Fractalus wasn't finished by GCC before the Tramiel buyout of Atari and afterwards there weren't anyone willing or caring to finish the port.

>> No.10260419

>>10260367
Nobody said that.