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A good six year run is what the Atari 7800 had in North America. It could have been longer had Atari played their cards right in licensing the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). They didn’t and it cost them dearly. Interestingly, the Atari 7800 was announced a good two years BEFORE it was released. They announced […]
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Atari 7800 Discontinued – January 1st, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
January 1st, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Atari 7800, Console, News 
Tags: 1992, 7800, atari, Atari Book, Atari Museum, Jack Tramiel, January 1st, warner bros 
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The 2nd Great Video Game Crash and how it could Be Stopped
September 13th, 2015 Carl Williams The video game industry had a crash in 1983/1984 that nearly ended our favorite pastime for good. During this period there were many gaming consoles available, lots of games and many developers that were popping up out of nowhere and just as quickly disappearing. It was a horrific time for fans of gaming that lived […]
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Atari Announces the Atari 7800 – May 21st, 1984 – Today in Video Game History
May 20th, 2015 Carl Williams We can sit here all day and play the “what if” game, especially when it comes to Atari. We all know about their antics throughout gaming history. For one, their Atari 7800 console was announced today, in 1984 but wasn’t released till sometime in 1986. Take the 7800 for instance, what if Atari had launched […]
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Prototype- Toki for Atari 7800 Found, Release Options Explored
January 31st, 2015 Carl Williams Toki was an arcade game featuring a guy that was transformed into a misshapen ape after an evil wizard kidnaps his girlfriend. It is still a “save the princess” tale but that was the norm for when Toki was released. Throughout its life, Toki has seen releases on many platforms including the Atari Lynx, Sega […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 1993, 7800, arcade, atari, Atari Age, Beta Phase Games, Digital Press, Pit Fighter, Rampart, retro, retro game, retrocollect, retrogaming, Road Riot 4WD, Steel Talon, Toki 1 Comment »
Review: Flip Off Fun With Midnight Magic on Atari 2600
January 28th, 2015 CPC4EVA Playboy had one, KISS had one and even the Six Million Dollar Man had one…..no it’s not what you’re thinking, they all had their names in big flashing bright lights and cool colours on the back boards of thousands and thousands of pinball machines all over the world. The entertainment craze of the 1970s, pinball […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 2600, 7800, Ala Halabi, atari, cartridge, Midnight Magic, pinball, retro, retro game, retrogaming, review No Comments »
Review: Megamania for Atari 2600
January 26th, 2015 CPC4EVA If I ever wondered why I love retro and retro video gaming, it’s when you pick up a game and read things like this “If you think Megamania is just another space game, you’re dreaming. And that dream will become a nightmare. A space nightmare. So, prepare yourself for one of the most unreal experiences […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 2600, 7800, activision, Ali Halabi, atari, overhead, retro, retro game, retrogaming, review, shooter, Steve Cartwright No Comments »
Bandit Gaming: Hook for Atari 8-Bit Work in Progress
November 9th, 2014 Carl Williams Hook, the movie starring the late Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, was a decent flick. The movie was better than the games that were made for it (though the SNES and Sega CD versions had awesome soundtracks). For an intellectual property that is over 100 years old, the story holds up quite well, partly thanks […]
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Posted in News Tags: 400/800, 7800, 8-bit, action, adventure, atari, bandit gaming, Captain Hook, Dustin Hoffman, Hook, license, movie, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, Peter Pan, platform, Robin Williams, youtube No Comments »
Bandit Gaming: Donkey Kong Jr Ported to the Commodore 64
November 8th, 2014 Carl Williams That old adage, what is old is new again, is certainly true in the homebrew scene as old gaming properties are constantly seeing new light on platforms they may have missed from official channels. We have seen Mario jump to the Sega Genesis, unofficial sequels to The Lion King, Link from The Legend of Zelda […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo Tags: 64, 7800, atari, bandit gaming, C-64 Scene Database, commodore, D64, donkey kong, Jr. Junior, port, retrocollect, rom, sd2iec, sixty-four No Comments »
Forgotten Classic – Alien Brigade (7800)
July 20th, 2014 Michael Crisman Yes, we know, technically the entirety of the Atari 7800 library could be considered a forgotten classic thanks to the Nintendo Entertainment System juggernaut steamrolling Atari like a patch of wet asphalt in the US. But while Atari’s systems are known for a voluminous amount of shovel-ware, digging through the crap will occasionally yield a […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 1990, 7800, action, alien, alien brigade, aliens, atari, atari corporation, on rails, shooter No Comments »
Bandit Gaming: Legend of Zelda Ported to Atari 7800
June 14th, 2014 Carl Williams The Legend of Zelda, a franchise that solidified Nintendo as THE gaming platform in gamers minds in the late 80’s is now coming to the Atari 7800. For those that do not remember, or are too young to have lived it, the Atari 7800 was the only competition to the Nintendo NES that Atari could […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo Tags: 2600, 7800, atari, bandit gaming, nes, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, retro, retro gaming magazine, The Legend of Zelda, youtube, zelda 8 Comments »
