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	Atari 7800 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 7800 was the first game system from Atari which was designed by an outside company (by the General Computer Corporation, future consoles designed outside the company were the Atari Lynx and the Atari Jaguar).
		In 1987, the Atari XEGS was released and it came with a light gun, called the XG-1.
		The 7800 was test-marketed in southern California in June 1984.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atari_7800 (865 words)

	ATARI 7800 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Atari 7800 was designed in the 1983-4 timeframe in North America, around the same time Nintendo was designing and releasing the Japanese version of their Nintendo Entertainment System.
		Although the Atari 7800 was ready to go, licensing negotiations had to begin again because the Tramiels did not agree with some of the existing arrangements negotiated by Ray Kassar.
		Atari spent the next two years working out the details, and the 7800 was finally ready to go in 1986.
	www.retroplayers.org /page/page/1963979.htm (735 words)

	Download Atari 7800 Roms - Starting with #
		Atari, with no real interest or time to develop new technology, decided to take the Atari 7800 and its existing software that was warehoused and release the system as-is. Unlike the NES, which was seemingly full of new ideas, the 7800’s deployment strategy was straight out of 1984, as were the initial games.
		Atari did update the graphics and other functions internally within the 7800 via several new chips, the most important of which was the “MARIA”, which could allow over 100 objects on-screen at one time and provided for very stable, flicker-free images, particularly in comparison to the competition.
		Atari’s management was responsible for many of the system’s implementation blunders, but ultimately, the 7800 was a victim of bad timing, first with the 1984 videogame crash, and second going up against Nintendo and their eventual greater than 90% share of the videogame market, and all the industry influence that that entails.
	romhustler.net /roms/atari7800 (1085 words)

	Mark's Atari 7800 Page: (c) 2000 by Mark Rathwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Atari, realizing their miscalculation in assuming video games were dead, released the Atari 7800 back into the marketplace in 1986.
		Atari had some luck getting a few big name arcade games over to the 7800, courtesy of a loophole in Nintendo's contract: Nintendo could forbid software developers from programming games for competing systems but were powerless in situations where that developer had licensed the title from another party.
		Atari's 2600 jr, XE Videogame System and 7800 Prosystem were all on the store shelves simultaneously in 1987, fighting for a share of Atari's limited shelf space.
	www.geocities.com /mrathwel/VideoGames/Atari7800.html (1868 words)

	The Atari Times - 7800 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Considering the marketing for the 7800 and the titles which appeared for it, I can't imagine Atari officials ever considered the 7800 a serious competitor to Nintendo's dominant NES.
		While Centipede may have seemed like old news when it was released for the 7800 in 1986, having a good, solid copy of that game around these days is great for those of us who grew up in the 1980s and are prone to fits of nostalgia.
		I know the Atari 7800, like all consoles, had some titles made for it which are rare and expensive these days.
	www.ataritimes.com /7800/reviews/centipede.html (799 words)

	AtariAge - 7800 FAQ
		The audio/video signal is carried in the same RCA cable from the Atari 7800.
		The Atari History Museum has several of the original 7800 (AKA 3600) technical documents on their 7800 page (scroll to the bottom).
		The 7800 uses an encryption key to determine whether or not the 7800 cartridge is valid and to allow the system to be put in 7800 mode as opposed to 2600 mode.
	www.atariage.com /7800/faq?SystemID=7800 (2498 words)

	The Atari 7800 Pro System - The Atari Museum
		Atari's programmers in Sunnyvale were jumping ship to start their own firms.
		When Atari was sold to the Tramiels in 1984, the last the thing the Tramiels had on their minds was selling video games.
		Atari Corp, seeing the sudden resurgence in the video game market decided it was time to pull the finished 2600jr that Atari, Inc. under Warner Comm.
	www.atarimuseum.com /videogames/consoles/7800/7800menu (846 words)

	Atari 7800
		The Atari 7800 was released in 1986 to compete with the NES and the Sega Master System.
		An interesting story is that Nintendo came to Atari with their 8-bit Famicom system and the deal was botched at the last minute by Atari.
		The 7800 was compatible with the 2600 (but not the 5200) which was the main reason why the 5200 didn't succeed.
	www.playerschoicegames.com /atari7800.html (675 words)

	Zophar's Domain: Atari 7800 Emulators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is an Atari 7800 emulator by Mike Murphy for Windows with.NET framework installed.
		This is the first Atari 7800 emulator, written by Dan Borris.
		The code for this emulator was originally written by Dan for MESS, but he decided to release a stand alone emulator while MESS is still in development.
	www.zophar.net /a7800.html (60 words)

	Dan B's Atari 7800 Tech Page
		There were two purposes for this key, the first was to allow the BIOS in the 7800 to determine if the cart in the slot was a 2600 cart or a 7800 cart.
		First the folks at Classic Gaming Expo released the original Atari ST utility that was used to generate the validation code.
		V7800 was an Atari 7800 emulator that I wrote a few years ago.
	atarihq.com /danb/a7800.shtml (1074 words)

	Phosphor Dot Fossils \| Atari 7800 Archive
		The 7800 was created and engineered around 1985 by General Computer, the firm to whom Atari had been outsourcing the bulk of game development for the 5200 and 2600, and it looked like Atari had learned its lessons from the marketing debacle that was the
		Perhaps its most compelling feature, aside from its price, was the fact that the 7800 was backward-compatible (or, at least, was supposed to be) with the ubiquitous Atari 2600.
		The 7800 was designed to avoid that problem altogether, and no module was necessary: the cartridges for both machines were identically shaped.
	www.thelogbook.com /phosphor/atari78 (317 words)

	Saundby's Atari 7800 Mods
		The Atari 7800 is a very nice video game system.
		Unless you are someone who thinks that just because the system has been out of production for a few years it ought to be put in a glass case and kept in "New In Box" condition.
		What I finally decided to do was use clip jumpers to add an alternate power connector to the system, allowing me to use the same type of AC adaptor as I use for my Atari 2600 and Atari 400.
	www.geocities.com /atari7800mod (449 words)

	ClassicGaming.com: The Museum - Atari 2600/7800 FAQ
		The 7800 uses a encryption key to determine whether or not the 7800 cartridge is valid and to allow the system to be put in 7800 mode as opposed to 2600 mode.
		When we sent this to Atari, at first they thought it was just a compressed Cinepak movie; we had to explain that, no, it was real-time generated fractals using both RISC processors, etc. Five more weeks resulted in a 70% working emulator, which we sent to Atari.
		The demo we sent to Atari had a 99% complete CPU emulator (we think there were a few bugs in it still, and we were fairly sure we would have problems with bank-switched cartridges) and a 40% complete hardware emulator.
	www.classicgaming.com /museum/atarifaq.shtml (14081 words)

	Atari 7800 Compatibility Modification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This modification is based on findings of John Soper regarding an extra circuit that Atari installed in certain models of the 7800.
		Note, there are at least 4 different 7800 motherboards in existence, and almost everyone that I have seen has some amount of hand rework on it, so Atari was obviously trying lots of things.
		This picture shows a 7800 modified by Atari, as you can see the 74LS02, C64, and R66 are gone and the circuit has been bypassed by a zero ohm resistor.
	www.schells.com /7800mod.shtml (829 words)

	The Screen Savers Download of the Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Atari 7800 video game system was the first game console to offer "backwards compatibility." The 7800 not only played its proprietary 7800 game cartridges, but it could also play games for the classic and ever-popular 2600 system.
		In 1983, Nintendo approached Atari Corp. with the hope of marketing their new console under the Atari name.
		Atari responded to Nintendo's success by releasing the Atari 7800 ProSystem.
	www.atariland.com /atari7800.cfm (190 words)

	Atari 2600/7800 FAQ moved (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The care and feeding of the Atari 2600/7800 FAQ has been left in the hands of the AtariAge people.
		It has also been split into two FAQs, one for the 2600 and one for the 7800.
		The new address for the 7800 FAQ is http://www.atariage.com/7800/faq/index.html?SystemID=7800.
	www.cs.colostate.edu /~dzubera/2600faq.html (218 words)

	Quadrun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Here is what you need to build a cart-dumper/developer's system for an Atari 7800.
		You connect a PC's parallel port to a joystick port on the 7800.
		The binary files you need and a maria header file can be found at The Atari 7800 Homebrew Page.
	quadrun.tripod.com (114 words)

	Atari 7800 ProSystem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Atari 7800 was intended to take the best features of both the Atari 2600 and 5200 and also compete against both the ColecoVision and Intellivision.
		Because most people found the Atari 5200 controller confusing and difficult to use, the Atari 7800 was designed to feature a much simpler controller, which consists of a digital joystick and action buttons on both sides.
		Some of this simplicity also revolves around the fact that the Atari 7800 could also play Atari 2600 games, which generally used just a basic joystick and one button.
	www.axess.com /twilight/console/detail/7800.html (140 words)

	I-Mockery.com \| Ninja Golf!
		While most people never even played the Atari 7800 due to Nintendo's domination of the video game market when it came out, it did have quite a few interesting titles.
		Inside the bios folder, create a new folder named "a7800" and unzip the Atari 7800 bios file into it.
		Run the messgui.exe file and select ATARI 7800 NTSC in the left window and you should see the Ninja Golf.a78 rom file appear in the right window.
	www.i-mockery.com /minimocks/ninjagolf (1580 words)

	The Atari 7800 Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Atari 7800 is a great system that was overshadowed by the NES when it was released, but is becoming popular with collectors today.
		Mainly for its great arcade ports as well as unique titles, but also because it is backwards compatible with the very popular classic system the Atari 2600.
		I hope to improve these pages over time, if you have any comments or things you would like to see, please email me.
	www.atari7800.org (74 words)

	EMU7800: A .NET Atari 7800 Emulator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is a release of EMU7800, an Atari 7800 emulator implemented using Microsoft's.NET platform.
		Old 7800 BIOS is still recognized for now, but a warning message appears on the Green Screen log.
		Use 7800 High Score Cart (7800 Emulation): For the 7800, there was a cartridge that provided a facility for 7800 games to save high score information.
	emu7800.sourceforge.net (2013 words)

	Atari 7800 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Atari 7800 was a wonderful opportunity missed by management.
		It was compatible with the 2600, has one of the highest quality game libraries available for any system of any time period, and it was pretty cheap.
		Unfortunately, it was delivered years after it was initially designed, and the video game market suffered the consequences of Nintendo's domination.
	www.classic-games.com /atari7800 (201 words)

	A Brief History of Home Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Atari 7800 Prosystem was Atari's last effort to restart the dead video game industry.
		The system's most significant role would be to video game collectors who cherish this system for its perfect translations of classic arcade games.
		Many see the 7800 as when Atari officially died, while they would try to re-enter the gaming market in 1987 with the XEGS, 1988 with the Lynx, and 1993 with the Jaguar, they have not been able to attain the same success they had in the 1970s and early 1980s.
	www.geekcomix.com /vgh/third/at7800.shtml (129 words)

	Good Deal Games - Crossword Puzzle: Atari 7800 Solution
		31: The 7800 was reintroduced due to this company's success in the market
		62: The 7800 was designed/intended to be upgraded to this
		71: This Atari ST computer game was said to be released on the 7800
	www.gooddealgames.com /crossword/cross_7800_sol.html (298 words)

	Cuttle Cart 2 - For the Atari 7800
		It's an Atari 7800 cartridge which allows one to select 2600 and 7800 games from a menu for play on the Atari 7800.
		As this is an expensive product, please take advantage of the online manual to educate yourself about what it is, and what it is not before you place an order.
		Also check out the 7800 Forums at Atariage, or use the link at the top of the page to go directly to a somewhat lenghty and slightly out of date discussion.
	www.schells.com /cc2.shtml (1373 words)

	Atari 7800 ROMs
		REMEMBER: you MUST own these games to be allowed to download the backups for your PC use.
		Be sure to check out the Atari 7800 Top 20 Discussion HERE.
		The best home version is on the 7800.
	www.videogamearchive.com /emu/a78_rom.htm (64 words)

	Atari 7800
		Includes console, a/c adaptor, 2- 7800 joysticks, Rf switch, video cable and 1 game.
		Pole Position II (ATARI 7800) - Factory Sealed
		Pole Position II (ATARI 7800) - preowned w/ display box and instructions
	www.collectorscardsandgames.com /new/Atari7800.html (205 words)

	Atari 7800 Cart List
		Harry Dodgson 7800 Monitor Cartridge - NTSC only
		Atari Lab - Light/Temperature Modules (for Computer Module)
		Pac-Man CX7813 Millipede CX7812 Moon Patrol CX7818 Sarge CX7830 Sky Fox CX7825 Stargate CX7819 The Eidilon CX78??
	www.atari7800.org /7800list.htm (102 words)

	Open Directory - Games: Video Games: Emulation: Atari: Atari 7800 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Games: Video Games: Console Platforms: Atari: VCS Family: Atari 7800 (13)
		AtariAge: 7800 Emulation - Resources and links to the most popular emulators and utilities.
		EMU7800 - An open source emulator for Windows written in C#.
	dmoz.org /Games/Video_Games/Emulation/Atari/Atari_7800 (86 words)

	Summer Games for Atari 7800 - MobyGames
		Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Sega Master System
		Summer Games allows up to eight players to compete in a series of summer themed Olympic events.
		The Atari 7800 release of this game has not been reviewed.
	www.mobygames.com /game/atari-7800/summer-games (189 words)

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