On May 21, 1984, during a press conference at which the Atari 7800 was introduced, company executives revealed that the 5200 had been discontinued after just two years on the market.

A keyboard was developed, and the keyboard had an expansion port ( which was the SIO port from Atari's 8-bit computer line, though the 7800 could not run Atari computer programs ) allowed for the addition of peripherals such as disk drives and printers.

Atari's launch of the 7800 under Tramiel was far more subdued than Warner had planned for the system in 1984 with a marketing budget of just $ 300, 000.

The MARIA ’ s approach had advantages and disadvantages when it came to generating graphics in software during the lifespan of the 7800.

To ensure software developers had an economical means of producing better sound than TIA, GCC had originally planned to make a low-cost, high performance sound chip, GUMBY, which could also be placed in 7800 cartridges to enhance its sound capabilities further.

Following the debate over Custer's Revenge, an Atari 2600 VCS title with adult themes, Atari had concerns over similar adult titles finding their way onto the 7800 and displaying adult graphics on the significantly improved graphics of the MARIA chip.

All 7800 games released in North America had to be digitally signed by Atari.

This system resembled a miniature Atari 7800 and joysticks and had 20 built in games ( five 7800 and fifteen 2600 titles ).

Under the auspices of Jack Tramiel, Atari re-released two game consoles in 1986: the Atari 7800, which had previously been released in a brief test run in 1984 ; and the Atari 2600jr, an updated version of the Atari VCS / 2600.

The Atari 7800 also had a fairly successful life in the United States, and the Sharp X68000 began its niche run in Japan in 1987.

Analysis of Chinese rice residues from Pengtoushan, which were carbon 14 dated to 8200 – 7800 BCE, show that rice had been domesticated by this time.

At 0520 on 14 August 1904 the fleets had closed to 7800 m, and the IJN opened fire first.

The GWR also built a lighter version of the Granges, the GWR 7800 Class, known as the Manor Class, which had smaller boilers.

The system had twenty games built-in, all originally developed by Warner Communication's Atari Inc. and Atari Corp. for the 2600 and 7800 game systems.

Two days later, Howard Brooks pled guilty to lying to federal investigators, admitting that he had given over $ 7800 in money orders to Sulaimon Brown during the 2010 mayoral race.

The project was originally called the Atari 3600, though was later renamed the Atari 7800.

This is the algorithmic composition played continually during play on 1982 LucasArts ' game Ballblazer on the venerable Commodore 64 microcomputer ( the game was originally developed for the Atari 800, and also released for the Atari 5200 and 7800. the 800 version was called Ballblaster during development ).

Sega Master System port of Impossible Mission. Though originally developed for the Commodore 64, Impossible Mission was ported to the Apple II, Atari 7800, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC, NES and Sega Master System.

Asteroids has been ported to multiple systems, including many of Atari's systems ( Atari 2600, 7800, Atari Lynx ) and many others.

Nonetheless, some unreleased Atari 7800 games, as well as early versions of released games have been released to the public.

Engineering Notes list Tempest as a game that was between 15 – 20 % completed for the Atari 7800 ; no code to date has been found.

Since that time, however, the 7800 has been emulated successfully and is now common on emulation sites.

Several new commercial Atari 7800 titles such as Beef Drop, B * nQ, Pac Man Collection, Combat 1990, Santa Simon, and Space War have been created and released.

Xevious has been ported to multiple other formats, including the Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, NEC PC Engine, and Nintendo Entertainment System game consoles, as well as the MSX, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Apple II and Atari ST home computers.

However, there have been efforts by some homebrew game developers to port Pac-Man Plus to classic game consoles such as the Atari 2600, and more recently the Atari 5200 and the Atari 7800.

The Atari 7800 ProSystem was the first game system from Atari Inc. designed by an outside company, General Computer Corporation ( GCC ).

While the 7800 can actually play hundreds of titles due to its compatibility with the Atari 2600, there was limited third party support for the 7800 and fewer than 100 titles were specifically designed for it.

GCC engineers also designed a custom graphics chip for the next Atari game player, the 7800.

Neville points were made from 7800 BP to 7000 BP, when new projectile points began to appear and replace them.

The Atari 7800 version was a launch title and featured co-operative play, it was the built in game on the European Atari 7800 release.

Category: Atari 7800 games

The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a video game console re-released by Atari Corporation in January 1986.

They justified this relatively low ranking ( though higher than every other Atari console save the 2600 ) with the summary statement: " Its delayed release, its cancelled peripherals, and a lack of financial backing from the company's new owners all combined to ensure that Atari 7800 would never see any success beyond being a sexier way of playing Atari 2600 titles.

In response to the criticisms of the Atari 5200, the Atari 7800 could play almost all Atari 2600 games out of the box, without the need for an adapter.

During the Atari 7800 ’ s life cycle, Atari found themselves struggling to get developers to create 7800 versions of then-popular arcade titles because of a controversial policy employed by Nintendo.

Despite trailing the Nintendo Entertainment System in terms of number of units sold, the 7800 was a profitable enterprise for Atari Corp., benefiting largely from Atari ’ s name and the system's 2600 compatibility.

While the inclusion of 2600 hardware is required to maintain compatibility with the older system, this drove up production costs and reduced available space on the 7800 ’ s motherboard.

In response to criticism over ergonomic issues in the 7800 ’ s Pro-Line controllers, Atari later released joypad controllers with European 7800s, which were similar in style to controllers found on Nintendo and Sega Systems.

The Atari 7800 does not support backward compatibility for Atari 5200 games or accessories.

** Atari POKEY, used in Atari 8-bit computers, Atari 5200, and certain Atari 7800 cartridges.

Atari obtained the license for home versions of Dig Dug, and then released it for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Intellivision, Apple II, Atari 400 / 800, Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, IBM PC, and Texas Instruments TI-99 / 4A.

Beginning in 1983, the game was ported to several platforms including the Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Apple IIe, Commodore 64, and TI-99 / 4A.

These systems include the Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit family ( and a graphically updated version for the Atari XEGS ), ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20 and MSX.