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Old 05-31-2016, 07:29 AM
RCAZenith RCAZenith is offline
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Originally Posted by pac.attack76 View Post
That's too bad. The 7800 is my next target. I've had a few of them too but I always wore out the controllers on them. Dad ordered my first 7800 fro Finger hut. Brand new in the box with Pole Position II. The 7800s only problem was the repeat of old tired arcade titles like Ms. Pac Man, Centipede, Dig Dug, etc. That and poor, late marketing thanks to Jack Tramiel putting it off from 1984 until 1986.


Yep. The 7800 is just as powerful as a NES, but couldn't hang with it because of the Atari 2600 sound chips... Oh well. I bet the 7800 would have been successful if it were release in 82 instead of the 5200...


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