Hi everyone, I'm still new to the 7800 and in all my games I've noticed that the carts chip is exposed (like 2600 Activision carts) but recently I got a copy of Joust in the mail and it had the plastic sliding piece that most 2600 carts had back in late 70's and early 80's. I was just wondering how many 7800 games were like this?
The extra protection it provides is nice but I guess Atari wanted to save money and that was an easy way to cut a cost.
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How many 7800 games were shipped with 2600 cases?
Started by King_Salamon, Feb 13 2010 11:23 PM
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Posted Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:23 PM
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Posted Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:44 PM
The original 1986 releases have them. Not terribly hard to find but not real common either.
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Posted Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:14 PM
Interesting.. I suppose it was a transition period for Atari when they started changing cart shells. Perhaps I will come acroos more of these releases as I build my library.
By the way Mitch, your site is awesome! I like the list of 7800 games you have where you note whether the game is 1 or 2 button games... comes in handy at the moment, until I get some 2 button controllers.
By the way Mitch, your site is awesome! I like the list of 7800 games you have where you note whether the game is 1 or 2 button games... comes in handy at the moment, until I get some 2 button controllers.
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Posted Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:38 PM
King_Salamon, on Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:23 PM, said:
Hi everyone, I'm still new to the 7800 and in all my games I've noticed that the carts chip is exposed (like 2600 Activision carts) but recently I got a copy of Joust in the mail and it had the plastic sliding piece that most 2600 carts had back in late 70's and early 80's. I was just wondering how many 7800 games were like this?
The extra protection it provides is nice but I guess Atari wanted to save money and that was an easy way to cut a cost.
The extra protection it provides is nice but I guess Atari wanted to save money and that was an easy way to cut a cost.
I would've preferred had they kept the doors on the carts. Shame they didn't add doors to the actual cartridge slot on the consoles. That goes for Atari Inc. as well [not just the later Tramiel Atari Corp.]. I mean, they did for the XL computer line [and I suppose the actual hinged door on the 400/800 also counts].
Funny there were so few revisions on the 7800 carts themselves versus how many revisions they shortly went through for the Lynx. Wasn't it 4?
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Posted Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:22 PM
I got some original 7800 games with 2600 cases today in a sale from ebay. Galaga and Ms. Pac Man
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