Have you played ATARI today!!!

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Which 7800 arcade stick did you get? I remember looking at some. Aladin IIRC.

Did y'all know in Europe, they got this 7800 controller:
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Vicki & Ricki has a 10 buck Windows version that comes with the 7800 ROM which got me excited but.... apparently uses a proprietary sound chip so it doesn't work with normal emulators. They have a custom emulator you can DL on their AA thread. Seems like a lot of hoops as its no longer made in physical form, but great to see how polished the game looks.

Worth noting many of the arcade ports on the 7800 were aging by 84 canceled release, much less the true delayed 86 launch. We didn't see much of what the system could do in retail window. Awesome to see homebrew carrying it further 8)

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Get ready!

https://www.engadget.com/mr-run-and-jum ... 10790.html

First, new, official (i.e., not homebrew) Atari 2600 cart since 1990 releases this summer.
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I wanna see some actual 2600 footage of the game.

Also, this is quite the thing to see:
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This is very, very tempting:

https://atari.com/products/atari-2600-plus
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That looks cool, a geometry dash clone. I'd be interested in picking that up. Thanks for sharing!
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prfsnl_gmr wrote:This is very, very tempting:

https://atari.com/products/atari-2600-plus

No 5200. Cowards...

Seriously though, I'd like to know more about the video output options (if any). In short, will it have terrible video output like a lot of clone consoles?
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Honestly, this *is* tempting. But I still have two working CRTs, so I'm not sure this is the way to go. I'm torn between future-proofing and upgrading later. I had the same conundrum with Analogue's products. If only they weren't all about limited editions...
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bmoc wrote:
prfsnl_gmr wrote:This is very, very tempting:

https://atari.com/products/atari-2600-plus

No 5200. Cowards...


That would have made it an instant buy.
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bmoc wrote:No 5200. Cowards...

Seriously though, I'd like to know more about the video output options (if any). In short, will it have terrible video output like a lot of clone consoles?

I recently got a 5200, a bunch of games, and four controllers, but none work right. I even replaced the conductor ports inside and added conductive tape to the pads...
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Wow, I'm not sure I need the system, but I will take a set of paddles. If they're quality, a brand new set would be amazing.
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