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Atari announces the 7800 Plus console coming this winter (www.polygon.com)

submitted 4 months ago by picandocodigo to c/retrogaming

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[–] wjrii 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The crash was such a huge loss. This thing in 1984 was an evolutionary but very nice update to the 5200. Seriously, look at Asteroids on the 5200 (prototype, but very similar to the 400/800) and 7800, which looked low-key gorgeous on a CRT.

By 1986, Nintendo was the bold savior of the console market, and even then there's an alternate universe where Atari completely abandons the 7800 and XEGS to re-brand the NES or, later, the Sega MD/Genesis.