Fort Apocalypse Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Saw this on Curt Vendel's site (Legacy Engineering Group). Anyone know (or Curt could you say) if this is planned to be sold or was just a prototype? http://209.94.123.106/leg/portfolio-7800.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fort Apocalypse Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Saw this on Curt Vendel's site (Legacy Engineering Group). Anyone know (or Curt could you say) if this is planned to be sold or was just a prototype? http://209.94.123.106/leg/portfolio-7800.htm Ah, and if I had read it I would have seen, "The client never produced the product for retail sale." Darn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Saw this on Curt Vendel's site (Legacy Engineering Group). Anyone know (or Curt could you say) if this is planned to be sold or was just a prototype? http://209.94.123.106/leg/portfolio-7800.htm Ah, and if I had read it I would have seen, "The client never produced the product for retail sale." Darn. I know it, I was slapping my forehead when I had to re-read it, too. It would be so great if it were to be made, though. Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 IIRC it was being made for O'shea so they could sell off all the thousands of 7800 games they have in their cave. A real shame it did not make it to production, I would love one of the pearl white ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fort Apocalypse Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 IIRC it was being made for O'shea so they could sell off all the thousands of 7800 games they have in their cave.A real shame it did not make it to production, I would love one of the pearl white ones Yeah... it doesn't look like they spent much money on their website (please don't take offense, O'shea, Ltd., but your site needs work), so my guess is that they were in no way able to afford producing a ton of new 7800s, even 5-6 years ago: http://www.oshealtd.com/atariorderform.htm http://www.oshealtd.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Does make you wonder where this project stands though and what it would take to get it pushed into motion properly again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Dogs Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I wonder what size the motherboard was. If they were able to shrink it in anyway, that would make a hell or a portable system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 IIRC it was being made for O'shea so they could sell off all the thousands of 7800 games they have in their cave.A real shame it did not make it to production, I would love one of the pearl white ones Yeah... it doesn't look like they spent much money on their website (please don't take offense, O'shea, Ltd., but your site needs work), so my guess is that they were in no way able to afford producing a ton of new 7800s, even 5-6 years ago: http://www.oshealtd.com/atariorderform.htm http://www.oshealtd.com/ Ive tried to order from them SEVERAL times in the past year, and have NEVER had a reply. The price gets increased fairly often. Perhaps I am ignored because I wanted one of each game, and they are thinking customers need to order allot more. Maybe I didn't read something on the site about quantity. Anybody ever get anything from them? the.golden.ax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I've never gotten any replies from them either. I guess you just have to go there and buy in-house. What is it with store not wanting to sell something and then mail it? I don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 yeh, I have lost count of the number of times I have tried to buy from them. I have given up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyKaiju Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I wonder how much it cost O'shea to commission those prototypes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 some really nice pictures and more info here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Does make you wonder where this project stands though and what it would take to get it pushed into motion properly again. money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Does make you wonder where this project stands though and what it would take to get it pushed into motion properly again. money That's not an issue.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight8 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I've never gotten any replies from them either. I guess you just have to go there and buy in-house. What is it with store not wanting to sell something and then mail it? I don't get it. I wonder if maybe for some reason they are not getting the messages. I know lots of people that have bought from them and never had a problem. last time was a couple of years ago though. Guess they wouldn't have a bad link up for that long though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I'm gonna try calling them tomorrow, hope they're open. I wonder if all of their stock is online, or on a forgotten webpage. Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight8 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I'm gonna try calling them tomorrow, hope they're open. I wonder if all of their stock is online, or on a forgotten webpage. Nathan I tried to order a few games last night and have not heard from them. let me know if you are able to order over the phone. after you place your order it says the page was last updated in 2003 so maybe the form does not work anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Hi Guys I own the one of the Black ones.... greetings gambler172 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Hi GuysI own the one of the Black ones.... greetings gambler172 Can you post some pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 I'm gonna try calling them tomorrow, hope they're open. I wonder if all of their stock is online, or on a forgotten webpage. Nathan if you get a response, maybe you could pick some up for me (if you are willing to ship to the UK that is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Hi GuysI own the one of the Black ones.... greetings gambler172 Wow, I am envious, is there a story how you got hold of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Hi Guys Here is the Black one,with signature of Nolan Bushnell. Sorry for the bad pic. greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Very nice! Does it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight8 Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Hi GuysHere is the Black one,with signature of Nolan Bushnell. Sorry for the bad pic. greetings Walter Thats cool. wil u take a pac-man cart for it? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Hi GuysHere is the Black one,with signature of Nolan Bushnell. Sorry for the bad pic. greetings Walter Thats cool. wil u take a pac-man cart for it? lol I will give you two pacman carts and an ET cart :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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