where was the 7800 released?

[AlecRob]

Did it come out in south America, Asia, or anywhere else besides NA and Europe?

 

 

Also, are there games exclusive to any region on the 7800?

[Trebor]

Did it come out in south America, Asia, or anywhere else besides NA and Europe?

 

Also, are there games exclusive to any region on the 7800?

US and Europe were the official release locations.

 

Rampage, RealSports Baseball, Robotron: 2084, Summer Games, Tank Command, Touchdown Football, Water Ski, and Winter Games were exclusive to NTSC. 32-in-1 and Sentinel were exclusive to PAL.

[Rybags]

It came out here - they even bothered to advertise it but of course Atari improved their public profile a bit under Tramiel.

 

They also made inroads into emerging markets like Eastern Europe, Middle East so it's entirely possible that original sales were made in countries that you'd not necessarily expect to have them.

[Trebor]

Digging around a little apparently that 32-in-1 cart is what sold with some (many?) consoles in Australia.

 

Rybags, do you know how many or was it common to see the 32-in-1 bundled or coupled with the systems in Australia?

[Rybags]

I'm not sure what the original bundle arrangement was - probably nothing.

 

32in1 - didn't that also come with 2600jr at some stage?

 

I do remember later in it's life the 2600jr was about $39 here. 7800 didn't exactly do great sales, in the day I can't recall knowing anybody who bought one. I got my first one probably under 10 years ago.

 

In the last days of Atari, some gear did go for low prices and in bundled deals. I remember seeing XEGS well under $200. One the Lynx came out though, 7800 went off the radar. Not that Lynx did great things here. Jaguar was practically unknown.