chewy Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) --is it true the games are somehow RE-programmed for these consoles --i would be getting it specifically for desert falcon, how is that one, specifically, compared to the original 7800 experience. Edited February 19, 2019 by chewy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 kind of a ripoff that its five 7800 games and the rest are 2600. but i kind of think it would be worth the 20 bux if i could have a 7800 that played only desert falcon- should i get one or no? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 It's Nintendo-on-a-chip and the games are reasonably accurate. The thing is worth having -- in my case, the system sellers are 7800 Food Fight, 7800 Asteroids, and Solaris. I guess Desert Falcon too, but I always liked the idea of that game more than the reality. The 7800 could play 2600 games, and the 2600 library is much larger, so I think it's representative of the real thing. You can probably find one real cheap if you look around, because it's old and unloved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 $20 shipped https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F264199894615 $6 buy it now with $14 shipping https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F303063816879 With a FB7, $30 shipped https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F183663333880 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Get a modded FB2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 With a FB7, $30 shipped https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F183663333880 If someone was going the plug and play route, this auction for both the 2600 and 7800 flavors for $30 is a no brainer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Is this a new “7800 Mini” system or that same old one that’s been around for years? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Is this a new “7800 Mini” system or that same old one that’s been around for years? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Same old one from years back. Nothing new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) kind of a ripoff that its five 7800 games and the rest are 2600. but i kind of think it would be worth the 20 bux if i could have a 7800 that played only desert falcon- should i get one or no?PM me. I have one I need to get rid of along with a few flashback 2600s. I’ll make you a sweeter AtariAge-bro deal. I have a box of 4-5 of them that didn’t sell on eBay. Edited February 20, 2019 by Airshack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 you got it dawg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 They make kind-of-weird-but-ok controller cases with some dremel work (OK admittedly I never even got around to wiring these!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 It's Nintendo-on-a-chip and the games are reasonably accurate. The thing is worth having -- in my case, the system sellers are 7800 Food Fight, 7800 Asteroids, and Solaris. I guess Desert Falcon too, but I always liked the idea of that game more than the reality. The 7800 could play 2600 games, and the 2600 library is much larger, so I think it's representative of the real thing. You can probably find one real cheap if you look around, because it's old and unloved. The control in Asteroids is not good though. It would've had more 7800 games, but with only 10 weeks, getting more 2600 games on it was the only choice is meet their insane deadline. BTW... Solaris was very close to the original, we put a lot of effort into that. The biggest issue was sounds, getting an NES square/triangle sound generator to do grumbling low octave RIOT sounds was a big challenge and again, time was totally against getting them done better, even 2 extra weeks could've made a big difference in improving the sounds. At least it got the door opened at Atari to get Flashback 2 done. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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