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electronicsibley

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  1. Just giving it another quick shot on transferring the list through @Albert. If anyone knows of another way, I’d be happy to follow up.
  2. The list has finally been updated. Apologies as always for the delay. @Albert, I've been chatting with @Crazymoon67 and he has offered to take over responsibility for the 7800 Serial Number list maintenance and updating from me. I can vouch for his credentials as a Atari collector and all around fan. If it's ok, can you pass over administrative rights on the thread to him? It's been a pleasure and an honor pitching in as much as I was able to. Thanks so much.
  3. Nothing that hasn’t been said before, but Wade and crew should at least be putting out feelers to Warner to see if there’s room for any kind of deal on the Atari Games IP. To my mind, Atari Games was just as much Atari as the consumer division ever was post-split. Bringing that catalog of games back into the fold will really right a historic wrong.
  4. That would be awesome. I’m curious as to whether the Atari logo will make it on to the new version. I’m a big fan of the diagonal offset placement on the originals. It was a unique feather of their industrial design at that time that also showed up in the XEGS.
  5. This is rad! The “Euro-Pad” finally gets a US release. I have a set from Best Electronics, so probably won’t be a purchase for me, but definitely a smart move to reproduce them. My hat’s off to the team at Atari. This is a deep-cut from the vault that true fans will really appreciate.
  6. @Albert, would it be possible to pin this thread? It's pretty evergreen as far as 7800 content goes. A few people have asked, and I thought I'd check. Thanks either way!
  7. I just updated the list with 25 systems or so. Thanks everyone for your patience, and even more so for being active on the thread, and in the community! If you notice anything missing, just let me know. I'll jump back in to update things right away.
  8. I’m sure you’re aware, but The Ted Dabny Experience podcast is a great resource for experiential storytelling by key former Atari employees. Lots of nuggets and leads to follow up on from their library.
  9. Congrats on everything! I’m 100% behind this. It makes so much sense. And on the topic of rights and IP, I’d love to see you guys bring the “Atari Games” collection of arcade IP back into the fold! I’m talking everything from Paperboy to Primal Rage. In my mind that would truly make Atari whole again. Any chance folks there are thinking about this?
  10. A, B, and C - 100%! This collab is gonna’ be what they make of it. If they don’t generate some buzz, and back it with quality physical content, the whole thing will die on the vine. The same could be said for digital content on the VCS as is - but they seem to be picking up steam. I’m sure the homebrew scene will have the physical content covered either way. Here’s hoping it’s a success, and it generates more business for Atari Age (Al), and all the homebrewers. I’m a bit curious how receptive folks would be to a strategic investment by Atari to help grease the skids for key homebrew production and manufacturing. They seem to be making those types of investments anyway, and there’s a lot of expertise here that’s genuine and dedicated.
  11. With Atari already headed down the path of partnering with Polymega (and becoming an investor), I would encourage them to co-brand the 7800/2600 attachment they’re planning. Polymega uses clever names for the attachments they’re producing for other past systems. They’re obvious, but not so “on-the-nose” that they might infringe on the respective copyrights. Since Atari is much more tied in on the effort, they should collaborate to add their logo to the hardware, and clearly indicate that it’s for playing 7800/2600 games, vs it being called the “xx00” module or something. This may be burying the lead a bit, but I don’t think it would be wise for Atari to get any deeper into hardware on their own any time soon. I’m actually pretty impressed with the Polymega collaboration the more I think about it. It’s not perfect, but it leverages the hardware they have produced, and it spreads the risk. Now, if they can get it ready for sale on the next 6 months, I’ll be surprised and thrilled! I do plan to pick up VCS and the accompanying Polymega kit once it’s available.
  12. I agree across the board. It may have made more sense if the 7800 was released when it was intended to have been. But the Parker Brothers license would’ve been an issue. 3rd party, perhaps? FWIW, I’ve cross-referenced the 7800 releases with the Atari arcade titles in that timeframe, and they did a pretty good job of covering the hits. This wasn’t kept up post-split, however. The Klax prototype is the only Atari “Games” title that comes to mind. As for Nintendo, they certainly didn’t need to proactively license any more of their games by the time the 7800 did get released. My assumption is Atari got to publish what they had rights to, and nothing more.
  13. I maintain the list, but I don’t have the level of control to pin something. I’m blanking on who might, but maybe someone else can chime in. BTW, I still need to add the 8 most recent submissions. Will try to do that this week. Also, we’re you able to find a match?
  14. Awesome! Can’t wait to download this and give it a go.
  15. Yup, I maintain it. I have a few others to add and I’ll get yours along with them. Thanks for submitting your systems!
  16. Got it. Thanks, and BTW, congrats on the release of Wizard's Dungeon!
  17. Thanks! Can you make out what the second blue-stamped number is? I see '8', but not the second digit.
  18. Have a 7800? Stop everything and claim your glory by adding it to the “wall of fame”. Really though, it would be greatly appreciated by the whole community. Aside from posterity, and many other reasons, it gives home brewers a rough idea of how many units a given title they might sell. The more 7800s in the wild, the more games in the store; or something like that. So click through below, and I’ll be sure to immortalize you, and your console!
     

     

  19. Four 7800s? That’s paydirt! If you haven’t already, feel free to post a few pics, serial numbers and any interesting info in the thread linked below. I’ll be sure to add them into the list.
  20. This is awesome! Seems like it should pair up quite nicely with the new physical cartridges being worked on (by Al, I think)?
  21. That’s what I figured; there being no visual clues. No need to dig into it too deeply, but if you eventually come up with some data, I’d love to integrate it somehow. It’s an interesting production quirk in any case!
  22. Wow, that’s interesting, and definitely worth noting. Is there any other detail that would indicate outwardly that the expansion port is present beneath the case, like with your system? The fact that you’ve seen several like this makes me think a non-trivial number of these systems were produced. I’ll update your listings, and keep an eye out for your third system.
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