Dionysius Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 I live near Aachen. I got two options, buying a console only (without anything) for 15 euros or buying a complete set, with two controllers for 55 euros. Gr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 If you can wait, eventually you'll get a system at a good price on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 If you can, buy a French 7800, they have RGB output via Scart/Peritel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Falcon Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I'd second that French 7800s rock... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionysius Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Hello, How does the 7800 stand out against an atari 800 xl? I mean as a games console? Gr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubular Gearhead Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Hello, How does the 7800 stand out against an atari 800 xl? I mean as a games console? Gr. Oh boy... here we go again. But seriously, get both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionysius Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Someone made me an offer: 12 2600games + atari 800 for 25eur. Soo...yes, i had to ask...but still want a 7800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I made this 'fake' commercial a few years ago. Check it out. Nice Stewart Copeland Equalizer music To the OP: if you get an A8 computer, there's a ton of games for it but you should look into them first and see if they're your cup of tea. Between the 2600 & 7800 though, you've got most all of the arcade style games worth playing covered. If you're looking for more depth in your gaming, a classic computer will surely fit that bill. Someone else mentioned this stuff being addicting. It is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phredreeke Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Well if you want the 2600 games then go for it, it seems like a better deal than the 7800 at the moment. The Atari 7800 has a bit more colourful graphics while the Atari 800 has better sound. The Atari 800 has a larger library but the Atari 7800 also supports 2600 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 is it an 800 or 800xl? fair price if it is an XL, excellent price if it is an 800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionysius Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 'just' an xl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionysius Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Has anybody heard about 'split scream'. The guy who is selling me his 800xl has some kind of data recorder (split scream) and he doesn't know if it is an addition for the 800 xl? Some help plz.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiffyone Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Actually there was one rpg for the 7800 its midnight mutants and one of my fav's Midnight Mutants isn't an RPG. It's an action/adventure game. There's a difference. RPGs revolve in some way around stats and customization via stats. Action/adventure games don't have that focus, and, no, gaining items and extra health does not meet that criteria. The focus in action/adventure games is exploration of the environment and item hunting (two adventure game tropes) alongside some element(s) of action gameplay (it could be direct combat whether hack 'n slash, beat 'em up, or shooting combat or something like platforming, or combinations of some or all of those). LoZ, the game Midnight Mutants is often compared to, is not an RPG, for instance, but an action/adventure. Stands to reason as the first action/adventure game for consoles (or, really, ever) was the somewhat inappropriately titled Adventure for the 2600 (little blurb on the cover calls it an "arcade adventure game"). So, unfortunately there isn't an actual RPG on 7800. Be nice if there weree, even if it were a super simple RPG. WRPG/CRPG or JRPG, doesn't matter, though I'd rather have had the former as it would've "fit" the console more, IMHOs. NES and SMS (Sega Master System) were consoles made by Japanese companies with a focus on Japanese style games in many respects (most RPGs on NES were JRPGs, and Sega pretty much developed everything on SMS). 7800 was made in the west (designed by GCC, manufactured by Atari), and had pretty much no Japanese support at all. Most of the support came from western devs. So a WRPG would've been the more likely, and more fitting, type of game for the console. Besides, 7800 could've used a "defining" RPG. Nintendo had some "defining" JRPGs (Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy) as did SMS (Phantasy Star). Something like a stripped down Ultima style RPG would've been cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 LoZ More friggen acronyms. What the heck is "LOZ"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 More friggen acronyms. What the heck is "LOZ"? Dunno, but Legend of Zelda fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionysius Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 Dionysius rises up to all homebrew 7800 creators and asks, create some cool rpg!!! I love RPG's :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiffyone Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 More friggen acronyms. What the heck is "LOZ"? Dunno, but Legend of Zelda fits. Yeah, it's Legend of Zelda. Sorry. Small habit I have with longer video game titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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