7800 or 2600 or 5200

[vanman]

Which system is best and why?

[NovaXpress]

Cosmos

[Rob Mitchell]

Which system is best and why?

 

It's all about the games .. and not the system.

 

Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA

[christianscott27]

easy answer- the 7800

 

why- all of the 2600 games and better arcade ports than the 5200

 

besides that it takes up much less space and offers better controller options.

 

in 5200 collecting you'll have a much harder and more expensive time building your collection past the commons, there arent that many titles to begin with. still though if this is one of those "which should i get" questions i'd say get the 7800 first and then save up for the 5200 with a trackball!

[DracIsBack]

Try them all by emulator and see what you personally prefer.

[Ze_ro]

7800

 

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5200

 

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2600

 

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If possible, I'd say get the 7800. However, it really doesn't have a lot of advantages over the 2600, so if you don't plan on getting any of the 7800's games, then it might be easier to just stick with the 2600. The fact that you'd be limited to 2600 games is really the only downside I can think of when it comes to the 2600...

 

--Zero