Atari 7800 System Review
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I have two Atari 7800 consoles.
One is Italian the other I bought from the UK.
Both of them have good picture quality.
Maby just a very faint interference,hardly noticeable.
My 2600 on the other hand has quite a bit of electromagnetic interference.
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my first ever console, brings back some memorys, mine had the control pads with the thumb sticks and big red buttons. plus asteroids built in.
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Only the early 2600 carts had the dust flaps. The later ones were open with exposed circuit boards like the 7800 games. In terms of the fuzzy picture, are you using a direct RF connector or a switchbox? I used direct RF before getting a composite mod and the picture was no fuzzier than any of my 2600 units. Opening the unit and giving it a thorough cleaning can actually help. I'd highly recommend a composite mod though. Not only will you have beautifully clear 7800 games, but 2600 too.
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This was a very thorough and entertaining review.
The picture on my NTSC unit is pretty good for an RF connection, but I'm still going to attempt an A/V mod at some point. The 7800 joysticks are terrible though, and I rarely use them.
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That a bad 2200 uf 25 volt electrolytic capacitor buy the power connector on the board,
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The NTSC models have good pitcure quality!
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very cool review
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very cool review
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Hey, this additional chip-thing was even done for at least one Atari 2600-game: "Pitfall 2". Do you know more A2600-games using this method?
DocHackenbush 5 months ago
@DocHackenbush I think Pitfall 2 was the only one with an additional chip. It's definitely the only one that I know of.
SteveBenway 5 months ago
Apparently the French PAL version supports RGB video which would give a better picture.
Also the output socket is exactly the same as the Atari ST's therefore you can use the ST's 13 pin RGB cable.
lilacfloyd 5 months ago
@lilacfloyd Yes, I've heard the French ones are good. Never seen one in the UK though, and I'm not one for importing from abroad.
SteveBenway 5 months ago