Xref: utzoo rec.games.video:1523 comp.sys.atari.st:12755 comp.sys.atari.8bit:2068 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!caen.engin.umich.edu!billkatt From: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (Steve Bollinger) Newsgroups: rec.games.video,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: New Atari Home Video Game (Just a rumor?) Message-ID: <401926c9.1285f@maize.engin.umich.edu> Date: 6 Dec 88 19:32:00 GMT References: <4934@bsu-cs.UUCP> <1253@atari.UUCP> Reply-To: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (Steve Bollinger) Organization: caen Lines: 33 In article <1253@atari.UUCP> good@atari.UUCP (Roy Good) writes: >in article <4934@bsu-cs.UUCP>, cptpower@bsu-cs.UUCP (Mike Wildridge) says: >> >> In article <1027@paris.ics.uci.edu>, mkazmier@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Michael Kazmierczak) writes: >>>Has anyone heard anything about Atari producing a 68000 based >>>home video game system? Rumors flew several weeks back, but >> >> The newest game system Atari has out right now is the new XE game system. >> It's called that because it's based on the XE computer. >> [deleted] >> It's a home computer in a video games clothing... > >It's also got some pretty reasonable games, plus built-in BASIC etc. >And right now there's a $50 refund from Atari going on, so you can get >the whole she-bang for under $100 - includes light-gun, a couple or more >games etc etc. What really hurts is that I bought one at employee (ie dealer) >price for my littl'uns and now Price Club (a local discount store) and >Toys r Us have it for much less! > >FYI, and to correct an earlier posting I saw, the other two game systems are >the 7800 which retails officially at around $79.95, and the 2600 at around >$49.95. Both can be discounted (and are!). > >Note also that Atari cartridges tend to be much lower cost than some of >the "others", which means that you get more variation for a fixed amount >of 'pocket money'. > >Roy Good/Atari No video game that only supports one-button joysticks is worth $100. You need at least two to play reasonably complex games. -Steve