Xref: utzoo rec.games.video:1480 comp.sys.atari.st:12686 comp.sys.atari.8bit:2053 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ames!elroy!orion.cf.uci.edu!paris.ics.uci.edu!bonnie.ics.uci.edu!mkazmier From: mkazmier@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Michael Kazmierczak) Newsgroups: rec.games.video,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: New Atari Home Video Game (Just a rumor?) Keywords: Atari XE Nintendo Sega Message-ID: <1027@paris.ics.uci.edu> Date: 1 Dec 88 20:07:09 GMT References: <773@unh.UUCP> Sender: news@paris.ics.uci.edu Reply-To: Michael KazmierczakDistribution: na Organization: University of California, Irvine - Dept of ICS Lines: 21 >Has anyone heard anything about Atari producing a 68000 based >home video game system? Rumors flew several weeks back, but >I've heard nothing new lately. The only new thing that I have seen from Atari lately is the 7800. I saw this at a Federated, selling for $150 or so. It had a real joystick as opposed to the touchpads that Nintendo has. Federated also had a good supply of cartridges for it. Can't recall any names off hand but there was at least ten different names. What I liked about it is that the 7800 would also take the cartridges for the 2600. So now I can use all those old games that have been sitting around. I haven't bought it yet. I'm not quite sure if I want to or not. I was wondering if anyone out there has already bought one and can tell what it is like. Any rumors? Comparisions to Nintendo or Sega would be good. Thanks, Mike Kazmierczak mkazmier%bonnie.ics.uci.edu@OIRON.CF.UCI.EDU