Like a lot of children of the '80s, my early gaming nostalgia has a huge hole where the Atari 7800 might have lived. While practically everyone I knew had an NES during my childhood—and a few uncles and friends' older siblings even had an Atari 2600 gathering dust in their dens—I was only vaguely aware of the 7800, Atari's backward compatible, late '80s attempt to maintain relevance in the quickly changing console market. Absent that kind of nostalgia, the Atari 7800+ comes across as a real oddity.

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  • The Atari 7800+ is a no-frills glimpse into a forgotten gaming era
    Much like last year's Atari 2600+, the 7800+ shell is a slightly slimmed-down version of Atari's nostalgic hardware design. This time, Atari took design inspiration from the rainbow-adorned European ...
    11/26/2024 - 1:34 am | View Link
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