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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Console Chat => Topic started by: BigusSchmuck on August 25, 2013, 05:44:28 PM
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Really? http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/7800/expansion/
Reminds me of that Super CPU for the Commdore 64. I don't see a point in doing this...
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I think the additional sound chip is cool, but...I don't have a 7800. :/
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It does more than just add additional audio, it also acts a RAM expansion (which is a boon for homebrew developers since the 7800's 2K of RAM is fairly limiting) and it has a SIO connector so you could theoretically use Atari 8-bit computer peripherals on it. I actually preordered one of these when it was first announced but needless to say I'm still waiting on it.
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It does more than just add additional audio, it also acts a RAM expansion (which is a boon for homebrew developers since the 7800's 2K of RAM is fairly limiting) and it has a SIO connector so you could theoretically use Atari 8-bit computer peripherals on it. I actually preordered one of these when it was first announced but needless to say I'm still waiting on it.
Its a interesting concept, but paying $150 just to make your Atari 7800 that much better than the NES or arcade like seems like the time could be better spent on building a new console from the ground up.
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Its for people who like wasting money making shitty computers be less shitty. Duh.
:)
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You haters are crazy. You may not care about the 7800, but if you can't see why folks would find this sort of thing fun/exciting...well, damn! You are jaded. Jaded.
(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
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WOW!!
*moves to the next thread*
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You haters are crazy. You may not care about the 7800, but if you can't see why folks would find this sort of thing fun/exciting...well, damn! You are jaded. Jaded.
(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
For $150 I can get a video card that does 20x more than the XM. Sad but true. I'm not hating, just saying. :) Hell I even get a free game along with it as well.
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You haters are crazy. You may not care about the 7800, but if you can't see why folks would find this sort of thing fun/exciting...well, damn! You are jaded. Jaded.
(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
For $150 I can get a video card that does 20x more than the XM. Sad but true. I'm not hating, just saying. :) Hell I even get a free game along with it as well.
It's the fun of brewing/fabricating new hardware for ancient tech, you know (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png) (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
Practical? Who says we have to be practical? (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
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You haters are crazy. You may not care about the 7800, but if you can't see why folks would find this sort of thing fun/exciting...well, damn! You are jaded. Jaded.
(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
Hell I even get a free game along with it as well.
Not if you buy Nvidia. With that all you get is imaginary money.
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I read this thread title and assumed it was an interface to permit the 7800 to listen to XM satellite radio.
That would be epic :)
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I read this thread title and assumed it was an interface to permit the 7800 to listen to XM satellite radio.
That would be epic :)
Yeah in all two channel tia glory. I guess I better see it in action before I make anymore judgements. It's being demoed at the retro gaming convention in Portland this year.