Atari 7800- 1988

The Atari 7800 ProSystem, known simply as the 7800 to Atari g@mers, was Atari's attempt to save the dying videog@me industry by launching a new generation of videog@mes which was to be far superior to those of previous genres. This new generation pioneered by the 7800 was to be the modern 8-bit era of the late 1980's. Early on in 1983, Atari surveyed g@mers to begin to find out what they wanted in a home Atari system. More importantly, Atari listened. G@mers wanted a powerful g@me system that could produce arcade-quality graphics, would be simple to use with sleek, responsive controllers, offered out of the box reverse-compatability with the Atari 2600 and its existing components, and would all be packaged in a sleek compact design. ...And thats exactly what Atari gave them. Gone was the bulky beast of the 5200 and its flimsy complicated analog controllers, and in came the new era of the sleek yet sothical Atari 7800 ProSystem, elegantly designed to carry a big punch in a little package.