A rare breed on YT nowadays.

Or videos of him playing a game for 2 hours.

Yeah agreed! And I think his ever growing subscriber count reflects that...

Shay Ellison *cough cough* pat the nes punk

I love vlogs, too, wish he WOULD!

Be N S O N you need to check out techmoan, ave, Linus tech, too bud

Nostalgia elitist are gross too.

... and Modern Vintage Gamer.

I whole heartily agree!!! Both channels are awesome!, Has to be that growing up with the 80s / 90s with computers.. Man I miss back when I ran a BBS.

I'm subscribed to both of them but I think I prefer 8 bit guy over LGR.

This is mostly true. The 7800 was developed in 1983 for a 1984 release, and actually had a test release in 1984 in southern California. However, the console was shelved when Warner Communications, unbeknown to the 7800 development and marketing team, decided to put Atari up for sale. When Jack Tramiel bought Atari he put new projects on hold while the company was shuffled around under his direction. In addition, there was a dispute with General Communications Corporation, the developer of the 7800, over who was responsible for payment. After everything was settled, Tramiel green-lit the 7800 for nationwide release in May of 1986, 4 months _prior_ to the nationwide release of the NES. Marketing for the 7800, coupled with a small library of mostly arcade ports, didn't help the 7800 after the NES was released. "Massive" side-scrolling games like _Super Mario Bros.,_ _Castlevania,_ and _Mega Man,_ along with fantasy adventure titles like _The Legend of Zelda_ made Atari's library of games look ancient. Also, Nintendo's licensing agreements with third party developers insured a fast-growing library of exclusive, quality titles for the NES that Atari just couldn't compete with.

Nintendo nes would mean, Nintendo Nintendo entertainment system

SEGA genesis nor NES were composite, wasn't standard till 90s, new did DC have a jack on it, Sega needed adapter

The NES 100% did have a composite connection. I'm looking at it on mine right now.

@@gr8one1998 yup nes sure does have composite

I had wondered about that. But you would think they could have added composite jacks before releasing it again?

The 8-Bit Guy Yeah. Just one additional misstep on Atari's long, sad road to irrelevance.

This is my theory too. Guessing the consoles were built, boxed and warehoused, according to reports, so Ataru jus decided to ship them out as-is. From other reports, the person who bought Atari during the time of the crash didn't care about game systems, so I'd also consider that no adjustments were ever considered after the release. Would have been nice though had a 7800 model 2 been released with composite and improved sound chips.

@@SumDumGy_formerly_Tim_Walden You're right, they just shipped out the original units manufactured in 1984. The 7800 was actually released in a test market in southern California in 1984, and was slated for a national release later the same year. The units were shelved suddenly because after Warner Communications sold Atari to Jack Tramiel, he did a lot of restructuring of the company, halting the release of new products. Also, there was a dispute with General Computer Corporation, the actual developer of the 7800, over who was responsible for payment. Once all that was settled, Tramiel green-lit the 7800, which was released nationwide in May of 1986, _4 months prior_ to the nationwide release of the NES. Had the 7800 been more successful, I'm almost certain there would have been a second manufacturing run, perhaps with composite outputs and an integrated POKEY sound chip.

I can confirm this is true

I see you everywhere lol

@@maotio 👍

Repair videos and mods are like my Asmr it’s addicting.

Compelling, aren't they; & David's a real dude too...

lol

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@C B S lol

...At who? :o

I counted, this video has 12 instances of "O-kay."

i like very much his O..kayy :-)))

The Color Computers drilled into this head from an early age

I second the recommendation of the UAV. You can install it without any changes to the existing circuit, leaving the RF module functional - you just need to add two resistors and a capacitor for sound. The picture on a CRT is amazing.

dandanthetaximan I have tried for years and screwed up. maybe one day I will be able to do it.

Nope

The last couple of VCRs released had HDMI compatability. I know because I own one.

Framemeister / XRGB / OSSC / RetroTINK will work to convert any of these devices to HDMI.

Doge 2016 a futurist? Seriously?

Jeff Gordon Sure, he's a disciple of Marinetti - "zang-tumb-tumb-zang-zang-tuuumb tatatatatatatata picpacpampacpacpicpampampac uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" and all that.

It's a joke, but everything after the first half of the first sentence is true. Of course futurism is not actually what it sounds like.

How about a transhumanist?

Are you 12?

Kevin Blankenship Yeah. I'm really surprised he didn't know that.

Hey I have one of those (RCA Fem to F-Type Coax Male), but come to think of it I've never used it.

Kevin Blankenship it depends.. if you've got other stuff hooked up via rf, you need it for ease of connection. it also depends if he received the original rf cable with his 7800.. if he had it, he'd have hooked it up direct.. here in Australia, all atari concoles had a male rf connector on the end, no rca.. But going composite video and direct audio out, is a better choice anyway. As rf in the vhf range(channel 3 and 4) is dead in Australia, no new tvs have it anymore... I'll be making this mod to my atari consoles so I use them on any TV.. of course, will just make the mod to composite and then will need a composite to hdmi adapter of some kind... as apparently, composite is also dying in Australia, in favor of hdmi.....

all of my tvs always have like 4 hdmi and 1 composite

I notice a lot of you suggest using an rca to rca cable and an rca female to f-male adapter, I find that is a bad Idea because most RCA to RCA cables are meant to carry analog audio or low frequency base band video signals like composite video and work poorly for carrying relatively high frequency broadband signals like RF video, I personally use an RCA male to F female with a piece of rg59 head-end cable with f connector on each end, although in the past I have had good results using piece of 2.5C-2V with high quality-ish push on f-connectors along with the F-female to RCA-male adapter

saw RGB and thought "how would pretty colored lights make the image sharper" then realized which RGB you meant

@@TylerFurrison Eventually when Tim gets to it. ;) Still waiting. :)

@@ChrisKewl Yeah, the modern gaming PC paradigm kinda took over in my mind...

@@realvivifromloona what video do you remember me from? 🤔

@@realvivifromloona Wait how do you remember me from 5 years ago if I only started using this name less time ago?

Wow 20 likes 😂

Maxxica 25 😂😂

@@Maxxica 30 likes

And LGR 🙂

From what I understand the 7800 was originally designed to have an onboard POKEY, but Atari was trying to keep manufacturing costs down while also making the 7800 physically smaller (due to the ridiculous size of the 5200). So they compromised by removing the POKEY from the system board, then providing a smaller version of the POKEY for developers to install in their game cartridges. Most developers didn't use it because the cost of putting extra chips in the cartridges was seen as too high for a profitable ROI.

***** Can we eat some 8-Bit Cornflakes together? ☺

Released in 1986

@@SumDumGy_formerly_Tim_Walden originally released in 1984 then shelved. 86 was after NES became popular.

@@musclesmouse 7800 was released in southern California in 1984, shelved, then released nationwide in May 1986. NES wasn't released nationwide until September 1986. By the time Atari was really competing with Nintendo (would have been 1987), the 7800 had been out almost a year.

It's fucking beautiful

Michael Belcher is that supposed to be weird?

Michael Belcher I like a lot of videos before I watch them too! XD

Exactly my thought just before reading this.. I just should go ahead and like the video b4 watching, cause its gonna be good anyway.

Lol ash is mad

Michael Belcher same

He mentioned this in one of his videos. He used to flip Apple laptops and started making how-to or repair videos about them. After the Apple flipping dried up, he started doing videos part-time. Earlier this year, he was able to leave his job and start KZfaq as a full time gig.

Sort of. If a game requires 2 buttons you need a 7800 controller. Here is a list: atari7800.org/7800list.htm

Nah. You can make an adapter for $4 in parts to use a Genesis pad with a 7800 if the game requires two buttons. If the game doesn't require two buttons, which is all 2600 games and the vast majority of 7800 games, just plug it in and go.

No don't use a Genesis pad on any Atari or Commodore. The Genesis pad puts 5v down the wrong line and can fry chips, especially Amigas are sensitive to it.

Genesis controller only works as a 1 button like 2600. I tried it as a kid. I wasn't crazy over the buttons on the side of 7800, they were uncomfortable.

Iykury lol I think his internal clock was messed up

not all youtubers that rely on patreon follow the exact same system/length of time before releasing to their youtube audience. in the end donate if you like the videos they post not necessarily for the custom content/duration of early availability they make available specifically for patreon supporters.

Liked because of no vinegar

I think it was removed due copyright issues. Terminator, Star wars...

Countless videos talk about those without any kind of permission. I think it was because of the negative feedback. Personally, I think it was quite silly and didn't like it. The idea was good, but there were many faults

Reactions in the comment section were excessive. There are more important subject to get mad about than some nerdy theory.

I haven't read all the comments of course, but the ones I've seen where pretty civil, not insulting and used logic

probably because you didnt do the proper prep work first. I never have issues with it.

So how's it working?

@@dogge929 It's not. It's still in an old box in a closet somewhere. Turns out some capacitors go bad after 35 years. It needs more love that I can give. Emulation is just going to have to do for now.

budderlovr what, is it discontinued?

Jesse Pullum yes

Jesse Pullum today was final day

It's shutting down tonight

omg my childhood is forever lost. ); rip

Ben Heck for the win!

He stated he won't due to viewer backlash. But, I thought it was a great video but there is a reupload.

That Guy not in the old days... multilayer pcbs is newer technology that started to be used largerly since 32bit hardware

If there were traces there the PCB would be darker. Also it's a simple 2-sided 8-bit board.

Raul Rojas Truez but there always are exceptions. Was fixing a pretty high-end keyboard from the 90s lately and it had a multi-layer PCB

If it's not completely obvious, I'm joking

Atak Snajpera For the same reason they drive on the left side of the road in England

@Den Tyngaste The only reason why we use the imperial system is because that's all that most use, simply because that's what we know. Most don't actually like it, like myself. I can read metric well enough, but in practice, we don't use it often enough. (Also I completely agree that the US is pretty trash...)

I like metric and I wish the US would switch to it, but to switch a country over to an entirely different standard is a huge deal and one in which our leaders and industries are just not interested in doing yet. For what it's worth, the metric system _is_ standard in just about all scientific and medical practices in the US.

Jaio YAS

Jaio you kappa

Jaio here here

Stereo was never implemented in the final design though, was it? I imagine you could probably get it by using those pins but it's not like it matters much since most games were probably designed for the mono audio that was used in the end.

Not sure about the Amiga, but to my knowledge no NES games were ever programed for stereo, whereas many Atari games actually were. The Atari 2600 and 7800 have actual separate 2 channel left and right audio. The NES does not. Again, not sure about the Amiga.