Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching!

Thank you sir.

Adam, the 7800 wasn't a commercial disaster. It was the #2 console in North America behind the NES. It outsold the Sega Master System here by almost 2 million consoles. They packed the joysticks in with it because the market research said gamers wanted joysticks over the much cheaper-to-produce game pads. Sound is "bad" - 2600 audio - because GCC intended to pack better audio chips in the cartridges themselves; Atari's own POKEY was an option but they intended to sell Atari on their own audio chip called GUMBY. The system was ready to go in 1984 but then Warner abruptly decided to sell Atari Consumer to Jack Tramiel and a big dispute over who should pay off GCC for the development ensued - plus royalties - and it wasn't resolved until late 1985 thus the 7800 wasn't nationally/internationally released until First Quarter 1986. By then, Nintendo had locked in all of the third party developers of note into exclusive contracts and Tramiel's Atari no longer had control of the now separately-owned Atari Coin-Op division which was then known as Atari Games Corp. Instead, Atari Games' hit titles appeared on the NES under Atari Games' own sub-brand infamously known as "Tengen". Point is, had Atari stayed together as a single company and nationally released the 7800 when it was supposed to, it would've beaten the NES. All of the later Atari Games arcade titles would've debuted on the 7800 in the home and Nintendo and Sega would've been reduced to third-party licensees outside of Japan just as Sega had been for the 2600 and 5200. Anyway, grab yourself a copy of COMMANDO on the 7800. It's considered to be the best 8-bit version - better than the NES or Commodore 64 - versions. It features a POKEY audio chip onboard. And do check out the 7800 homebrew game scene too [over at atariage.com] which is going strong 30 years after the console's original test market release.

I did, but I do that a lot. It'll grow back. Always does. I shave it off way more often than people might think.

It's amazing what gets in to old Atari stuff.

A good plan sir.

Well thank you for watching anyway, much appreciated.

It's a very underrated console.

Yes, I'd like that.

Thanks.

I loved the 7800. My mom sold mine at a yard sale I was upset about it.

I shave it every couple weeks and then grow it back. I shot this a couple days ago, believe it or not it's mostly back.

My first ever was a 2600 actually. I wanted a Genesis or an SNES, so my mom gave me her old 2600. Thinking "one is just as good as another." Eventually I got that Genesis, then an SNES, then a PS1, then an N64, then a Dreamcast.... Then the party just went on and on. Obviously this excludes handhelds.

Not sure, but I appreciate it.

Depends on the games and the updates they require. Certainly if you delete anything after the servers go down or data is corrupted, then it'll be lost.

Sounds like a better explanation than what I had. Which was basically "um...magic?"

This video was actually really helpful because I recently bought an Atari 7800 at a yard sale and it was nasty on the outside so I knew inside it was much worse. Opened it up and found a whole colony of dead bugs inside. Thankfully none of them were alive anymore. Probably all of them died with Atari.

bought one in mint condition boxed with not one scratch on any of the aluminum as it had its OEM protective plastic on the aluminium and is still perfect. it also came with the box manual inserts and 50 games for 50$ great purchase for a mint like new atari 7800.

these videos have no use to me at all, but they are soo interesting and love watching them xD

I tend to mention cartridges a lot during certain videos. Like cleaning and restoring an NES. I didn't bother with a dedicated video. CDs are more difficult since there are vastly fewer options.

Adam every video is part of the quick shoot series

I love your cleaning videos! Always interesting to look on the indside of what you are playing.

I do not. I don't tend to do that with more recent consoles as they use far too many small parts.

Oh, that's neat.

Good cleaning Adam as always. @ 5:13. I have seen worse. I bought an Atari 2600 heavy sixer at my local thrift store one day. Once I opened it, I found a bunch of cockroaches inside. It was a pain to clean.

I hadn't thought to try that, good idea.

Yep, I showed it at the beginning of the video.

Never thought bout using pledge gonna give it a shot thanks bro

Used to his this console, but the controllers were slightly different, more cheaper looking. I got this after I had a mega drive, it was bizarrely in a shop in UK called Macro - wholesalers kind of shop. It came with about 30 games almost cling filmed to the console. My favorite game it came with was called Food Fight, so much fun! Atleast it was in 1992 :)

I completely missed out on the Saturn when it was commercially relevant.

Oh as for the second question, Atari developed the 7800 like a year before the NES came out, but sat on it for two years. So it was out of date before it even came out. Plus, honestly, Atari was always notoriously cheap.

Always thought that controller was a bit odd, nice vid again Adam!

I did actually. But I'm growing it back already.

As stated in the video, Genesis controllers won't work with 7800 games. Just 2600 games.

Thanks. Try taking them apart maybe?

Thanks. RGB on a 7800?

If you had it modded for composite or S-Video it would. But natively, it doesn't add anything. As for home consoles, yes. But I don't have any of their PCs or anything.

CDs you mean? I've talked a lot about cartridges before.

congrats on the 7800 bud!

The 7800 is good looking console.

It's some kind of serial port. As far as I know it was never used. Apparently they planned a laserdisc add-on at one point. If you can imagine that.

You should remove the plastic cover that is over the cartridge connector before using the cleaning kit and don't use window cleaning. Use real isopropyl alchohol instead.

Meus Parabéns! Adoro os seus vídeos, me ajudam muito! :D Abraços do Brasil!

I presume the reason a genesis controller works with 2600 games but not 7800 ones is because pretty much every controller from that era uses pin 6 for the button signal. The 7800 controller uses pin 5 and 9 for the left and right button as well as 6 for "any button" for backwards compatibility. Unfortunately the 7800 also provides power over pin 7 telling the genesis controller that you want to press C or select. So getting two buttons to work would require a very simple adapter

XM add-on?

nicely done Adam.. i have issues with my 2600 carts.. i have a whole bunch of them that seem to be really stubbornly locked.. the little plastic cover thing doesn't retract so they wont go into the machine..

good job mate

Not true, at least not about Genesis controllers. I got them to work for 2600 games. But they won't work with 7800 games.

A few people mentioned being able to use Master System controllers. I may try that.

The Jaguar does not have a laserdisc add-on, I assure you. It has a CD add-on. I have it.

you can use anything that fits the port too. Try it with your Genesis I know some of the Atari 2600 controllers work on it.

That's how most consoles did it until the NES actually.

That one I have not. But I wouldn't consider it an improvement either.

Yeah believe me, I want to get my hands on one.

Adam, could you PLEASE make a video on how to take proper care of your optical media games? (storeing them, cleaning them)

Fun Fact: In Poland, Pledge is sold under the name "Pronto". Same company and packaging design otherwise.

I wish they did. Yeah, it's basically just a furniture polish.

Adam completely out of curiosity what is your console timeline? Like what system did you start off with and all the consoles you got after that one in order

My Atari 7800 has some technical issue. Maybe you can help me. I modded it to output AV video signal via chinch. It worked fine for years. Now: when I turn it on, it starts fine. But after several minutes it the picture on screen turns to black and white. Any idea, how to fix that?

Great.

didn't they eventually make a system that had a laserdisc? the atari jaguar? if you can find one of those you should do a video on it.

on siney/metallic surfaces baby oil may be helpful to get rid of scratches and scuffs. works well on old ipod backs

I want the S-Video mod for it. That'd be nice.

Oh. Well anyway, I think you should consider getting a 2DS. Very affordable way to check out the system and its library.

Weird that it was supported until 1992. What a long lasting stinker.

5:04 is that a serial port? it looks just like the ones on pc

Hey Adam where did you get the cartridge cleaning kit? I just picked up a 7800 and want to clean it, and I looked over ebay and couldn't find anything. Thanks.

Hey Adam have you tried a master system controller on it? Mark from classic game room says they work like the UK.

Cool video once again adam. There are plenty of youtube videos on how to hack console to output superior rgb picture

Random question..... Do you have a 3DS? Or are you not into mobile games?

Windex, also known as Gwyndolin in the UK

I just recently found a 7800 that they didn't know if it worked it came with 2 controllers and a power adapter and I got it for $20.00

I'm getting one of these in the mail soon and I was wondering does this system support SCART natively or is it just RF

They're vastly more advanced ports. But honestly, it's nothing special. Get if if you can get one cheap. But don't pay more than like $40.

If i recall the 5800 had a pause button on its controller as well as restart button.

MMPR FTW.

If I find a second dirty one, sure.

yeah, i mean CDs, DVDs, BluRay, optical media in general. What is the video about cartridges? ill watch it, but please make a video about optical media.

Huh, I wondered this because of your liking towards the Saturn and obviously it wasn't a popular console back in the late 90's haha

I do actually.

Why is the pause button on the console and not the controller??????

Are you going to do a cleaning a Sega Master System video (that's if you ever come across a Master System for a good deal).

How much does Windex pay you for the advertisement ? :-) One more serious question : Whats is pledge exactly ? Is it a wood cleaner product ? I never saw this brand here in France.

Hey Adam will you do a video on how to fix and Clean a Wii?

Oh really? Can you do an S-Video mod bro?

Will it actually affect us with the like the original Xbox did. Just curious if you dont no why its ok :)

RF, you can mod them for composite or scart.

Hey Adam you know the way when mircrosoft shut down the Xbox 360's severs we will not have all our dlc data. Well heres the thing me and my brothers only go online to download dlc data (we have the old 360 and dont have a long enough cable and dont really want to buy a wireless thingy for it) and we arnt connected to online in any way but we can still access are dlc downloads. Why is that ? :)

Also not true. Pong is a single game device, not what we'd consider a conventional game console with multiple games.

I would say the EU 7800 controllers are more like the SMS controllers because of the dpad where you can screw on a "joystick" the 9 pin plug and no select or start

That's straight up not true. My guess is you don't watch the short films I've posted. But to be fair, I rarely post anything on this channel other than quick shoot content any more.

I buyed this item in 2010 in web site legacy, and i never received the item, i will receive?

Do you have a cleaning for the 2600? I just got one.

That's weird yours doesnt work with genesis pads for 7800 games. Mine does.. Though only 1 button works so for 2 button games you need a 30 buck seagull adapter. Lots of 1 button 7800 games though.

You can remove the metal protective cover by using a pair of needle nose pliers and straightening the metal tabs along the edges. I have a 7800 I got when I was 7 and my power button stopped working (I now have to start the system with a penny and touch the two connectors on the bottom of the board. #cringe )I had to take it off to clean the board back in 1999. :) If you need more detailed instructions, let me know. FYI: if you find a working copy of "Chuck the wagon" for under $100 grab it! its worth a lot. It actually came in a bag of dog food.

I was going to ask the same question :D

oh sorry i skipped that part all the way to the cleaning process,with the leafs residue inside the console

4:49 I live in Holland, we call it Window Cleaner or Glassex

What's worse Atari controllers or dualshocks