Congrats on your new purchase. I bought an XEGS last year from FB marketplace. It came with all the original parts minus the matching controller. The controller I found & bought on eBay a few months ago. I also purchased a Backbit as a flash cartridge. Since the 400 mini came out I don't use it anymore. Much like my still-working Heavy Sixer it is just a museum piece stored in a plastic container. I also own a CIB Atari 800 XL with a 1050 disk drive, cassette player, and Atari Artist tablet/software. But again using the 400 mini is so much easier.
I can't remember what I did with my first XEGS, but I bought a newer one off of eBay years ago. The power supply died and I got a new one from a place called the Brewing Academy. Works perfectly.
I picked up my XEGS a few years ago for $20, it was only missing the light gun but had the keyboard. Main reason I got it cheap was that the store couldn't get a good picture out of it and they figured it wasn't a good return of investment to fix it When I got it home I did some research and found the power supplies could fail and start delivering to much voltage which could damage the system. When I tested my power supply I was lucky as it was not delivering enough voltage to power the system, so I went and bought an adapter - cut the connector off- and attached the proprietary adapter from the XEGS power supply and it worked perfectly. Haven't had an issue since. I did find a schematic online to create a cable for the XE so you can use a Master System light gun on it and the cable works great.
I appreciate your dedication to covering all things Atari including the 8-bit. I salute your dedication and acquisition of an XEGS. Out of the entire Atari product line-up, the Atari 8-bit is where my nostalgia is strongest and where I spent the most time. I look forward to more A8-bit coverage. By the time the XEGS was released, I had already moved on to the Atari ST line, and since I still had access to an Atari 8-bit computer, I never saw the need to get an XEGS. On top of that, I was not a fan of the pastel buttons and hardware design. The only thing cool about the hardware to me was the light gun, and I picked one up from Video61 a few years ago. As far as games go, you can't go wrong with most Atari 8-bit games from EA (7 Cities of Gold, Archon, MULE, One on One) and Synapse (Blue Max, Necromancer, Rainbow Walker, Alley Cat, Fort Apocalypse). There were other top notch publishers. Those two in particular released a lot of my favorites.
The Atari 8-bit port of Donkey Kong is the best home port of that classic game, no question about it, but one can argue that Star Raiders was the original killer app.
Thanks for another great upload!! I picked up an XEGS years ago but never found a power adapter to get it plugged in. This video makes me think i should track down a good AC adapter and more video cables!
I had an 800 XL as a kid. My dad was able to get me dozens of cracked games. I had no idea it was illegal when I was so young, but I also had to figure out every game without an instruction manual. My favorite game was Archon. I didn't know until 25 years later that the high pitched ding noises were indicating you could attack again. I always thought it wasn't working quite right. What I'm saying is, play some Archon... and read the manual!
I own an Atari XEGS along with several Atari 8 bit computers. The first 8 bit game I owned which was a fantastic arcade port was of course frogger. This visually and acoustically was amazing in the early 80s.
I didn't have an XEGS back in the day, but I did have a 130XE computer, which essentially served as my "game console" at that time. The XEGS rereleases were what allowed me to have access to games, as pretty much all computer stores in my area had stopped carrying Atari 8-bit software. Of course, having the 130XE is also why I never got a 7800, as back then I simply didn't know what the differences were between the Atari 8-bits and 7800, and my parents never saw a reason to get it when I already had the computer plus my 2600. Oh well. Regardless, I had a lot of fun with a lot of the games, especially Hardball and Ace of Aces, plus I eventually also got a slew of original 8-bit carts that we had to order directly from Atari.
@@saurondp I see where your parents were coming from and having an Atari 8 bit computer, in many ways was superior. Your version of Ace of Aces was definitely preferable to the 7800 I'm sure!
I'm an XEGS owner, and I for one am glad that you're covering the Atari 8bit line. It's very underappreciated! You should cover Rescue on fractalus, and also the port of Gyruss is really good on the 8bits, with the pokey audio.
@@unconbentional2044 thanks for the suggestions. I've been waiting to see what people suggest before I started reviewing games and those sound like some good ones. Keep an eye out on the channel and we'll start posting 8 bit reviews soon!
A nice video and a fine personal view of the XEGS beast.. As someone, who grew up with the Atari 800XL, I think I can relate to the fondness of this particular system as well, as it was basically a re-packaged 65XE. And as many games for the Atari 8-bit line of computers were awesome, so it's just a pity that so few got released on XEGS cartridges (which had that distinctive Atari design) during its lifetime. If I may suggest - try to get that keyboard, so that you can enjoy the full potential of this fantastic machine 🙂 Thumbs up.
Brilliant! The XE line is great. As far as games go, I mainly use mine to play arcade style games like Robotron2084, Drop Zone, and River Raid. Stunt Car racer is an awesome game, but my favorite version is the Atari ST port. Thanks for giving these old machines the attention they need!
Just bought an xegs last year for $100 at the VCF Midwest. The composite output looks good and I also picked up a flash art. Donkey Kong came with it and is actually probably the most fun and challenging home port I’ve played. It doesn’t look that great but man it’s challenging once you ramp up the difficulty.
I bought it brand new back then at a place called Hills Dept Store, the manual for the flight simulator was hefty. Only games I could find for it were Food Fight, Necromancer, a Chess game, and Hardball. It seemed to me that Food Fight was a bit faster on this system.
lol, I remember seeing the XEGS as well as the 7800 at Hills department stores in PA in the mid/later 80s. I mocked them at the time. But I own them both now. :-)
I have seen this system on a few Atari social media sites and really didn’t know what this was. Sure is a good addition to the Atari Network and look forward to hearing more about it. Into the Eagles Nest looks interesting.
Congrats on the new system. It's an interesting, unique looking console. As far as looks go, it's definitely a product of it's time. I've got the 65XE, with the built in keyboard. It's a fun little computer/game system, if not a little outdated by the time it came out.
Very cool! Never had one, never had a 7800 either, but I remember seeing these XGES's advertised in catalogs back in the day. I never had an interest in them until I saw the light gun. I hope you are able to get a light gun and keyboard for it, and any other peripherals that were available. 🎉🎉
Keep doing what you're doing. I'd like to see more of the ATARI 8-bit homebrew of SEGA's Space Harrier. Absolutely incredible! It looks like they made sprite scaling run smoothly. Is it running on stock hardware? Is it running with an accelerator?? Expanded memory?? It looks like the best 8-bit conversation ever, computer or console. Impressive!
130xe owner here. Seeing that you are a console guy, I will not suggest the more computery games, but here's a list. American road race, consider it like enduro 2. Decathlon, if you have a joystick you can afford to destroy. Who dares wins II is a very good commando / ikari warriors clone. Super Cobra is a very well executed Scrabble type game. I had a lot of fun with Hazard run, or pixel rocks as we used to call it. 1942 / Screaming Wings is great but really small. International Karate is excellent and has really nice backgrounds. Dropzone. Moon Patrol plays really smoothly and has wonderful parallax scrolling. As for homebrew, the usual suspects probably would suffice. Checkout what they release every year at the ABBUG contest. Really innovative games
The XEGS (i pronounce it ZEGS) is such a cool looking console, i wish atari would show it some love with a rerelease or something. maybe even a + version? congratulations on the purchase!
Looking forward to what you mentioned about the lynx, since it is directly related to the 3do. Lynx had some cool stuff like slime world that would have required an addon chip on the 16 bit home consoles. Absolute unit of a handheld.
First thing to note is that the XEGS is not the best system for maximum compatibility with modern homebrews. It unfortunately lacks the ECI port which means that you can't use the modern cartridges that expand the hardware externally. On top of that, it only supports RF and composite video while most of the other models (except some in the XL line) support S-Video, which is quite a bit cleaner (albeit you lose NTSC color artifacting). If you really want to enjoy most of the modern releases, get a 65XE or 130XE and buy a modern cartridge such as SUBAVGCart, which will add memory expansion (up to 4MB), dual POKEY (stereo) output, Covox emulation and more, without any internal hardware mods, soldering and such. Also, a PAL machine would be compatible with basically any software while you may be less lucky with an NTSC system.
I vividly remember the 2600 Jr along with its TV commercials back in the day. A friend up the street even had one and I found myself playing 2600 games in the 90s. I'm sure this hurt the sales of Atari's other products. Backwards compatibility is also a double edge sword that can hurt a system as software developers tend to write software for the older system knowing it will work on both old and new platforms. Anyway... I know next to nothing about the XEGS, but it looks interesting. I'll keep an eye out for any new videos you make about it.
Despite owning a 130XE for 39 years, a year ago I picked up an XEGS off ebay just to add to the collection. It's a nice quirky system that looks like it was designed by Miami Vice. I will say, the person who decided that Flight Simulator should be the pack in game needs to be fired from the video game industry lol
Upon acquiring a keyboard, try "Defender". It was the best port of any arcade game when it came out in 82. Had a blast playing it with my brother on the 800 I received for Christmas.
That would be a true travesty. Although I'm not big on it, it had it's place in history, and a few interesting games that worked out for it. I'm wondering if the Atari Jaguar CD have red screens from a failed laser? Those units are super-difficult to find these days, to begin with, anyways...
There were a number of 7800 games that look like they were just straight ports of XEGS games, like Fight Night, and Ace of Aces. That really didn't do the 7800 any favors. That being said, someday I'd love to own one! I'm much more into the simplicity of consoles over computers nowadays personally.
@@KrunchyTheClown78 the food fight on the Atari 8 bits was much more fleshed out in a lot of ways but they do look identical if you haven't played them
I have 2 XEGS's. My original I purchased a few years after launch still, works great. I picked up one at an auction years ago because it was so cheap. I think I paid $50 for a complete system and a couple of games. It does not work and it's on my to do list to get it working. I would play Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractulus. Both are fun and the graphics were amazing for the time.
The problem with the system is that Atari was trying to market it as competition to the NES, after the 7800 flopped. As you pointed out, almost the entire library is just rehashed Atari 8-bit games. No amount of repackaging was gonna change the fact that this was the same computer architecture Atari had been selling since the 1970s. It was going up against bleeding edge tech of the 1980s.
I have only seen one of these machines in the wild before and I grew up gaming from 1986-Now. The XEGS I saw was in a game store new in box early this year....crazy. Nice find. Addendum- Which Atari 3rd generation hardware is the structure? The Atari 7800 or XEGS?
In my opinion the XEGS is what the 5200 should have been. But I agree with you in that it was released a little to late, which hurt the 7800. Be aware that if you want to play unofficial conversions like Prince of Persia, you will need a 130XE computer, of have you XEGS, or any other Atari 8-bit computer, upgraded to 1 MB of RAM. As for the power supply, get it from Lotharek's Lair. I bought one for my 800XL, and I have no complaints.
One of the most detrimental things about the XEGS is the same issue that most micro computers at the time (especially those sold as a console competitor) suffered; the usage of a one button only joystick. Regardless of graphics or sound, the system would feel instantly outdated in comparison since at least 2 buttons were common place in the console world since the Intellivision. Combine that with Atari's decision to try and compete with itself in the same market pretty much guaranteed the failure of the XEGS.
@TheAtariNetwork It is alright. Most people forget about Missile Command since it was built into the system, but the manual definitely says XE Video Game Cartridge.
@TheAtariNetwork I used to think that the XE was superior, than someone pointed out the 7800 had better graphics. Example, Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. 7800 had the look, and the XE had the ram.
You do realize the atari xegs is the realization of what they wanted to do with the 5200 before warner brothers screwed it up. Think about it, if the xegs was the system to come out right after the 2600...mind blown.
I don't have one. Consumes to much space compared to XL/XE machines. Has no expansion ports except for a cartridge slot. And has only Composite video output. I never wanted one and I don't have it.
@@rameybutler-hm7nx I think the 400 mini is to the Atari 8 bit computer line what the NES mini is to the Nintendo NES. You can't use the stock original controllers and stuff on the mini nor the cartridges.
I have one of these. Bought it years ago 40$ in a retro game store at the mall. In its box though beat up..lol I have mixed feelings...I already have 3 Atari computers, this brings nothing new at all. Its literally a repackaged Atari home computer. Interesting but if you have an Atari computer, you have one of these already.
I wanted an XE as a kid. I'd see it in the sears catalog and it just looked sooo cool. Still think it looks awesome as a console.
Congrats on your new purchase. I bought an XEGS last year from FB marketplace. It came with all the original parts minus the matching controller. The controller I found & bought on eBay a few months ago. I also purchased a Backbit as a flash cartridge. Since the 400 mini came out I don't use it anymore. Much like my still-working Heavy Sixer it is just a museum piece stored in a plastic container. I also own a CIB Atari 800 XL with a 1050 disk drive, cassette player, and Atari Artist tablet/software. But again using the 400 mini is so much easier.
I can't remember what I did with my first XEGS, but I bought a newer one off of eBay years ago. The power supply died and I got a new one from a place called the Brewing Academy. Works perfectly.
You can power them in via a USB cable now.
I picked up my XEGS a few years ago for $20, it was only missing the light gun but had the keyboard. Main reason I got it cheap was that the store couldn't get a good picture out of it and they figured it wasn't a good return of investment to fix it
When I got it home I did some research and found the power supplies could fail and start delivering to much voltage which could damage the system. When I tested my power supply I was lucky as it was not delivering enough voltage to power the system, so I went and bought an adapter - cut the connector off- and attached the proprietary adapter from the XEGS power supply and it worked perfectly. Haven't had an issue since.
I did find a schematic online to create a cable for the XE so you can use a Master System light gun on it and the cable works great.
@@Trialwolf that's an awesome story!
I love hearing about a good electronics repair / soldering story!
I appreciate your dedication to covering all things Atari including the 8-bit. I salute your dedication and acquisition of an XEGS. Out of the entire Atari product line-up, the Atari 8-bit is where my nostalgia is strongest and where I spent the most time. I look forward to more A8-bit coverage.
By the time the XEGS was released, I had already moved on to the Atari ST line, and since I still had access to an Atari 8-bit computer, I never saw the need to get an XEGS. On top of that, I was not a fan of the pastel buttons and hardware design. The only thing cool about the hardware to me was the light gun, and I picked one up from Video61 a few years ago.
As far as games go, you can't go wrong with most Atari 8-bit games from EA (7 Cities of Gold, Archon, MULE, One on One) and Synapse (Blue Max, Necromancer, Rainbow Walker, Alley Cat, Fort Apocalypse). There were other top notch publishers. Those two in particular released a lot of my favorites.
The Atari 8-bit port of Donkey Kong is the best home port of that classic game, no question about it, but one can argue that Star Raiders was the original killer app.
@@drno-xc1yt Star Raiders at 8kb is absolutely astounding. It was so ahead of its time and should be recognized.
Thanks for another great upload!! I picked up an XEGS years ago but never found a power adapter to get it plugged in. This video makes me think i should track down a good AC adapter and more video cables!
I had an 800 XL as a kid. My dad was able to get me dozens of cracked games. I had no idea it was illegal when I was so young, but I also had to figure out every game without an instruction manual. My favorite game was Archon. I didn't know until 25 years later that the high pitched ding noises were indicating you could attack again. I always thought it wasn't working quite right.
What I'm saying is, play some Archon... and read the manual!
I own an Atari XEGS along with several Atari 8 bit computers. The first 8 bit game I owned which was a fantastic arcade port was of course frogger. This visually and acoustically was amazing in the early 80s.
@@ridiculous_gaming I'll have to check it out!
I didn't have an XEGS back in the day, but I did have a 130XE computer, which essentially served as my "game console" at that time. The XEGS rereleases were what allowed me to have access to games, as pretty much all computer stores in my area had stopped carrying Atari 8-bit software. Of course, having the 130XE is also why I never got a 7800, as back then I simply didn't know what the differences were between the Atari 8-bits and 7800, and my parents never saw a reason to get it when I already had the computer plus my 2600. Oh well. Regardless, I had a lot of fun with a lot of the games, especially Hardball and Ace of Aces, plus I eventually also got a slew of original 8-bit carts that we had to order directly from Atari.
@@saurondp I see where your parents were coming from and having an Atari 8 bit computer, in many ways was superior. Your version of Ace of Aces was definitely preferable to the 7800 I'm sure!
I'm an XEGS owner, and I for one am glad that you're covering the Atari 8bit line. It's very underappreciated! You should cover Rescue on fractalus, and also the port of Gyruss is really good on the 8bits, with the pokey audio.
@@unconbentional2044 thanks for the suggestions. I've been waiting to see what people suggest before I started reviewing games and those sound like some good ones. Keep an eye out on the channel and we'll start posting 8 bit reviews soon!
@@TheAtariNetwork gee another person wanting a gyrus review...hmm🤔
A nice video and a fine personal view of the XEGS beast.. As someone, who grew up with the Atari 800XL, I think I can relate to the fondness of this particular system as well, as it was basically a re-packaged 65XE. And as many games for the Atari 8-bit line of computers were awesome, so it's just a pity that so few got released on XEGS cartridges (which had that distinctive Atari design) during its lifetime.
If I may suggest - try to get that keyboard, so that you can enjoy the full potential of this fantastic machine 🙂 Thumbs up.
Brilliant! The XE line is great. As far as games go, I mainly use mine to play arcade style games like Robotron2084, Drop Zone, and River Raid. Stunt Car racer is an awesome game, but my favorite version is the Atari ST port. Thanks for giving these old machines the attention they need!
Great job bro for covering the Atari stuff we all love. Keep up the good work!
@@mikejohnson699 thank you!
Just bought an xegs last year for $100 at the VCF Midwest. The composite output looks good and I also picked up a flash art. Donkey Kong came with it and is actually probably the most fun and challenging home port I’ve played. It doesn’t look that great but man it’s challenging once you ramp up the difficulty.
@@jaredbrown691 oh that's another one I need to try and compare to the other ports of donkey kong
I bought it brand new back then at a place called Hills Dept Store, the manual for the flight simulator was hefty. Only games I could find for it were Food Fight, Necromancer, a Chess game, and Hardball. It seemed to me that Food Fight was a bit faster on this system.
@@jwdurbin I haven't thought about Hills in years! There's a trip back in time...
lol, I remember seeing the XEGS as well as the 7800 at Hills department stores in PA in the mid/later 80s. I mocked them at the time. But I own them both now. :-)
I have seen this system on a few Atari social media sites and really didn’t know what this was. Sure is a good addition to the Atari Network and look forward to hearing more about it. Into the Eagles Nest looks interesting.
Excellent video my dude! 😊
Congrats on the new system. It's an interesting, unique looking console. As far as looks go, it's definitely a product of it's time. I've got the 65XE, with the built in keyboard. It's a fun little computer/game system, if not a little outdated by the time it came out.
The Atari XEGS does look like a toy computer from the outside.
Love the drive you have. Great coverage.
@@Bearcade thank you
@@TheAtariNetwork anytime!
Very cool! Never had one, never had a 7800 either, but I remember seeing these XGES's advertised in catalogs back in the day. I never had an interest in them until I saw the light gun. I hope you are able to get a light gun and keyboard for it, and any other peripherals that were available. 🎉🎉
Keep doing what you're doing. I'd like to see more of the ATARI 8-bit homebrew of SEGA's Space Harrier. Absolutely incredible! It looks like they made sprite scaling run smoothly. Is it running on stock hardware? Is it running with an accelerator?? Expanded memory?? It looks like the best 8-bit conversation ever, computer or console. Impressive!
Expanded memory indeed! I believe it’s one megabyte.
130xe owner here. Seeing that you are a console guy, I will not suggest the more computery games, but here's a list. American road race, consider it like enduro 2. Decathlon, if you have a joystick you can afford to destroy. Who dares wins II is a very good commando / ikari warriors clone. Super Cobra is a very well executed Scrabble type game. I had a lot of fun with Hazard run, or pixel rocks as we used to call it. 1942 / Screaming Wings is great but really small. International Karate is excellent and has really nice backgrounds. Dropzone. Moon Patrol plays really smoothly and has wonderful parallax scrolling.
As for homebrew, the usual suspects probably would suffice. Checkout what they release every year at the ABBUG contest. Really innovative games
Thanks for this review of the XEGS , 159$ for the kit was a deal back then , Space Harrier looks good on the atari 8 bits , thanks Jon
The XEGS (i pronounce it ZEGS) is such a cool looking console, i wish atari would show it some love with a rerelease or something. maybe even a + version?
congratulations on the purchase!
I have an XEGS cart laying around here. Came with a stack of 2600 carts I bought a while ago.
@@derekdash2179 oh wow that's weird that you got a random XEGS cart. Which one did you get?
@@TheAtariNetwork Barnyard Blaster. I think this game uses the light gun.
It'a a fun game that is worth tracking down a way to play it.@derekdash2179
Looking forward to what you mentioned about the lynx, since it is directly related to the 3do. Lynx had some cool stuff like slime world that would have required an addon chip on the 16 bit home consoles. Absolute unit of a handheld.
First thing to note is that the XEGS is not the best system for maximum compatibility with modern homebrews. It unfortunately lacks the ECI port which means that you can't use the modern cartridges that expand the hardware externally. On top of that, it only supports RF and composite video while most of the other models (except some in the XL line) support S-Video, which is quite a bit cleaner (albeit you lose NTSC color artifacting). If you really want to enjoy most of the modern releases, get a 65XE or 130XE and buy a modern cartridge such as SUBAVGCart, which will add memory expansion (up to 4MB), dual POKEY (stereo) output, Covox emulation and more, without any internal hardware mods, soldering and such.
Also, a PAL machine would be compatible with basically any software while you may be less lucky with an NTSC system.
I vividly remember the 2600 Jr along with its TV commercials back in the day. A friend up the street even had one and I found myself playing 2600 games in the 90s. I'm sure this hurt the sales of Atari's other products. Backwards compatibility is also a double edge sword that can hurt a system as software developers tend to write software for the older system knowing it will work on both old and new platforms.
Anyway... I know next to nothing about the XEGS, but it looks interesting. I'll keep an eye out for any new videos you make about it.
Despite owning a 130XE for 39 years, a year ago I picked up an XEGS off ebay just to add to the collection. It's a nice quirky system that looks like it was designed by Miami Vice. I will say, the person who decided that Flight Simulator should be the pack in game needs to be fired from the video game industry lol
Upon acquiring a keyboard, try "Defender". It was the best port of any arcade game when it came out in 82. Had a blast playing it with my brother on the 800 I received for Christmas.
Can you imagine frying a Jaguar.... In this day and age? You'd be destroying ancient hardware [which electronics experts could have restored it].
That would be a true travesty. Although I'm not big on it, it had it's place in history, and a few interesting games that worked out for it. I'm wondering if the Atari Jaguar CD have red screens from a failed laser? Those units are super-difficult to find these days, to begin with, anyways...
There were a number of 7800 games that look like they were just straight ports of XEGS games, like Fight Night, and Ace of Aces. That really didn't do the 7800 any favors.
That being said, someday I'd love to own one! I'm much more into the simplicity of consoles over computers nowadays personally.
@@KrunchyTheClown78 the food fight on the Atari 8 bits was much more fleshed out in a lot of ways but they do look identical if you haven't played them
I have 2 XEGS's. My original I purchased a few years after launch still, works great. I picked up one at an auction years ago because it was so cheap. I think I paid $50 for a complete system and a couple of games. It does not work and it's on my to do list to get it working. I would play Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractulus. Both are fun and the graphics were amazing for the time.
Loved my Atari xegs. Want to get another one. Grew up with Atari and Nintendo.
I of course don't have any actual physical retro stuff on my hands, but apparently Adventure II XE is a big thing to check on this
@@whoeverest_the_whateverest I wonder how different it is from the 5200 version
@@TheAtariNetwork i wonder too
The problem with the system is that Atari was trying to market it as competition to the NES, after the 7800 flopped. As you pointed out, almost the entire library is just rehashed Atari 8-bit games. No amount of repackaging was gonna change the fact that this was the same computer architecture Atari had been selling since the 1970s. It was going up against bleeding edge tech of the 1980s.
I have only seen one of these machines in the wild before and I grew up gaming from 1986-Now. The XEGS I saw was in a game store new in box early this year....crazy. Nice find.
Addendum- Which Atari 3rd generation hardware is the structure? The Atari 7800 or XEGS?
In my opinion the XEGS is what the 5200 should have been. But I agree with you in that it was released a little to late, which hurt the 7800. Be aware that if you want to play unofficial conversions like Prince of Persia, you will need a 130XE computer, of have you XEGS, or any other Atari 8-bit computer, upgraded to 1 MB of RAM. As for the power supply, get it from Lotharek's Lair. I bought one for my 800XL, and I have no complaints.
It would be awesome if they made an XEGS+ system.
The big zapper game was great 👍
Bug Hunt was a glorified tech demo to show off the lightgun
One of the most detrimental things about the XEGS is the same issue that most micro computers at the time (especially those sold as a console competitor) suffered; the usage of a one button only joystick. Regardless of graphics or sound, the system would feel instantly outdated in comparison since at least 2 buttons were common place in the console world since the Intellivision.
Combine that with Atari's decision to try and compete with itself in the same market pretty much guaranteed the failure of the XEGS.
Seems like it was a cool system. Now, do you think this is better than the new 400 mini?
@@ObsidianContraption id recommend most people who just want to try the games or revisit memory lane to get a 400 mini.
I have a boxed XEGS 'basic set'. That is just the console and cx40 joystick
Thirty-three XE games, not 32. I have one with all the parts and 20 some odd XE specific games and a bunch of non-XE Atari 8-bit computer stuff.🎉
@@jeremiahthomas8140 I stand corrected
@@TheAtariNetworkcan we ever trust you now?
@TheAtariNetwork It is alright. Most people forget about Missile Command since it was built into the system, but the manual definitely says XE Video Game Cartridge.
Thanks. I don't have one of these.
Personally i love bruce lee. My XEGS is in its box, can’t see the point in getting it out now the atari 800 mini is out
I want to know, which one do you prefer: XEGS or 7800?
@@Prime-1111X personally the 7800 is always going to be preferable in my eyes
@TheAtariNetwork I used to think that the XE was superior, than someone pointed out the 7800 had better graphics. Example, Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. 7800 had the look, and the XE had the ram.
Oooo you lucky so and so. Lol great video
@@rameybutler-hm7nx I lead a charmed life lol. Thanks for watching!
You do realize the atari xegs is the realization of what they wanted to do with the 5200 before warner brothers screwed it up.
Think about it, if the xegs was the system to come out right after the 2600...mind blown.
100.000 units sold. And l got one of them 😀
It didn't take you long to find Zaku.
I owned one for awhile. Wasn't for me. Traded for a modded 7800 and a big stack of games.
I don't have one. Consumes to much space compared to XL/XE machines. Has no expansion ports except for a cartridge slot. And has only Composite video output. I never wanted one and I don't have it.
All of the games use one button?
Isnt the 400/800 mini the same thing? Minus the gun.
@@rameybutler-hm7nx I think the 400 mini is to the Atari 8 bit computer line what the NES mini is to the Nintendo NES. You can't use the stock original controllers and stuff on the mini nor the cartridges.
I have one of these. Bought it years ago 40$ in a retro game store at the mall. In its box though beat up..lol I have mixed feelings...I already have 3 Atari computers, this brings nothing new at all. Its literally a repackaged Atari home computer. Interesting but if you have an Atari computer, you have one of these already.
7:27 what game is it? OwO
Ahem, your finances are all of your subscribers' businesseses.
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@@cyrollan no not accountability! Anything but that!
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@@braillynn you've been first for a lot of videos recently. You're fast ...too fast...