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From: rjung@castor.usc.edu (Robert Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: XE Game Cartridges on 400/800
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Date: 13 Apr 88 04:32:57 GMT
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Summary: Good news!

In article <1010003@hpfcmr.HP.COM> bobm@hpfcmr.HP.COM (Bob Montgomery) writes:
>
>Ok, let's talk about games.  I have lots of games and I want more.  And
>some of those new XE games look pretty good.  But I have a 48K 800.  Will
>they work, he wonders?
>
>
>Here's what I know:
>
>  XE Cartridge		800/48K		400/16K
>
>  BattleZone  		Yes		No
>  Rescue on Fractalus!	Yes		No
>  Flight Simulator II	No		No
>
>Anyone know or care?

  Of course! It's about Atari, I care!

  I have it STRAIGHT from two horses' mouthes (and they both sell Atari
software/hardware, so it's not gossiping) that the XE Game System cartridges
will work with ALL Ataris with 48K. I don't know why you'd had problems with
Flight Simulator II, but apparently *all* of them will work on the 800!

  This is terrific news, and is (hopefully) a sign that somebody up at
Sunnyvale is really on the ball.


						--R.J.
						B-)

P.S. I'd love to get Flight Simulator II alone, but right now it only comes
with the XE Game System...
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