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From: weaver@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Andrew Weaver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: 2600 games on the 8bit?
Message-ID: <13783@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 20 May 88 05:16:24 GMT
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In article <3543@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> c60b-at@buddy.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (john->kawakami) writes:
>But will you be able to load disk based 2600 sw, or will you have to get
>the cassette games from Arcadia?

Now things are getting a bit silly :-)

>...but the Sega has more computing power.
>The XEGS has a Keyboard.!.!.

Yes.  Too bad that Atari isn't doing any real support of this 65XE-which-
is-a-800XL-in-a-funny-pastel-box.  I for one would like to see them release
the Flight Sim II cartridge for retail sale alone - even though it can't
run on my vintage 1984 Atari 800, I'd buy a used 800XL for a game like
that :-)

8bits are/were great.  I'd be interested to see just how many Atari 400/800/
XL/XE computers are gathering dust versus similar Commodore Vic/64/128
equipment (but that is another flame war... double :-)





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