Atari 7800

By 1986, Atari sensed a revived video game industry, and began development of the Atari 7800, which Atari hoped would help Atari regain the 80% of the market they lost during the video game crash of 1983. Unfortunately, despite being backwards compatable with all 2600 games and being very affordable, Nintendo and Sega's dominance stopped the 7800 from reaching it's potential. That, and along with a lack of support from video game companies caused a huge lack of 7800 games. Atari finally discontinued in 1992 as it began to work on the Jaguar, which would end up flopping even worse than the 7800 did.

Worldwide Name: Atari 7800 (7800)

Market Share in Beginning of Lifespan: 1%

Market Share in Middle of Lifespan: Less than 1%

Market Share in End of Lifespan: Less than 1%

Best-Selling Game: Unknown

An 8-Bit System

Price at Launch: $140.00

Number of Units Sold: 2 million

Slogans:

The choice of the experts.

Released Worldwide in: 1987

Discontinued in: 1992

Popularity Compared to Competitors:

In Japan:

1st-Famicom Family Computer

2nd-Sega Master System

3rd-Atari 7800

In America:

1st-NES

2nd-Sega Master System

3rd-Atari 7800

In Europe:

1st-Sega Master System

2nd-NES

3rd-Atari 7800

Graphics Comparison:

1st-Sega Master System

2nd-Atari 7800

3rd-NES/Famicom