Jeremy Parish
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NES Works Gaiden #13: Atari 7800 Pt. 2 (Asteroids / Food Fight / Robotron 2084 / Galaga)
🕑 Added 2020-09-23 14:00:03 +0000 UTCThe second of three (for now) episodes on Atari 7800. This one looks at the rest of the launch games, plus one post-launch release, and goes more into GCC's role in the console's design and software.
Also, I may have made some significant (and long intended) improvements to the up-front presentation.
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Kevin Bunch
The nostalgia is hitting me hard with these videos. Asteroids seriously impressed me graphically when I saw it for the first time in 1988, and the sheer amount of time my sister and I sunk into Food Fight is no joke. I still remember when she realized for the first time that you can just camp out on the watermelon and rack up the points with the infinite ammo they provide. A friend of mine apparently got his online handle of "Robotron" from winning an arcade tournament in that game back in the day, and god only knows how anyone gets that good at it.
James Jackson
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