Atari's NEW 2024 console - Atari 7800+ Review

Atari is launching their brand new 7800+ console on November 29th 2024. The 7800+ is a modern recreation of the original 7800 System from 1986. In today's episode we take a look at the 7800+, play some games on it and take a look at the hardware. Is it worth $129.99? Let's find out.

Disclaimer: Atari provided the product for this Review

TimeStamps:

00:00 - 02:38 - Quick recap of Atari/Unboxing the 7800 Plus
02:39 - 11:53 - Testing the 7800 Plus
11:54 - 13:11 - Quick Teardown
13:12 - 16:30 - Final Thoughts

#Atari

[stevenc]

Im sure that loading screen is the entire cartridge being downloaded into memory to run in the emulator. No way the cartridge is actually read from during the game. Even though the games are small, those chips on the cartridge probably can't transfer that fast when downloading the entire game.

[IuriFiedoruk]

Atari's current CEO is a very smart guy, and understands this kind of prodicts is not about money, but rebuilding Atari name, and linking the company past to its present, creating goodwill towards their products.
It is not an easy task, but they are nailing it so far.

[baroncalamityplus]

Wish you could buy the influencer set in that box. It would be an excellent gift set.

[robertw]

Back in the summer of 1982 I was 14 years old. I mowed lawn all summer long so i could buy a Atari 2600 for $200 and a black and white 19 inch tv for $99. It was the very first console I had. It was so much fun. I still have it somewhere. When the Atari 7800 I wanted it so bad. It looked so much better, but unfortunately we couldn't afford it.

[peter_pinguin]

Woah, now this is what i call timing. Just this weekend i found my old Atari 7800 in the basement, which i thought was lost for over 10 years (of course it still works like a charm) and now you drop this. It makes me so happy to get my earliest video game memories revived two times in a few days! ;)

[theretropal]

The Megawin chip is not the SOC, it's a controller chip that interfaces with the cartridge. The SOC is under the heatsink on the righthand side and uses a Rockchip SOC like the 2600+.

[DrPepperone]

Mmm if the retail box is not like the one you received I don't think it should be worthy of praise. Of course companies will do everything in their power give a positive impression to reviewers...

[Carstuff]

As someone that played on Atari 2600, 5200, and 7800 as a kid, this is beyond epic to me! My grand parents, of all people, had each console. I am pretty sure my grandmother bought the 2600 used, then she upgraded to a used 5200 (I got the 2600), and then to a used 7800. I had a blast with all three, but the 7800 was the console I played the least, the 5200 and 2600 I had the most time on and had my favorite games. Enduro and Pitfall on the 2600, Star Raiders for the 5200. I would so love to buy one of these just so I can relive my 2600 days and get reintroduced to the 7800.

[chunkie]

Ninja Golf is criminally underrated. I would love a full HD remake of that game on current consoles.

[CocoHutzpah]

Ninja Golf looks fun. It looks exactly like the kind of game that would appear in the background of a Simpsons episode.

[LordmonkeyTRM]

I think any company worth their salt would appreciate your no BS approach and take any criticism on board and make the necessary changes

[Zenzuu]

The Atari 2600 was my first venture into the world of videos games as kid back then.

Still happily gaming now at the young age of 38.

[sammuslu]

I still have my boxed woody atari 2600 from '83, its in immaculate condition 😊

[UnkWerks]

My first home console was my dad’s old 2600… so many memories on that system playing with my dad, he passed last year. This upload takes me back ☹️

[Mrshoujo]

Nice to see Atari Love here, something which is lacking & seems to get a pass more often than not.
The 7800 had encryption on their games to combat the shovelware which happened on the 2600. We're lucky the 7800 is getting more love since the encryption key was also lost on a tossed Atari ST hard drive! Thankfully Hasbro released the keys for the Lynx, Jaguar, & the 7800.
Flash cartridges work on the 2600+. They should work on this, too.

[DrLilo]

I suspect "Loading game..." really means "Dumping ROM" here.

[opatapreta]

The only real review I saw on YouTube. The rest even edit the video to take off the loading. Even people I trusted, I believe the box was too beautifull to complain about anything. Thanks.

[robbabcock_]

I am really thinking of getting one of these! I just ordered a cartridge of Battlezone, probably my game from back in the day, just really looking to recapture the magic of those games and times. I was born in '69 so Atari was a huge part of my childhood, both the console games and the uprights.

[OSW]

I grew up in the 80s, I don't think modern audiences will accept/stand for waiting 15 seconds to play a ROM that's a few KB in size. And then play such rudimentary games (by today's standards). That Influencer Box looks reeeeally nice though! Shame it's unavailable for regular people to purchase. Appreciate the honesty in the review. Cheers! 🍻

[WAFLNeo]

I noticed during the video that you mentioned Food Fight running at 50fps compared to other titles running at 60fps and there may be two explanations here. The common sense explanation which you mentioned is that the game could very well be the Pal version which was packaged. Another explanation however is that the game has a feature that was a first which was a "killcam/replay". The game would remember certain levels and replay them which was very innovative at the time. I could consider it demanding enough that the game would have to run at a lower frame rate.

I admittedly still play Food Fight on my Atari 7800 from time to time and watching this review has made me want the 7800+. It's a no brainer to me.