10 Amazing Atari 7800 ProSystem Exclusives 

There were others I could have included, but the 7800 does have a very small library for a console that sold around 5 million units.

Ballblazer was also released for Nintendo Famicom, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, MSX and Atari 5200 too - so I really don't think it qualifies as an exclusive!

I don't believe that Sirius or Plutos were finished, just released as near complete prototypes as they were found. I have both of them myself, real shame they were never released. What is funny about them is that the UK company that created them TyneSoft had a horrible reputation, most of their home computer games were abysmal, but these two 7800 games are excellent.

@@TheLairdsLair I bought both from Good Deal Games. From their site: PLUTOS Plutos is a long lost unreleased prototype developed by Tynesoft for the Atari 7800, and appeared to be a loose port of the ST/Amiga game of the same name. A partially compiled version of Plutos was discovered by Curt Vendel but was unstable and crashed frequently. The source code for Plutos was discovered in 2008 and thanks to the efforts 7800 enthusiasts Robert DeCrescenzo, Mitchell Orman, and Eckhard Stolberg, the game was compiled and now runs properly on stock 7800 hardware. SIRIUS Sirius is a long lost unreleased prototype developed by Tynesoft for the Atari 7800, and possibly a port of the 1990 Amiga game Sirius 7 . A partially compiled version of Sirius was discovered by Curt Vendel but was unstable and crashed frequently. The source code for Sirius was discovered in 2008 and thanks to the efforts 7800 enthusiasts Robert DeCrescenzo, Mitchell Orman, and Eckhard Stolberg, the game was compiled and now runs properly on stock 7800 hardware. It sounds like both prototypes were buggy and in an uncompiled state. Both play fine on a stock 7800, as advertised. Two more scrolling shooters for the 7800, which is great as the system didn't have that many to begin with. I've read heard various British gamers talk down in regards to Tynesoft, but these two games are good. The 2600 games by Froggo Games are terrible. I own some of them. Based on your video they seemed to finally be making good games by the time they got to the 7800.

Yeah, they had to be fixed to get working, especially as both games would have been PAL. But they weren't completed sadly. All of Froggo's 2600 games are re-releases from other people, their 7800 games are actually original.

Yeah I hate those joysticks, I am so glad we got joypads instead!

Yep, correct.

Food Fight is an arcade port!

@@TheLairdsLair Duh! I’ve got to quit sniffing glue.

That advert cracks me up every time I watch it!

Such a good game, best reason to own an Atari 7800.

I couldn't decide between Planet Smashers, F18 Hornet and Planet Smashers for the final spot. I went with Planet Smashers because it was a shoot 'em up, something the 7800 doesn't have a lot of. But yeah, Motor Psycho is probably the better game.

Wish that was easy to find for ntsc. Looks badass. All ebay has is PAL.

@@Lightblue2222 have the same problem with Ninja Golf as well

It's fair to say that Missing in Action can't be emulated properly!

Neither of those are exclusives though, so why would I include them?

@@TheLairdsLair well uh because they are top games,but it’s true that they are not exclusives,well with this in mind,are those the only exclusives for the 7800? Well scrapyard dog seems to be an exclusive as well since the lynx version is totally different despite it shares the exact same name,mmmm.

No, there are more. Scrapyard Dog counts yes, as it's different to the Lynx version, there is also Motor Psycho and a few more.

And I know ballblazer was on computers of the time but I mean it was exclusive to the North American 7800 as it’s the only dedicated console to get it that I know of.

And I’m not sure if they were on computers but since missing in action was included I would sirius and plutos as better exclusive shooters that were completed but not released until many years later

Ballblazer was also on the 5200 and Food Fight was also on the XEGS - neither remotely qualify as exclusives. Basketbrawl is pretty similar, Scrapyard Dog is a little bit different and I did briefly consider it because of that. Plutos was actually on the Atari ST first. But I am going to do a "More great exclusives" video too, so you might see some more of your candidates there ;-)

@@TheLairdsLair your right ballblazer was on the 5200. I don’t know much about the xegs either. If your including more homebrew rikki and vikki is also on steam but via a 7800 emulator that was specially written, I can link to my source on that,so it may be another gray area. Failsafe might not count because it’s technically inspired by counter measure, but baby pac man, pac man collection and time salvo are all worth consideration.

True, I forgot about Xevious. Never been much of a fan of that game though.

@@TheLairdsLair That was one of my favorites, never figured out why some like you didn't like it.

There are 7800 games I'd rather play but yes it is good, like you say though it's not exclusive so I couldn't include it.

@@TheLairdsLairgames such as?

I did it eventually, I can't remember if you had to do a double jump or hold it down for a bigger jump but once I worked it out it was actually quite simple!

Correct!

I've been wondering what that was from for awhile now. Thanks!

Emulator issue sadly, works perfectly on real hardware.

I've got MIA. Those visual glitches don't happen on real hardware (I don't know why RU-vidrs covering the game don't point that out. This isn't the first video that made MIA look like Epileptic Seizure: the Game). Honestly, it's arguably the best looking game on the system. That said, the game isn't really finished. There's pickups that don't do anything and while most levels seem fine, others seem unfinished or broken. I haven't succeeded in this yet myself, but I've heard the game can be beat, but clearing some levels almost requires using a walkthrough.

There is a finished version out there somewhere (hopefully). I am actually friends with Chuck Peavey who programmed it and he has confirmed the game was complete and he did have a complete version on a cartridge as well as all the source code. However he cannot locate it and thinks that it's either in storage somewhere or he lost it. But there is still hope. I was going to have F-18 Hornet instead, but really wanted to put MIA in there because it's so great.

Yes they do and yes I am, my 2600+ review will be up in a few weeks.

Still in the shop! XD

Atari's distribution for 7800 games was spoty at best and practically non-existent in my area in its later years.

@@rpgspree The Tramiels weren't such great CEOs for keeping ATARI a major company . Their distribution just got worse as time went on . I BARELY was able to get a CD-ROM add-on for the Jaguar . They didn't run ATARI like the other console companies . ATARI never sold the Jaguar at a loss like other companies because they couldn't afford to . Like it's been mentioned over and over , you sell the console at a loss and make the money in the games . ATARI couldn't afford to sell the Jaguar so cheaply .