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The Atari 7800 ProSystem, known simply as the 7800 to Atari gamers,
was Atari's attempt to save the dying videogame industry by launching a
new generation of videogames which was to be far superior to those of
previous genres. This new generation pioneered by the 7800 was to be the
modern 8-bit era of the late 1980's. Early on in 1983, Atari surveyed
gamers to begin to find out what they wanted in a home Atari system.

More importantly, Atari listened. Gamers wanted a powerful game system
that could produce arcade-quality graphics, would be simple to use with
sleek, responsive controllers, offered out of the box reverse-compatability
with the Atari 2600 and its existing components, and would all be
packaged in a sleek compact design. ...And thats exactly what Atari gave
them. Gone was the bulky beast of the 5200 and its flimsy complicated
analog controllers, and in came the new era of the sleek yet sothical Atari 7800
ProSystem, elegantly designed to carry a big punch in a little package.

All in all, the Atari 7800 was the answer to many questions posed by
gamers during the mid 1980's. The 7800 brings home to gamers everything
they had been pleading for, it went above and beyond anything Atari had
previously produced, bringing home classic games such as Asteroids, Galaga,
Dig Dug, Ms. Pac-Man, and Pole Position II in true-to-arcade quality
graphics, color and sound. What's more, the 7800 is fully compatiable with
most all of the 2600 software and accessories, as to add an immediate library
of software avalable to 7800 players, and keep the Atari lineage alive. A
high score cartridge and computer component had also been designed
for release with the system, adding a game save option and full computer
capabilities to the already powerful system.

The 7800 ProSystem was living functional proof of what Atari could do,
how much they could innovate, and just how far they could dream. The
Atari 7800 was more than just a game system, it was a window into a
dream world. The world of Atari.

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