Reconditioned Atari US CX7800 System. Comes with CX7800 Console (All in like New condition), two New Non Atari brand BP or Pro-Stick Joysticks your choice (Click here to see pictures of the Joysticks) (Some Atari 7800 game cartridges require an Atari CX24 Joystick or CX78 Joypad for proper game operation), New Atari CX7800 Power Supply, New Atari Cable Ready Universal TV Switch Box (better than stock supplied 7800 original TV switch box), New Upgraded Atari RF Cable (better than stock supplied 7800 short RF cable), New 7800 Pole Position II Cartridge with Owners Manual, New 7800 System Owners Manual and comes with the same Atari 90 day Warranty as when they were first released! CX7800-RE $89.95
Reconditioned Atari US CX7800 System, same as above CX7800 System but Upgraded (substituted for the two BP or Pro-Sticks) to one New European version Atari CX78 Joypad (only shipped with all Atari European CX7800's sold). CX7800-RE78 $99.95.
Reconditioned Atari US CX7800 System Upgraded with the Atari Engineering 7800 Rev. 2 Composite Video Modification below. Comes with CX7800 Console (All in like New condition), two New Non Atari brand PB or Pro-Stick Joysticks your choice (Click here to see pictures of the Joysticks) (Some Atari 7800 game cartridges require an Atari CX24 Joystick or CX78 Joypad for proper game operation), New Atari CX7800 Power Supply, New 7800 Pole Position II Cartridge with Owners Manual, New 7800 System Owners Manual and comes with the same Atari 90 day Warranty as when they were first released! CX7800-RECV $109.95
Reconditioned Atari US CX7800 System Upgraded with the Atari Engineering 7800 Rev. 2 Composite Video Modification and Atari 7800 OS Upgrades below. Comes with CX7800 Console (All in like New condition), two New Non Atari brand PB or Pro-Stick Joysticks your choice (Click here to see pictures of the Joysticks) (Some Atari 7800 game cartridges require an Atari CX24 Joystick or CX78 Joypad for proper game operation), New Atari CX7800 Power Supply, New 7800 Pole Position II Cartridge with Owners Manual, New 7800 System Owners Manual and comes with the same Atari 90 day Warranty as when they were first released! CX7800-RECVOS $127.95
Atari 7800 US Diagnostic Cartridge. Will display a single 7800 Diagnostic 7800 boot up Screen. Necessary to adjust the 7800 top color pot back to factory color settings. You plug in the Atari 7800 Diagnostic Cartridge and turn on your Atari 7800 console and wait about 5 to 10 seconds for the 7800 Diagnostic screen to appear. CB101195 $25.00
Atari Engineering 7800 Composite Monitor Rev. 2 Upgrade!
General Information
When Best Electronics helped cleared out all of the Sunnyvale Atari Warehouses over a 10+ year period, one of the additional buildings we bid on and got the rights to remove any Atari Hardware from was the Atari Corp. Main building 1196 Borregas Ave. In this Atari Corp. building was Atari Purchasing, Engineering, Engineering Prototype lab, Sales, Accounting, Marketing, Legal and other Atari departments.
In the Atari Engineering section we came across a single Modified US Atari 7800 console. It got put into a box and stored onto one of the thousands and thousands of Pallets of Atari goods we put into our San Jose Warehouse over the years. We recently finally broke down one of those Pallets of Atari items from the Atari Corp building and again found the Engineering 7800 console. To us this 7800 looked like an Atari Engineer’s modified 7800 with a Composite Video mod installed console. This Modified stock Atari 7800 motherboard had two Engineering mods installed. The 7800 Composite Video Mod and the Euro 7800 Operating Chip mode. See the past this Composite Video Upgrade for more information on this second 7800 OS Chip mod.
Best Electronics has Engineered two upgrades to the Atari Engineers original Composite Video design by enhancing the Video display with a sharper Composite Video Display with improved color display and color saturation. The Best second 7800 CV upgrade to the original design, is for the 7800 Game Cartridges that have a Pokey sound chip within the game cartridge. This Pokey 7800 game cartridge based sound output was missing from the original Atari Engineers CV design.
This 7800 Composite Video mod is relative easy mod to do. It requires, removing (unsoldering the internal 7800 RF Modulator), removing some 7800 motherboard components, adding some new components, cutting and lifting up some soldered in 7800 motherboard components. But there are no permanent 7800 Motherboard trace cuts or modifications to the 7800 motherboard which can not be reversed should this composite video Mod not work for you. Compared to other more expensive 7800 Composite video upgrades, the Atari Engineering version does not require any cutting, drilling, or modifying of the Atari 7800 top or bottom plastic cases. Because you will remove the Atari 7800 internal RF Modulator in this 7800 upgrade, you will no longer be able to connect up your Atari 7800 to your TV thru the normal RF cable to the rear Coax TV input / TV Switch box.
The quick way you can tell you if you have the US 7800 Motherboard, check to the left of the Atari 7800 right angle Power jack on the Atari 7800 Motherboard. If you find a MJE 210 (see Red Arrow above) Transistor next to the 7800 Power Jack, you have a US 7800 motherboard.
Items required for this 7800 Composite Video Modifcation.
General Soldering: 25 Watt Soldering Iron
RF Modulator Unsoldering: 35 Watt Soldering Iron
Solder
Needle Nose Pliers
Small pair of Diagonal cutters
Flat blade Screwdriver
A good Solder Sucker or a lot of Solder Wick
The abilty to follow written installation instructions with pictures.
This upgrade is so simple no schematics / prints are supplied. You should be able to solder and unsolder, read Resistor color codes and read the silk screen component locations on the Atari 7800 Motherboard
About 1 to 2 hours installation time.
A 12 page written set of Installation instructions with 10 color pictures
All Electronic Components required for this 7800 Composite Video Mod.
Set of 6ft Composite Video and Audio cables with Gold Plated connects modified for installation onto the 7800 motherboard
1 Plastic tie wrap (to strap down/strain relief) the Composite video cables to the 7800 Motherboard.
A New set of 7800 Case shorter screws.
Best Atari 7800 Tech tip: If you are considering doing this 7800 Composite Video mod or Euro 7800 OS Upgrade, you should also consider ordering at least two new replacement 7800 On/Off and Game Start/Reset switches ($1.50 each). On all Atari 7800 consoles these two soldered in 7800 switches have a Very high failure rate and should automatically be replaced if you go inside your 7800 console.
Atari Engineering 7800 Euro Operating System Upgrade Mod for US 7800 Consoles!
General Information
Atari Engineering released two versions of the Atari 7800 Operating System chips. The US version has the known 7800 boot up screen with the Atari Logo / color bars and delay before the inserted Atari 7800 game cartridge screen appears. The Euro 7800 OS chip / 7800 Euro Consoles have a build in Atari 7800 Asteroids game (turn on your 7800 with no game cartridge inserted and 7800 Asteroids would be the default game) and will instantly start any 7800 game (no more Atari 7800 Logo delay screen) when a 7800 game cartridge was installed. Both versions of the Atari 7800 OS chips both instantly start up all 2600 Game Cartridges.
When Best Electronics cleared out Atari Engineering department we found several Atari Engineering samples of US 7800 consoles modified with a Universal PAL / US upgrade version 7800 OS chip. This Atari Engineering Enhanced / Hybrid / Universal Atari 7800 OS Upgrade chip can be installed in any US / NTSC 7800 console and will give you the same above upgraded features as Atari Euro version 7800 consoles produced. To Install / Upgrade in a US 7800 console, requires some soldering, additional I.C. chip, trace cutting and an extra wire jumper added to a US 7800 Motherboard.
Items required for this 7800 Euro Operating Modification
General Soldering: 25 Watt Soldering Iron
Solder
Needle Nose Pliers
Xacto knife
Small pair of Diagonal cutters
VOM Meter
Phillips Screwdriver
A good Solder Sucker or a lot of Solder Wick
The abilty to follow written installation instructions
The ability to read chip pin numbers
This upgrade is so simple no schematics / prints are supplied.
About 1/2 to 1 hour installation time.
New 7800 OS chip
Jumper wire
New 7800 28 pin OS I.C. Socket
New Interface I.C.
A New set of shorter 7800 Case screws.
Atari 7800 US Consoles OS Upgrade Kit CB102669 $17.95
For the first time in 22+ years, Brand New Custom made Atari Dust Covers for the Atari 7800 Consoles. These Translucent see thru Dust Covers, have a tailored fit with reinforced edging around the base and custom tapered fit. CB103122 $12.95
One of the Few 7800 Light Gun Games Atari Released in Europe (PAL versions), but NEVER in the US, was Atari 7800 Sentinel. Sentinel is a fast action arcade-style game requiring lightning fast reflexes and skillful shooting through four deadly alien landscapes.
You are a Scientist and your Invention, a Pulsating, Glowing Orb called the Sentinel, Absorbs and Stores Energy from a variety of sources. A direct hit on the enemy power cells, Ground and Air Attack vehicles drains the Energy from the Alien Source and feeds it into the Sentinel.
Their are four Alien Planets, 1 or 2 player versions and three difficulty levels (Easy, Standard, Difficult) and three life's per game.
Supplied without instructions, Scanned label from a PAL Atari Sentinel Cartridge, in a plastic bag. Requires the Atari XE or Best Electronics Atari Light Gun.
$39.95
7800 Game Cartridges as of 02-01-12
Limited supply on all 7800 titles, some titles only one is in stock, sold on a first come first serve basis!
Atari Titles (Boxed)
Ace of Aces, Asteroids, Ballbazer, Barn Blaster or Crossbow (Can also be used with Best or Atari Light Guns), Centipede, Choplifter, Crack'ed, Dark Chambers, Desert Falcon, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong, Food Fight, Galaga, Hat Trick, Jinks, Joust, Karateka, Melt Down, Ms Pac Man, One on One, Pole Position II (Atari Silver Collector Box), Real Sports Baseball, Robotron 2084, Scrapyard Dog, Touch Down Football, Tower Toppler, Xevious and Winter Games $15 ea. Mat Maina $25 Midnight Mutants $39.95 Fight Night $49.95
Atari Titles
(loose cartridges, no Instructions)Tower Toppler, Baseball, Karateka, Mario Bros, Centipede, Dig Dug, Asteroids, Food Fight, Hat Trick, Desert Falcon, Donkey Kong, Xevious, One and One, Pole Position II and Winter Games All at $10 ea.
New 7800 Service!
Some 46 Different Atari Text Version (typed) Game Instructions for 7800 Cartridges are Now Available E-Mail for Titles $3 each
Special Buy From Atari! We Bought a couple of Pallets of New 7800 Boxed Games! All games are New in the box but might have a slight Wrinkle on the outside Atari packaging box, dented corner or so on, sort of what you might call a "7800 Dented Can Sale"! Ballblazer, Galaga, Joust, Ms. Pac Man and Robotron.
All for $10 each,
Any 3 Titles for $8 each,
Any 5 Titles for $7 each
"Very Limited" Qtys on some titles! State "7800 Dented Can Special" when ordering!
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