On 18 Jun 99 at 19:31, Hans Franke wrote:
> > >> There was also an 8-bit AtariXE GS
> > >> ciao larry
>
> > >ATARI GS ?
> > >AFAIK there was never a system named like that - just the XE.
>
> > Sure was: the Atari XE _G_ame _S_ystem. Had (IIRC) Missile Command in the
> > built-in ROM and had a slot for others... if you added a keyboard, drive,
> > and all the knick-knacks, you could turn it into a regular XE.
>
> OK, same thing - I was strictly refering to the 'official'
> naming (branding) of the systems - keeping track of the
> zillion names they used back than is a task of its own.
>
> > Personally, I'm of the opinion of "why buy a car and weld on it a month to
> > turn it into a truck... just buy a truck." ===> why buy a game to have to
> > buy a bunch of stuff to turn it into a useful computer... just buy a computer.
>
> Same with me - but as we have seen in the past the strategy was
> successfull (All you need is a C64 and _maybe_ a datasette ...
> just to lure them in and buy later on disk drives, and add-ons
> until the system cost doubble the bucks of an A2 (clone) with
> the same amount of beef :).
>
> Servus
> H.
>
See my response to Merch.
Additionally;
The name on the box and machine is Atari XE Video Game System but it is
usually referred to as XE-GS. It came with more accessories than the other
Atari 8-bits. I think the light-gun only came with the GS. There was a cart
for using it called Bug Hunt, and I think there were altogether only about 5
carts made for the l-g. The other cart was a quite good flight simulator.
Don't know what got into Tramiel but it was a pretty good deal.
ciao larry.
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Received on Fri Jun 18 1999 - 15:57:11 BST