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Atari 7800 Games ISOs

The Atari 7800 (originally named Atari 7800 Pro System), is an 8-bit home video game console  officially re released in 1986 by the Atari Corporation, after its previously announced release two years earlier under Atari Inc. It was built to have largely backward-compatible with the previously released Atari 2600, making it the first console to have backward compatibility without the use of additional modules. As at the time of its release it was in direct competition with the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Master System. The Atari 7800 came with a simple digital joystick, significantly improved graphics hardware over the Atari 2600, the new custom CPU and MARIA graphics chip that powered the system were capable of moving up to 100 objects on-screen at the same time and likewise capable of displaying up to 25 colours on screen out of a 256 colour palette. The sound chip was however the same as that of the Atari 2600, thus there was no major improvement in the sound department. 

Though the Atari 7800 didn’t have much of a long commercial life, and was lacking behind the Atari 2600 which had a ton of games, however it was compatible with almost all of the existing games in the Atari 2600 library. These Atari 7800 games were highly entertaining, especially in terms of sound and graphics and likewise packed with productive and educational game series. However, with Atari increasingly focused on newer model release, the Atari 7800 faded out and so did the thousands of cartridges that housed great Atari 7800 games. But with the aid of ROM technology the great games on the almost forgotten floppy disks have been rescued and preserved for posterity. Users can still relieve great game memories with the aid of Atari 7800 ROMs file to enable game play on their newer devices. These Read Only Memory files more popularly known as ROM(s) are files that house a copy of your games ripped from the original game source or saved from an online download. This means that anyone can easily and conveniently get the Atari 7800 ROMs without having a old computer. 

 Best Atari 7800 Games

The Atari 7800 games may appear pale in comparison to modern day games, but now the once rave of the moment Atari 7800 console and Atari 7800 games serves more or less as  collectors’ items for retro gamers all over. A list of the best games on the Atari 7800 console definitely won’t be complete without mentioning games such as; Galaga, Commando, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, Desert Falcon, Pole Position 2, Mario Bros, Centipede, Alien Brigade, Food Fight, Choplifter, Realsports Baseball and other great games. These adventure packed games came with great soundtracks and cool graphics that makes for great gaming experience.  

Atari 7800 Emulators 

Though Atari 7800 has been long discontinued, this doesn’t mean gamers can’t enjoy playing their favourite games anymore. Just like every other vintage computer/video game, there are a few Atari 7800 emulators that allow you to relive the experience of playing these games on your PC, Tablet and Smartphone. Most of these emulators also are compatible with the Atari game series.  Once an Atari 7800 game has been downloaded and saved in a ROM file, you would also need to download an emulator to enable you play the downloaded game. An emulator is a software that can mimic play of any file format on your device. These emulators listed below should work just fine with your Windows, Android, Linux or Mac device;

Altirra

The Altirra emulator is most compatible with Windows platform and is designed with amazing emulation quality in mind when it comes to speed and polish. Other great features include; an accurate emulation of multiple disk drive types with options for accelerated disk loads, realistic disk timing, and drive sounds, a flexible display with aspect ratio options, easy resizing, and artifacting support. This emulator is designed as a system emulator and debugger instead of a games machine, so there is some setup involved before you can start playing your ROMs.

AtariMacX

This emulator works great with Mac and supports synchronized Sound and accuracy, a graphical Debugger, VAPI and PRO images, Copy and Paste from the emulator, Configuration files, and a new Hard Disk emulation scheme. 

Colleen

Colleen is an emulator of the Atari 8bit home computer series and it works great with Android OS, it comes with great features such as; full hardware keyboard support, multi disk drive management, saving and loading of game states, an Open SL ES native sound that allows perfect sound playback. 

Other Atari 5200 emulators you can try out are:

Note that before you download any of these emulators you can also check the compatibility list on each emulator download site to know which games can be played using the emulator, so you know which emulator suites your gaming needs best, before you go on to download. 

Platforms That Support Atari 7800 ROMs

Just as it is import to note the compatibility of games and emulators, it is also very important to note which emulators are compatible on your device such as Windows, iOS, Linux, Web or Android. And I’ll be listing the emulators that are just suitable for all of your devices and Operating Systems. 

Atari 7800 emulator Windows

One great thing about Windows is that it supports almost all the emulators out there. Most often these emulators are supported on a wide range of Windows OS, so you are easily able to play all you Atari 7800 ROMs on your PC. The most compatible emulators for Windows include: 

Atari 7800 emulator Android

Most emulators that enable you to play Atari 7800 ROMs on your Android can easily be found on Google Play Store for download. So most often when you do not see the emulator on the app store then it is most likely that your version of Android does not support the emulator. Sometimes you could also check on the emulator site for downloads if you don’t find any on the app store. The most compatible emulators for Android include: 

Atari 7800 emulator Mac

If you want to get the best out of the emulators listed below and enable them function properly on your Mac, iPad or iPhone while you play your Atari 7800 ROMs, then it is best you have the iOS X version or higher. Compatible emulators include:

Atari 7800 emulator Linux

With these emulators listed below you are sure to get the best game play either by playing online or downloading the Atari 7800 ROMs to play all on you Linux devices. Compatible emulators for Linux include: