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» ATARI 7800 » 1984 » ATARI INC With the benefit of hindsight, it’s easy to see why the Atari 7800 wasn’t the success that Atari had hoped it might be, and a big part of the problem is that it had all of yesterday’s greatest hits. Asteroids is a great example of that. Though the arcade original is a classic that remains beloved to this day, it was already five years old by the intended launch date of the 7800 in 1984. It was even more dated by the time the console actually reached retail, and that was a pattern – games like Donkey Kong, Galaga and Joust all appeared on the console years past their prime.