Atari 7800 eXpansion Module (XM)

[TrekMD]

Well, I figured I'd post an update on this.  The XM is delayed again as Curt is having health issues.  One of his heart valves is not functioning properly and he needs surgery for it.  Apparently they are tying to do a less invasive procedure which will be helpful for his recovery.  What this means is that the January 30th deadline will be missed.  Health comes first, so we can just wish Curt well with his procedure. 

[Cryptic33]

Very impressive and makes me realise I have found the right forum. As mentioned by others, the screen shots are very good. I want to dig out my XE machine now

[TrekMD]

Very impressive and makes me realise I have found the right forum. As mentioned by others, the screen shots are very good. I want to dig out my XE machine now

Glad to have you here.  Enjoy!

[TrekMD]

You can get Beef Drop and Circus carts with POKEY chips in them though, I have one!

The whole point of the XM is adding the POKEY and RAM which up until now people have had to add to carts themselves. This has made games more expensive and POKEY chips and the right RAM chips are getting scarce now. So the XM isn't really doing anything that 7800 games were not already doing, Atari did plan to actually make an XM back in the day anyway, this XM mostly follows the original plan.

What he said.    The XM stops people from having to cannibalize the existing carts with POKEY chips or extra ram or both. 

[onthinice]

Rich kids get the XM. I think DavyK has hit it on the head. Can the 7800 homebrew community support both or will this cause a riff and make the 7800 implode on itself?

With new next gen consoles coming plus the OUYA, I can see some gamers having to choose between retro consoles and modern instead of both.

[TL]

Rich kids get the XM. I think DavyK has hit it on the head. Can the 7800 homebrew community support both or will this cause a riff and make the 7800 implode on itself?

The 7800 scene are embracing it already 

[onthinice]

I wonder how many 7800 owners will buy?

[TL]

I wonder how many 7800 owners will buy?

They already have massive pre-orders

[onthinice]

Thousands or millions of pre-orders?

[TL]

Thousands or millions of pre-orders?

This is the Atari 7800!

We are talking hundreds I would have thought. A large amount of the user base anyway.

[onthinice]

Thanks. Sadly, I will not be one of them. Maybe next Christmas!

[TrekMD]

Since the topic of discussion became the XM, I moved the posts about it from the Let's Compare Burger Time thread to this thread. 

And yes, there are hundreds of XM units already presold.  I think the preorder has sold out as well.