Atari XEGS or 8-bit?

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Atari XEGS or 8-bit?

Postby VideoGameCritic » February 19th, 2012, 12:43 pm

A reader wrote in suggesting I change the Atari XEGS system label in the drop-down menus, since those reviews cover the Atari 8-bit computer software in general (the XEGS runs Atari computer software in addition to its own cartridge library).

Originally I limited the site to consoles only, but with the recent addition of the Commodore 64 reviews, that doesn't really hold anymore.

Any suggestions about what I should change it to?  Atari 8-bit/XEGS?

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Atari XEGS or 8-bit?

Postby Marriott_Guy1 » February 19th, 2012, 1:11 pm

Assuming that you are playing the games reviewed on the XEGS, I would leave it as is.  If you begin to review games on an Atari 8-bit computer, then it might be appropriate to change it (though I don't recommend going down that computer road).

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Atari XEGS or 8-bit?

Postby Adamant1 » February 19th, 2012, 2:01 pm

Changing it to XEGS/Atari 8-bit would be more descriptive of the section, yes. These are Atari 8-bit games, you're just playing them on a different system that happens to support them as well.

Though I'd also suggest adding a "An Atari XEGS is used for the reviews in this section" disclaimer to the top of that section page - I'm not all that familiar with these systems, but cross-compatability is rarely perfect.


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Atari XEGS or 8-bit?

Postby TedE.Bear » February 19th, 2012, 6:46 pm

I concur....or more appropiately have no stong opinion on the Atari XEGS....

 

but am waiting for some more C-64 reviews!!!!! 


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Atari XEGS or 8-bit?

Postby VideoGameCritic » February 19th, 2012, 9:33 pm

So "Atari XEGS/8-bit" is the way to go?

By the way, a little bird told me new C64 reviews are right around the corner.

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Atari XEGS or 8-bit?

Postby MoonMetropolis » February 20th, 2012, 6:51 am

The C64 had a console version, so it seems fair to consider it a console.  It's not like the Amiga or the Apple II.

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Atari XEGS or 8-bit?

Postby Pacman0001 » February 20th, 2012, 10:50 am

But there was a console version of the Amiga!

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Atari XEGS or 8-bit?

Postby Marriott_Guy1 » February 20th, 2012, 12:25 pm

[QUOTE=Pacman000]But there was a console version of the Amiga![/QUOTE]

X 2 (CDTV \ CD32)


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Atari XEGS or 8-bit?

Postby MoonMetropolis » February 20th, 2012, 9:47 pm

[QUOTE=Pacman000]But there was a console version of the Amiga![/QUOTE]
The CDTV and CD32 were very different from the original Amiga computer I'm talking about.

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Atari XEGS or 8-bit?

Postby DrCruse1 » February 22nd, 2012, 4:36 pm

I would change it to Atari 8-bit because it's a more general term. Using Atari XEGS is kind of like saying "Playstation 2 Slim" instead of just Playstation 2, or saying "Panasonic 3DO FZ-10" instead of just 3DO.


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