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The Bally Astrocade was a fairly unknown console that competed against the Atari 2600. The Hardware was noticeably better than its competition. If you compare any game side by side, the Astrocade wins. So why couldn’t it beat Atari?


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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
0:48 Gun Fight
1:42 Bally Home Library Computer (1977)
2:20 Astrovision
3:15 Bally Astrocade Hardware
4:49 Home Console or Computer?
5:28 Gun Fight & Surround
6:09 Galaxian & Space Invaders
7:04 Knock Off Games
8:17 Issues
8:43 Discontinuation
9:28 Why Atari Won
9:54 Conclusion
10:26 Outtro


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