Re: Apple II vs Atari 800

[Payton Byrd <plbyrd@gmail.com>]

Atari wanted control over everything, which bit them in the ass.  At
first they wanted to make cart games of all their coin-op games and
use the coin-ops as free advertising.  The problem was that they
rushed so many games to market that they didn't take advantage of the
capabilities of the system.  There's an archive of all the email on
the Atari VAX that sheds volumes of light into the inner workings of
Atari and it's no friggen' wonder they failed so gloriously until
Tramiel took over, who happened to turn a profit for a while, but it
was too little too late.

On Apr 13, 7:36 pm, "Jack Tseng" <tse...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> In 1980, Apple II graphics/sound looks limited.. Graphics on the games look
> very terrible... Sound is not good. Atari graphics/sound are better than
> Apple II.. Why did many companies make the games for Apple more than Atari?
>
> I attended to the computer class in the elementary school. There were many
> Apple computers in the most school. Can anyone tell me a reason why the
> school chooses Apple even thought the graphics and music were terrible?
>
> Thanks!
> Jack