Editing Atari 7800 (section)

=== Discontinuation ===
On January 1, 1992, Atari Corporation announced the end of production and support for the  7800, 2600, and the 8-bit computer family including the [[Atari XEGS]]. At least one game, an unreleased port of ''[[Toki (video game)|Toki]]'', was worked on past this date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://betaphasegames.com/7800_Toki_Screens.html |title=TOKI FOR 7800: DISCOVERY ANNOUNCEMENT |website=Beta Phase Games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418231623/http://betaphasegames.com/7800_Toki_Screens.html |archive-date=2018-04-18 }}</ref> By the time of the discontinuation, the Nintendo Entertainment System controlled 80% of the North American market while Atari had 12%.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3DD143EF935A25756C0A964958260 | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=COMPANY NEWS; Nintendo Suit by Atari Is Dismissed | date=May 16, 1992 | access-date=April 25, 2010 |url-access=limited}}</ref> In Europe, last stocks of the 7800 were sold until summer/fall of 1995.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://atarimuseum.nl/history-of-atari-benelux/ | title=Atari Benelux Timeline – Atarimuseum.nl }}</ref>

''Retro Gamer'' magazine issue 132 reported that according to Atari UK Marketing Manager Darryl Still, "it was very well stocked by European retail; although it never got the consumer traction that the 2600 did, I remember we used to sell a lot of units through mail order catalogues and in the less affluent areas".<ref name="retgam132">{{cite web |title=Atari 7800 Prosystem 30th Anniversary |date=10 September 2016 |url=https://issuu.com/michelfranca/docs/retro_gamer____132 |publisher=Retro Gamer |access-date=18 August 2018}}</ref>