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May 5, 2012 · The lack of more capable video hardware results in little CPU time available for game calculations on the 2600 when compared to the NES, even though the difference in CPU speed isn't that big (the Atari CPU runs at about 2/3 the speed of the NES CPU). The fact that the Atari CPU has to double as a video chip is what makes the NES look so ...
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Release Date: December 14, 2020 Units Sold:10000+ Atari’s back, baby. Well, sort of. Long out of the console game, and working as developers for the past several decades, Atari made a surprising return in 2021 with the release of the Atari VCS. Bundled with both a “classic” Atari-style joystick and a modern controller, the system comes bundled with...
Release Date: 1975 Units Sold:200,000+ By the mid-1970s, Atari was riding high on the success of their first game Pong. One of the first commercial arcade games ever released, the literal hundreds of clones that sprung up in its wake compelled Atari to look for new ways to develop electronic games. A home version of their Pong game was the next log...
Release Date: May 21, 1984 Units Sold:1 million+ There’s a strong argument to be made that the Atari 5200 was the beginning of the end for the company. Riding high on the monumental success of the 2600, expectations were at a peak for the follow-up. What people got instead was one of the worst video game consoles of all time. An extraordinary failu...
Release Date: November 23, 1993 Units Sold:less than 150,000 A bizarre, aggressive advertising campaign did little to help Atari survive the next stage of the console wars, with the 1993 release of the Jaguar being marked by strong early salesand a plethora of elaborate promises made by a company whose public perception by this point was in tatters...
Release Date: September 1, 1989 Units Sold:2 million Although the Atari Lynx fared about as well as anything did for Atari in the 90s, the Lynx has a lot more going for it than the Jaguar, but it wasn’t perfect by any means. So bulky and heavy was this effort by Atari to take down the Game Boythat calling the system a handheld almost feels inaccura...
Release Date: September 1977 Units Sold:30 million Released in 1977, the Atari VCS (Video Computer System) wasn’t the first home console to market, but it was almost immediately the most successful and focused. It was a technical powerhouse for its time, and more importantly, it could play games besides Pong in bright, relatively vibrant colors. Ni...
Release Date: May 1986 Units Sold:1 million The Atari 2600 is more historically significant than the 7800, but for overall game quality, system specs, and sheer potential, the 7800 comes out on top of every Atari console ranking. The console may have been something of a “too little too late” situation for Atari, with it being released to stores in ...
The Atari 2600 came with a pair of joystick controllers and a pair of paddles. The joystick was a digital model, meaning that it was comprised of one switch for each direction you wanted to move.
In 2017, Hyperkin announced the RetroN 77, a clone of the Atari 2600 that plays original cartridges instead of preinstalled games. [86] The Atari VCS (2021 console) can download and emulate 2600 games via an online store. [87] The Atari Flashback 12 Gold (2023) contains 130 games built-in. [88] The Atari 2600+ (2023) is a replica of the 2600 ...
The Atari 2600 Jr. In 1986, a new version of the 2600 was released (although it was planned for release two years earlier). The new redesigned version of the 2600, unofficially referred to as the 2600 Jr., features a smaller, cost-reduced form factor with a modernized Atari 7800-like appearance. The redesigned 2600 was advertised as a budget ...
Mar 31, 2020 · The Atari 2600 is built upon a 1.19 MHz processor from MOS Technology. Powerful enough for the time, but nothing special. What sets the Atari 2600 apart is its custom-built Television Interface Adapter, which renders graphics and sound effects using a fraction of the RAM that its predecessors required.
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Oct 13, 2007 · Processor: 6507 (8-bit) Processor Speed: 1.19 MHz Screen RAM: 128 bytes Screen Resolution: 192 x 160 Color Palette: 16 colors, 4 max on-screen Max Sprites: N/A; player-missile graphics (5 max) Sound: 2 sound channels: Click the DP Guide cover on the left to open the complete list of games in HTML format. Or get the "pocket guide" for your PDA HERE!
