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The Atari 2600 is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977 as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS), it popularized microprocessor -based hardware and games stored on swappable ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976.
Nov 17, 2023 · The Atari 2600+ – a modern day faithful recreation of the pioneering console that first appeared in 1980 – has officially released today. Units have started shipping to pre-order customers.
Atari, under Warner’s guidance, aimed for the 2600 to become obsolete within three years. So they started working on a replacement: the 5200. And the 2600 did become obsolete, but the market was changing too. Atari was no longer the only console. Other manufacturers, like Magnavox, Mattel and Coleco were getting in on it.
May 25, 2023 · The Atari 2600, originally branded as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS) until November 1982, is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released on September 11, 1977, it popularized the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having the game “hard-wired” into ...
May 15, 2023 · Ataris are one of the original game stations. Let us discover the roots of it and when did Atari come out? Read on to find out.
I’ve spent years working on assembling such release date information for a variety of programmable game systems released in the United States (and Canada) between 1976 and 1984, as well as the Atari 7800.
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Atari 2600. Years: 1977-1984 (Returned in the late '80s; officially discontinued 1991; Also known as the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), Sears Video Arcade
