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- The number 2600 represents the console’s original model number. During the development stage, the Atari 2600 was assigned the model number “CX2600.” However, when it was ready to hit the market, the “CX” prefix was dropped, and the Atari 2600 was named.
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In 2009, the Atari 2600 was named the number two console of all time by IGN, which cited its remarkable role behind both the first video game boom and the video game crash of 1983, and called it "the console that our entire industry is built upon".
Mar 28, 2003 · Yes, the model number was CX2600 ever since 1977, but it was always called the Atari VCS by Atari, other Atari companies, the press, etc. The public, by and large, simply called it 'the Atari'. It wasn't until 1982 when the 5200 was released that Atari rechristened the machine the 2600.
The Atari 2600, also known as the Atari VCS (Video Computer System), is a home video game console released in 1977 by Atari, Inc. It quickly became a household name and laid the foundation for the modern gaming industry as we know it today.
Aug 12, 2005 · Originally, the Atari 2600 was called the Atari Video Computer System or VCS for short. It wasn't until much later that they started referring to it as the 2600 (for reasons already mentioned above; those crazy hacker renegade geeks).
I’m aware that it was renamed from the VCS to coincide with the new naming scheme of the Atari 400/800 computers as well as the Atari 5200 (which yes, is the number of 2 x 2600) but I’m wondering why the number 2600 was chosen in particular?
Jun 27, 2022 · In September 1977, Atari released the Video Computer System—known today as the 2600 (a name it didn’t get officially until a 1982 revamp). The brainchild of Alcorn, Jay Miner, Joe Decuir, and...
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Sep 10, 2022 · On Sept. 11, 1977, Atari unveiled the Video Computer System (VCS). It wasn’t the first game console, or even the first console to accept cartridges. But the Atari 2600, as the VCS came to...
