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Atari 2600. Atari 5200. Atari 7800. Processor. MOS Technology 6507 (more) Atari SALLY (6502 variant) Atari MARIA (6502 variant) CPU Speed. 1.19 MHz.
Aug 22, 2024 · The Atari 2600 cemented Atari’s position as a key player in the gaming industry, while the 5200 showcased technological advancements that would later influence future consoles. The impact of these iconic gaming systems is still felt today, as they played a pivotal role in shaping the evolution of home gaming.
Oct 3, 2024 · While it does share much of the library with the 2600, most of the games are better on the 8bit/5200. They certainly look and sound better. Compare Pac Man on the 2600 and 5200 and there is no comparison. Same with Ms Pac Man. While the 2600 version of centipede is great, the 5200 version is much more authentic to the arcade, especially if you ...
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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 ...
Feb 10, 2013 · There is a 5200 trackball controller. If you get into the 5200 then I recommend all the above. It can be expensive but since the 5200 has a much smaller library than the 2600 it is still cheaper collecting for the 5200. You can also get the Atarimax Ultimate SD Cartridge.
Mar 8, 2020 · On 3/7/2020 at 10:03 PM, masschamber said: always fun seeing comparisons, you could get a few more comparisons by adding the atari 8 bit releases as well. Even comparing to just the 5200, there are some notable differences. Centipede, Space Invaders, and the XE versions of Mario Bros. and Choplifter are obvious examples.
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In Season 4 of Retro Comparisons we take a look every cartridge-based game released by Atari that got ported on more than one of their consoles to compare th...
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