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    The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, are a series of home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with...
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    The Atari XE Video Game System (Atari XEGS) is an industrial redesign of the Atari 65XE home computer and the final model in the Atari 8-bit computer series...
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    already appeared on previous Atari home platforms. The system architecture is almost identical to that of the Atari 8-bit computers, although software...
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    the company. Atari Corporation dropped support for the 7800, along with the 2600 and Atari 8-bit computers, on January 1, 1992. The Atari 7800 ProSystem...
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    went on to develop a number of games for the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit computers, and Atari ST which were marketed by word of mouth and magazine advertisements...
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  • programs were available for Atari 8-bit computers. Atari, Inc. was primarily the publisher following the launch of the Atari 400/800 in 1979, then increasingly...
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  • Atari 8-bit computer peripherals include floppy drives, printers, modems, and video game controllers for Atari 8-bit computers, which includes the 400/800...
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  • Atari 8-bit computers, BBC Micro, PET, VIC-20, and in home video game consoles such as the Atari 2600 and the Nintendo Entertainment System. 8-bit processors...
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  • Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200 Minotaur, Sirius, Apple II Pulsar, Sega, Arcade Route 16, Tekhan/Sun, Arcade Thunder Island, ANALOG Software, Atari 8-bit Treasure...
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    The Atari Lynx is a 16-bit fourth-generation hand-held game console released by Atari Corporation in September 1989 in North America and 1990 in Europe...
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    Atari marketed it as the world's first 64-bit game system, emphasizing the blitter's 64-bit bus; however, none of its three processors have a 64-bit instruction...
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    Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's 8-bit computers. The initial model, the Atari 520ST...
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    Atari BASIC is an interpreter for the BASIC programming language that shipped with Atari 8-bit computers. Unlike most American BASICs of the home computer...
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    ZX, CPC, Atari 8-bit, Amiga, Atari ST, PC) 1990 Blinky's Scary School (C64, ZX, Atari 8-bit, Amiga, Atari ST) 1990 Cavernia (Atari 8-bit) 1990 Santa's...
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  • Atari DOS is the disk operating system used with the Atari 8-bit computers. Operating system extensions loaded into memory were required in order for an...
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    Jay Miner (section Atari)
    known primarily for developing graphics and audio chips for the Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit computers and as the "father of the Amiga". Jay Miner received...
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  • Gauntlet (1985 video game) (category Atari 8-bit computer games)
    by Atari Games. It is one of the first multiplayer dungeon crawl arcade games. The core design of Gauntlet comes from 1983 game Dandy for the Atari 8-bit...
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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)...
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    128, Amiga, Apple II, ZX Spectrum, and Atari 8-bit computers, as well as MS-DOS, NES, Super NES, Oric, Atari 7800, Commodore Plus/4, Enterprise 128,...
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  • the book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. His love for the Atari 8-bit computers led him to creating several popular games, perhaps most of...
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  • Mat Mania Challenge (1989, Atari 8-bit) Xenophobe (1989, Atari 8-bit) Ninja Golf (1989, Atari 8-bit) Klax (1992, Atari 8-bit) Superman (2000, PlayStation)...
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  • Centipede (video game) (category Atari 8-bit computer games)
    followed in 1982. Centipede was ported to Atari's own Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, and Atari 8-bit computers. Under the Atarisoft label, the game...
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  • Astrocade did not support hardware sprites. The ANTIC chip used by the Atari 8-bit computers includes display list interrupts (DLIs), which are triggered...
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  • The Lurking Horror (category Atari 8-bit computer games)
    Cthulhu Mythos). The original release was for MS-DOS, Apple II, Atari ST, Atari 8-bit computers, and Commodore 64. It was Infocom's 26th game and the...
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    Television Interface Adaptor (GTIA) are custom chips used in the Atari 8-bit computers and Atari 5200 home video game console. In these systems, a CTIA or GTIA...
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  • the IBM PC (with CGA graphics), TRS-80 Color Computer, Apple II and Atari 8-bit computers, and used by the Ultima role-playing video games. Software...
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    The Atari 2600 is a home video game console released in September 1977. Sears licensed the console and many games from Atari, Inc., selling them under...
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  • widespread development of 'turbo' loaders for Commodore computers. The Atari 8-bit computers use a system based on consultations with recording engineers...
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  • M.U.L.E. (category Atari 8-bit computer games)
    M.U.L.E. is a multiplayer video game written for Atari 8-bit computers by Ozark Softscape. Designer Danielle Bunten Berry (credited as Dan Bunten) takes...
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    POKEY (redirect from Atari POKEY)
    designed by Doug Neubauer at Atari, Inc. for the Atari 8-bit computers. It was first released with the Atari 400 and Atari 800 in 1979 and is included...
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