The Atari 2600 hardware was based on the MOS Technology 6507 chip, offering a maximum resolution of 160 x 192 pixels (NTSC), 128 colors, 128 bytes of...
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The Atari 2600+ is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. in collaboration with Plaion since 2023. The console is a slightly smaller...
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2600 instead; the Atari Flashback 2 was released in 2005, included 40 built-in games, and was the only one with a 2600 hardware SoC. In 2011, Atari,...
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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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Corporation in 1986 as the successor to both the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200. It can run almost all Atari 2600 cartridges, making it the first console with...
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Combat (video game) (redirect from Combat (Atari 2600))
developed and published by Atari, Inc. as a launch title for the 1977 Atari Video Computer System (later called the Atari 2600). Two players, controlling...
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become available. As with any contemporary arcade port, the simple Atari 2600 hardware was a considerable limitation. The arcade PAC-MAN system board contained...
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as a higher-end complement for the popular Atari Video Computer System. The VCS was renamed to Atari 2600 at the time of the 5200's launch. Created to...
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Adventure (1980 video game) (redirect from Adventure (Atari 2600 video game))
limitations in the Atari 2600 console hardware as well as difficulties with Atari management. As a result of conflicts with Atari's management which denied...
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Pitfall! (category Atari 2600 games)
creating a realistic-style walking animation for a person on the Atari 2600 hardware, then fashioned a game around it. He used a jungle setting with items...
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the 8-bit computer line, the Atari 2600, and the Atari 7800. In 1984, following the video game crash of 1983 when Atari, Inc. had great financial difficulties...
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a 1980 sports video game programmed by Michael Lorenzen for Atari, Inc. and the Atari 2600. It is based on the traditional sport of golf. The game allows...
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RetroN (category Atari 2600 hardware clones)
the RetroN 77, a clone of the Atari 2600 video game console utilizing software emulation. Unlike recent clones in the Atari Flashback series, the RetroN...
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Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (category Atari 2600 games)
sequel to Pitfall! (1982), one of the best-selling Atari 2600 video games. Crane said the Atari 2600 hardware was out of date when developing the sequel, which...
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to minimise errors in image reproduction. Note that the original Atari 2600 hardware is still being used to display these images; the 6507 microprocessor...
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Series. Atari 50 compiles over 100 video games made for arcades, standalone handhelds, and game consoles, specifically Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit...
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Halo 2600 is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Ed Fries and published by AtariAge for the Atari 2600, a video game console released in 1977 that...
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holding company Atari SA (formerly Infogrames) and its focus is on "video games, consumer hardware, licensing and blockchain". The original Atari, Inc., founded...
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with the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS or later branded as the Atari 2600) in 1977. To bring the Atari VCS to market, Bushnell sold Atari to Warner...
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Video Chess (category Atari 2600 games)
a chess game for the Atari VCS (renamed Atari 2600 in 1982) programmed by Larry Wagner and Bob Whitehead and released by Atari in 1979. Both programmers...
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Coleco Gemini (category Atari 2600 hardware clones)
The Coleco Gemini is an Atari 2600 clone manufactured by Coleco Industries, Inc. in 1983. Processor: 8-bit 6507 CPU speed: 1.19 MHz RAM: 128 bytes Resolution:...
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is compatible with the Atari 8-bit computers, Atari 7800, and Atari 2600. It was bundled with the Atari XEGS Deluxe home computer and video game console...
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The Atari Mindlink is an unreleased video game controller for the Atari 2600, originally intended for release in 1984. The Mindlink was unique in that...
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Atari franchises as well as some new content, and also produces the new Atari 2600+ console. In the past it produced titles including Neverwinter Nights...
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Breakout (video game) (redirect from Atari Breakout)
countries for 1977. A port of the game was published in 1978 for the Atari 2600 with color graphics. An arcade sequel was released in 1978, Super Breakout...
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Keystone Kapers (category Atari 2600 games)
Keystone Kapers is a platform game developed by Garry Kitchen for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1983. The game involves a Keystone Cops...
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TV Boy (category Atari 2600 hardware clones)
including Systema, Akor, and NICS, based upon an unlicensed clone of Atari 2600 hardware. They were released around 1992 and three years later, an improved...
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Cosmic Ark (category Atari 2600 games)
Cosmic Ark is an Atari 2600 game designed by Rob Fulop and published by Imagic in 1982. The objective is to gather specimens from different planets in...
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often cited as one of the worst video games ever released, and the 1982 Atari 2600 port of Pac-Man, which was commercially successful but critically maligned...
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computer makers Atari, Inc. and Commodore International. Jay Miner, one of the designers of the custom chips in the Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit computers...
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