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The 5200's analog joysticks appear as pairs of paddles to the hardware, which requires different input handling from the digital joystick input on the Atari computers In 1987, Atari Corporation released the XE Game System console, which is a repackaged 65XE (from 1985) with a detachable keyboard that can run home computer titles directly, [ 20 ...
Functionally, this gave the ColecoVision the largest software library of any console of its day. The expansion module prompted legal action from Atari. Coleco and Atari settled out of court, with Coleco becoming licensed under Atari's patents. The royalty-based license also applied to Coleco's Gemini game system, a stand-alone clone of the 2600 ...
The generation began in November 1976 with the release of the Fairchild Channel F. [1] This was followed by the Atari 2600 in 1977, [2] Magnavox Odyssey² in 1978, [3] Intellivision in 1980 [4] and then the Emerson Arcadia 2001, ColecoVision, Atari 5200, and Vectrex, [5] all in 1982. By the end of the era, there were over 15 different consoles.
The Atari 5200. The Atari 5200 is a home video game console released in November 1982. In total, 69 [a] games were officially released for the Atari 5200. Gremlins was the last game released by Atari for the 5200. [1] [2] This list excludes any hobbyist-developed games. See Lists of video games for related lists.
Coleco Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom: 1983 First-person shooter [6] Coleco Bump 'n' Jump: 1984 Racing Mattel Electronics (Nice Ideas) [3] Coleco Optionally supports Expansion Module #2 (steering wheel) BurgerTime: 1984 Platform: Mattel Electronics (Nice Ideas) [3] Coleco [5] Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park: 1984 Action Coleco
Atari, Inc. Television Interface Adaptor (TIA) 1977 2 Atari 2600 and Atari 7800 video game consoles, Video Music (music visualizer for TV) Combined sound and graphics chip, metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit [1] POKEY: 1979 4 Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, some Atari arcade machines, certain Atari 7800 cartridges [2] Atari AMY ...
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game console and home computer development company which operated between 1972 and 1984. During its years of operation, it developed and produced over 350 arcade, console, and computer games for its own systems, and almost 100 ports of games for home computers such as the Commodore 64.
The hybrid unit was similar in concept to computers such as the APF Imagination Machine, [2] the older VideoBrain Family Computer, and to a lesser extent the Intellivision game console and Coleco Adam computer, all of which anticipated the trend of video game consoles becoming more like low-end computers. It was discontinued in 1986.