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  2. Atari 2600 hardware - Wikipedia

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    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 RAM with 4 KB on cartridges (64 KB via bank switching). The design experienced many makeovers and revisions during its 14-year production history, from the original "heavy sixer" to the Atari 2600 ...

  3. Atari 2600 - Wikipedia

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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), it popularized microprocessor -based hardware and games stored on swappable ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976.

  4. Television Interface Adaptor - Wikipedia

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    Atari 2600. The Television Interface Adaptor[1] (TIA) is the custom computer chip, along with a variant of the MOS Technology 6502 constituting the heart of the 1977 Atari Video Computer System game console. The TIA generates the screen display, sound effects, and reads the controllers. At the time the Atari VCS was designed, even small amounts ...

  5. Atari 2600+ - Wikipedia

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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 replica of the four-switch woodgrain model of the Atari 2600 and supports the use for original 2600 as well as Atari 7800 cartridges. [ 2 ]

  6. Atari 8-bit computers - Wikipedia

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    The Atari 800's nameplate is on the dual-width cartridge slot cover. The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, [2] are a series of home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with the Atari 400 and Atari 800. [3] The architecture is designed around the 8-bit MOS Technology 6502 CPU and three custom ...

  7. Second generation of video game consoles - Wikipedia

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    Adventure (Atari 2600) by Atari, Inc. was the first action-adventure video game [96] and first console fantasy game. [97] It is considered to be an important role in the advancement of home video games [98] and one of the best Atari 2600 titles. [99] Asteroids (arcade port) (Atari 2600) was the first game on the 2600 to utilize the bank ...