Atari 2600 Video Computer System
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Released October 1977 in the USA at a price of US$199.99, the Atari Video Computer System (VCS) was the first successful video game console to use interchangeable cartridges rather than having one or more games built into internal ROM chips. The system came bundled with a Combat cartridge, 2 joysticks, the Paddle controller, power cable and RF modulator. About 6 additional games were available for purchase. The system was developed by Atari's Cyan Engineering - a group of engineers formed in 1975 to research next-generation video game systems. They had developed a working prototype named "Stella" which, unlike earlier machines (that used custom logic to play a limited amount of games), was a combination of a complete CPU (an MOS Technologies 6507, a cut-down version of their 6502 microprocessor) combined with
Specifications
- Ram
- 128 bytes