Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 coprocessors which provide support for sprites , smooth ...
Atari, Inc. was primarily the publisher following the launch of the Atari 400/800 in 1979, then increasingly by third parties. Atari also distributed "user written" software through the Atari Program Exchange from 1981 to 1984. After APX folded, many titles were picked up by Antic Software.
Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics; Golf Challenge; The Goonies (1985 video game) Gorf; Gossip; Grand Prix Simulator; The Great American Cross-Country Road Race; Gridrunner; Guderian; The Guild of Thieves; Gulf Strike; Gumball; Gun Fight; Guns of Fort Defiance; Gyruss
Retro Games has released its latest gaming console with the Atari 400 Mini, a palm-sized throwback that celebrates Atari’s 8-bit personal computer era.
CX40 joystick - 8-directional 1-button joystick, originally released with the Atari VCS console. Bundled with some Atari 400/800 packages and also sold separately. Originally all-black, a version with a matching gray base was later bundled with the Atari XEGS. CX70 Light Pen - a light pen. Bundled with demonstration software on cassette
Optimized Systems Software was formed in early 1981 by Bill Wilkinson, Mike Peters, Paul Laughton, and Kathleen O'Brien. [4] Laughton, the primary author of Atari BASIC, was still employed by Atari, Inc. at the time, and had permission to be involved with OSS from his manager. O'Brien wrote the Atari Assembler Editor for Atari. Laughton and O ...
The first Atari 8-bit computers, the 400 and 800, began shipping in November 1979.The original idea for having two members of the family was to sell the 800 into the professional market, then dominated by CP/M machines and the Apple II, while the 400 was aimed at children, education and gaming. [1]
Atari's original marketing plan for the 8-bit family of machines, which includes the Atari 400 and 800, was to market the 400 to the education and games sector, and the 800 to small-office settings where CP/M and the Apple II were successful. Unfortunately, the lack of useful business software hindered any sales to the office market, and the ...