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The Atari 2600 is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in ... Sale of Atari to Warner ... A history of the Atari VCS/2600;
The Nintendo DS product line are the best-selling handheld consoles, selling 154.02 million units worldwide. The majority of sales came from the DS Lite at 93.86 million units. [5] A handheld game console is a lightweight device with a built-in screen, controls, speakers, [6] and has greater portability than a standard video game console. [2]
An award plaque for River Raid selling over one-million copies for Activision given to Carol Shaw. The Atari 2600 (previously known as the Atari VCS) was the most successful home system of its generation, and it was home to many popular games that sold millions of copies (a figure unheard of before).
Atari 2600: Home Atari: 1977 10 million [44] Wii U: Home Nintendo: 2012 5.3 million [45] Dreamcast: Home Sega: 1999 4.1 million PlayStation Vita: Handheld Sony: 2012 1.9 million PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16: Home NEC/Hudson Soft: 1989 2.5 million [46] Master System: Home Sega: 1986 2 million [47] Atari 7800: Home Atari: 1986 2 million [48] Sega CD ...
The first Intellivision home video game console was released by Mattel Electronics in 1979, selling an estimated 5 million units through 1990, and it vied for market share against the Atari 2600 ...
The Atari home video game system took the late1970s and early 1980s by storm, complete with faux wood paneling and a classic joystick with a big red button. Rival systems eventually surpassed the ...
Space Invaders (arcade port) (Atari 2600) by Taito was the first official licensing of an arcade game and was the first "killer app" for video game consoles. [6] [126] Its release saw sales of the Atari 2600 quadruple [126] and was the first title to sell 1 million copies. [127]
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.