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GameLine was a dialup game distribution service for the Atari 2600, [1] developed and operated by Control Video Corporation (CVC, now AOL). [2] Subscribers could install the proprietary modem and storage cartridge in their home game console, accessing the GameLine service to download games over a telephone line.
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.
The Atari 2600 cartridges got as large as 32 kilobytes through this technique. [35] The Atari 2600 has only 128 bytes of RAM available in the console. A few late game cartridges contain a combined RAM/ROM chip, or an additional separate RAM chip, thus adding another 256 bytes or more (up to 2 kilobytes) [36] of RAM inside the cartridge itself.
The Atari 2600 has been a popular platform for homebrew projects, with 88 games publicly released. Unlike later systems, the Atari 2600 does not require a modchip to run cartridges. Many games are clones of existing games written as programming challenges, [ 27 ] often borrowing the name of the original.
Grand Champion (グランドチャンピオ, Gurando Champion) 1981: Yes: PlayStation 2 (Taito Memories II Volume 1) Janputer (ジャンピューター, Janpyūtā) 1981: Yes — Lock 'n' Chase (ロックンチェイス, Rokku n Cheisu) 1981: Yes: Apple II, Atari 2600, Game Boy, Intellivision, PlayStation Network, Virtual Console
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).
H.E.R.O. (standing for Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation) [1] is a video game designed by John Van Ryzin and published by Activision for the Atari 2600 in March 1984. The game has players control Roderick Hero who traverses a mineshaft avoiding enemies and hazards to rescue trapped miners.
The Atari VCS Logo. This is a list of games released on the Atari VCS (2021 console).Games are purchased online directly from the console using the Atari VCS store. [1]Atari VCS Vault, which is a collection of over one hundred classic Atari games, is available for free on the system.