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The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console officially released by Atari Corporation in 1986 as the successor to both the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200. [4] It can run almost all Atari 2600 cartridges, making it one of the first consoles with backward compatibility .
Atari Corporation — Port of the 1983 arcade original. Escape from the Mindmaster — — — Port of the Atari 2600 original. Gato: Ibid Inc. Software Atari Corporation January 1988 Port of the MS-DOS original. Development started but not completed beyond a demo. [16] Gauntlet — Atari Corporation — Port of the 1985 arcade original ...
The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, [4] are a series of home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with the Atari 400 and Atari 800. [5] The architecture is designed around the 8-bit MOS Technology 6502 CPU and three custom coprocessors which provide support for sprites , smooth ...
Atari 2600. The Television Interface Adaptor [1] (TIA) is the custom computer chip which, along with a variant of the MOS Technology 6502, constitutes the heart of the 1977 Atari Video Computer System game console. The TIA generates the screen display, sound effects, and reads the controllers.
Crossbow is a light gun shooter released as an arcade video game by Exidy in 1983. [1] It was later published by Absolute Entertainment for the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS, and by Atari Corporation for the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, and Atari 8-bit computers starting in 1987. [2]
Barnyard Blaster is a light gun shooting video game written by James Zalewski [1] and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari 7800 and Atari 8-bit computers in 1988. It is one of the few games compatible with the Atari XG-1 light gun .
An Atari 7800 port was published the same year. In Crack'ed the player must protect bird eggs by shooting predators. [2] An aiming crosshair is controlled with the mouse on the ST version and the standard controller for the 7800. The Atari XG-1 light gun is not supported. An Atari 2600 version was in development, but never released. [2] [3]
The Atari XE Video Game System (Atari XEGS) is an industrial redesign of the Atari 65XE home computer and the final model in the Atari 8-bit computer series. It was released by Atari Corporation in 1987 and marketed as a home video game console alongside the Nintendo Entertainment System , Sega's Master System , and Atari's own Atari 7800 .