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.

Enjoy your favorite Atari 2600 and 7800 games on one system. Not only does the Atari 2600+ pull double cartridge duty, it also features HDMI and widescreen mode for easy connectivity to modern TVs.

2023年8月4日 · Today, some 45 years after its release, the Atari 2600, or Atari VCS (video computer system), is best known for changing home console gaming forever. Few people knew in 1977 that the release of the Atari 2600 would jumpstart an industry that today would be worth well into the hundreds of billions.

Atari 2600: Introduced in 1982, this model officially uses the name "2600" for the first time to help differentiate it from the newly introduced 5200 Super System. The 2600 is primarily black with no woodgrain, and otherwise looks like the VCS CX2600A.

2023年11月17日 · The Atari 2600+ is designed to look and feel like the 4-switch Atari 2600, which launched in 1980. This modern version also plays Atari 7800 games, has a wide screen mode, easily connects to a modern TV, and includes a 10-in-1 game cartridge of classic Atari titles.

The Atari 2600 hardware was based on the MOS Technology 6507 chip, offering a maximum resolution of 160 x 192 pixels (NTSC), 128 colors, 128 bytes of RAM with 4 KB on cartridges (64 KB via bank switching).

2024年3月24日 · If you grew up with the magic of the Atari 2600 or ever wondered what the grand-daddy of home consoles offered, the systems continues living on in many nostalgic forms: Atari Flashback Classics – Play over 150 iconic 2600 games on modern systems; Atari VCStitch – Transform your 2600 into table decor with custom patterns

2013年7月10日 · Atari 2600. Years: 1977-1984 (Returned in the late '80s; officially discontinued 1991; Also known as the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), Sears Video Arcade

The Atari 2600 was originally called the Atari Video Computer System (or VCS). The Atari 2600 uses game cartridges which can be swapped in and out to change games, which was a new idea in video games at the time.

The Atari 2600+ is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. in collaboration with Plaion since 2023. The console is a slightly smaller replica of the four-switch woodgrain model of the Atari 2600 and supports the use of …