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Romset and name:
a2600 Atari 2600 (NTSC)
Short name:
Atari 2600
Manufacturer:
Atari
Year:
1977
Genre:
Game Console
Category:
Game Console / Home Videogame
Serie:
-
Driver source:
atari/a2600.cpp
Language:
-
Similar games:
Input / Controls
Players:
Up to 2 players
Input:
Joystick 8 ways
Buttons / keys:
1
Coins:
0
Cabinet:
-
Free-play:
Not supported

Rankings
Average user rating:
AntoPISA BestGame:
-
MASH All-Time:
-
Video
Display:
176x223@59.923246 Hz, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Horizontal
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
MOS Technology 6507
Audio
Sound:
Mono
Audio chips:
Atari TIA (Sound), Speaker
Romset
First release:
Mess 0.37b1 released on apr-15 2000
Last release:
Mame 0.271 released on oct-31 2024
Clone of:
-
Clones:
Bios:
Not required
Use rom of:
-
Use sample of:
-
Previous romset:
None
New romset:
None
Files
Dump:
-
Required files:
-
Romset:
-
Status
OVERALL:
GOOD
Emulation:
Good
Graphic:
Good
Color:
Good
Sound:
Good
Cocktail:
Good
Protection:
Good
Save state:
Supported
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  • Console published 47 years ago:

    Atari 2600 © 1977 Atari, Incorporated.

    TECHNICAL
    Model No. CX-2600 A.

    Resolution: 160 x 260 (horz.) at 60.00 Hz
    CPU: 6507
    Cpu Clock: 1.19 MHz
    Graphics Clock: 1.19 MHz
    Bits: 8
    ROM: 4k max
    RAM: 128 bytes, in VLSI
    Video Display Processor: Stella
    Sprites: 32
    Colors: 256 (static)
    Sound Processor: Two Channel Square or Noise (TIA)
    Cartridge ROM: 2k up to 64k

    TRIVIA
    The Atari 2600 was released on October 14, 1977 in North America. The console was originally priced at US$199, and shipped with two joysticks and a Combat cartridge (eight additional games were available at launch and sold separately).

    The console was originally sold as the Atari VCS (for Video Computer System). Following the release of the Atari 5200 in 1982, the VCS was renamed Atari 2600, after the unit's Atari part number CX2600.

    The Atari VCS was developed under the project codename 'Stella'.

    It is rumored that the number 2600 was chosen because 2600 cycles was a prominent long distance access tone, and that one of the developers had created devices that would trick pay phones into granting long distance access as a hobby.

    Export releases:
    [JP] "Atari 2800"

    STAFF
    Designed by: Joe Decuir, Steve Mayer, Ron Milner

    CONTRIBUTE
    Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=54858&o=2
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