Atari 2600

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Atari 2600
Manufacturer:	Atari
Alternate Names:	Atari Video Computer System Atari VCS
Announced:	?
Release date:	JP: date/month in text/year NA: date/month in text/1977 EU: date/month in text/year AU: date/month in text/year
Initial Price:	JP: ? NA: ? EU: ? AU: ?
Discontinued:	?

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Contents 1 Description of Hardware 2 Hardware Specifications 2.1 Firmware 2.2 Audio 2.3 Graphics 2.4 I/O 2.5 Ports 2.6 Hardware Revisions 3 Games 4 Peripherals 5 Emulation 6 Trivia 7 External Links

Description of Hardware

This is a Work-in-Progress template for System Information. Feel free to revise it. Description of system goes here.

Hardware Specifications

Firmware

• Processor: 6502 (note: This is Atari's custom 6502 which can be halted to allow other devices to control the bus)
• CPU Speed: Speed: 1.79Mhz, drops to 1.19Mhz when the TIA or RIOT chips are accessed
• RAM: 128 bytes
• ROM: built in 4K BIOS ROM, 32K Cartridge ROM space without bankswitching

Audio

• TIA custom sound chip, same as the 2600

Graphics

• MARIA custom graphics controller, 320x200 resolution with 256 colors.

I/O

• Joystick and console switch IO handled byte 6532 RIOT and TIA

Ports

• 2 Joystick ports
• 1 Cartridge port
• 1 expansion connector
• Power in
• RF output

Above specifications courtesy of AtariHQ.com

Hardware Revisions

Games

A full list of Atari 2600 games documented on GamerWiki can be found at the Atari 2600 category.

Alternatively, a manually created list is also available - this is to be deprecated, so please add any further games to the games to be added page.

Peripherals

Emulation

Trivia

External Links