Atari 7800

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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.[4] It is almost fully backward-compatible with the Atari 2600, the first console to have backward compatibility without the use of additional modules. It was considered affordable at a price of US$140. The 7800 has significantly improved graphics hardware over the 2600, but uses the same audio chip. It also shipped with a different model of joystick from the 2600-standard CX40. The 1986 launch is sometimes referred to as a "re-release" or "relaunch" because the Atari 7800 had originally been announced on May 21, 1984, to replace Atari Inc.'s Atari 5200,[5][6] but a general release was shelved due to the sale of the company

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Atari 7800 commercial 1990

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All events in the topic Atari:


11/09/1977Atari 2600Atari 2600
31/12/1977 • 23:00:00Space Invaders - Atari 2600Space Invaders - Atari 2600
31/12/1979 • 23:00:00Boxing - Atari 2600Boxing - Atari 2600
01/01/1982 • 12:00:00Centipede - Atari 5200Centipede - Atari 5200
31/12/1981 • 23:00:00River Raid - Atari 2600River Raid - Atari 2600
01/01/1982 • 06:00:00Galaxian - Atari 5200Galaxian - Atari 5200
01/03/1982Pac Man - Atari 2600Pac Man - Atari 2600
20/04/1982Pitfall - Atari 2600Pitfall - Atari 2600
31/10/1982 • 23:00:00Atari 5200Atari 5200
31/12/1982 • 23:00:00Seaquest - Atari 2600Seaquest - Atari 2600
01/01/1983 • 09:00:00Dig Dug - Atari 5200Dig Dug - Atari 5200
01/01/1983 • 14:00:00The Activision Decathlon - Atari 2600The Activision Decathlon - Atari 2600
01/01/1983 • 19:00:00River Raid - Atari 5200River Raid - Atari 5200
31/01/1983 • 23:00:00Enduro - Atari 2600Enduro - Atari 2600
23/03/1984H.E.R.O. - Atari 2600H.E.R.O. - Atari 2600
01/05/1986Atari 7800Atari 7800
11/10/1989Atari Lynx IAtari Lynx I
01/01/1991Atari Lynx IIAtari Lynx II
23/11/1993Atari JaguarAtari Jaguar
21/09/1995Atari Jaguar CDAtari Jaguar CD