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Console Switches===Video===*'''Output''': line-by-line (registers must be updated each scanline)*'''Resolution''': 160x192 pixels (NTSC 60Hz), 160x228 pixels (PAL 50Hz)*'''Playfield''': 40 dots horizontal resolution (rows of 4 pixels per dot)*'''Colors''': 4 colors at once (one color per object)*'''Palette''': 128 colors (NTSC), 104 colors (PAL), 8 colors (SECAM)*'''Sprites''': 2 sprites of 8pix width, 3 sprites of 1pix width
Connectors===Console Switches===*'''Switches''': color/mono switch (PAL/NTSC only), and two difficulty switches*'''Buttons''': select button, reset button (or switches in older consoles)*'''Hardware''': power switch, TV channel select switch (not software controlled)
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{{Template:Infobox console
|Manufacturer = [[Atari]]
1978 (EU)
|Media type = ROM cartridge, Tape
|Input Controller controller = Joystick, Paddles, Driving Controller, Trak-Ball, Keypad
|Predecessor = [[Atari Pong]]
|Successor = [[Atari 5200]]}}The '''Atari 2600 ''' is a video game console released in September 1977 by [[Atari|Atari Inc.]] It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and ROM cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in. The first game console to use this format was the [[Fairchild Channel F]]; however, the Atari 2600 receives credit for making the plug-in concept popular among the game-playing public.
It did make by far the biggest impact of any console released during the golden age. In fact, to much of the general public, it made the word “Atari” synonymous with the word “video game” (at least until Nintendo assumed the throne in the mid to late 1980s).
During its high-point, the 2600 saw more than its share of peripherals and add-ons, including countless third-party joysticks, a touch pad (for Star Raiders), a trackball, a joypad players could stand on (for Mogul Maniac), a Kid’s Controller (for Sesame Street titles), a driving controller (for Indy 500), a keyboard controller, and more.
===IC's===*'''CPU''': MOS Technology 6507 - 8bit, 1.19MHz *TIA 1A - Television Interface Adaptor Model 1A (Videovideo, Audioaudio, Input Portsinput ports)
*PIA 6532 - (128 bytes RAM, I/O Ports, Timer)
===CPU and Memory===*'''CPU''': MOS 6507, 8bit, 1.19MHz (cutdown 6502 with only 8K address space)*'''RAM''': 128 Bytes bytes (additional 128 or 256 bytes in some cartridges)*'''VRAM''': None none (Picture picture controlled by I/O Ports ports only)*'''ROM''': External Game Cartridge external game cartridge (usually 2KB or 4KB, or banked 2x4KB) Video *Output: Line-by-line (Registers must be updated each scanline)*Resolution: 160x192 pixels (NTSC 60Hz), 160x228 pixels (PAL 50Hz)*Playfield: 40 dots horizontal resolution (rows of 4 pixels per dot)*Colors: 4 colors at once (one color per object)*Palette: 128 colors (NTSC), 104 colors (PAL), 8 colors (SECAM)*Sprites: 2 sprites of 8pix width, 3 sprites of 1pix width Input/Output Ports, Audio, Timer *I/O: Two 8bit I/O ports, six 1bit Input ports*Timer: One 8bit Timer (with prescaler; 1,8,64,1024 machine cycles)*Audio: Two sound channels (with Frequency, Volume, Noise control)
===Input/Output Ports, Audio, Timer===*Switches'''I/O''': Color/Mono Switch (PALtwo 8bit I/NTSC only)O ports, and two Difficulty Switchessix 1bit input ports*Buttons'''Timer''': Select Buttonone 8bit timer (with prescaler; 1, Reset Button (or Switches in older consoles8,64,1024 machine cycles)*Hardware'''Audio''': Power Switchtwo sound channels (with frequency, volume, TV Channel Select Switch (not software controllednoise control)
===Connectors===*'''Slot''': One one 24 pin Cartridge Slot cartridge slot (with 4K address bus)*'''Controls''': Two two 9 pin Joystick joystick ports (also used for Paddlespaddles, Keyboardskeyboards)*'''TV''': One one Cinch Socket (Videovideo/Audio audio TV Signalsignal)*'''Power''': 9V DC, 500mA (internally converted to 5V DC)
==Atari 2800==
