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Atari 7800

Atari consoles · 1986

Designed in 1984, shelved during Atari's sale, and finally released in 1986 into a market Nintendo already owned. The MARIA chip does far more sprites than the 2600 and it plays the whole 2600 library, which makes it the most practical classic Atari console. The sound is the weak point — it kept the 2600's TIA — and the library is thin.

As catalogued

Maker
Atari
CPU
MOS 6502C-1.79
Memory
4K
Styles
7800 (1986 production), 7800 with expansion port
Regions
PAL, NTSC, SECAM
Chassis
console
OS
cartridge only, with a BIOS

Chips

4
CPU
MOS 6502C (Sally)
MARIA
C300599
TIA
C011903
POKEY
C012294, not fitted

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RH-RCQPAtari 7800 Computer · PAL · 1986
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