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Atari 7800

Home video game console

Productproduct model video game console modelQ753600

Manufacturer: Atari Corporation
, Atari
Released: May 1986
Subclass of: home video game console
, video game console

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The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console released by Atari Corporation in May 1986 as the successor to both the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200. It can run almost all Atari 2600 cartridges, making it the first console with backward compatibility. It shipped with a two button controller, instead of the 2600-standard Atari CX40 joystick, and with Pole Position II as the pack-in game. The European model has a gamepad instead of a joystick. Most of the early releases for the system are ports of 1981–1983 arcade video games. The final wave of 7800 cartridges is closer in style to what was available on other late 1980s consoles, such as Scrapyard Dog and Midnight Mutants.

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Follows: Atari 5200
Followed by: Atari XEGS
Atari Jaguar
Part of: third generation of video game consoles
Discontinuation date: January 1, 1992
Title: Atari 7800
CPU: Atari SALLY
Operating system: unknown
Has list: list of Atari 7800 games

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