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Atari 7800

The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console officially released by Atari Corporation in 1986. 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, but a general release was shelved due to the sale of the company.

On January 1, 1992, Atari Corp. officially dropped all remaining support of the 8-bit line.
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Manufacturer	Atari, Inc.
	Atari Corporation
Type	Home video game console
Release date	May 1986
Introductory price	US$79

Discontinued	January 1,1992
Units sold	3.5 million

Media	ROM cartridge
CPU	Atari SALLY 6502 (“6502C”)
	@ 1.19-1.79MHz
Memory	4KB RAM
	4KB BIOS ROM
	48KB Cartridge ROM Space
Display	160×240, 320×240 (160×288/320×288 if PAL)
	25 on-screen colours out of possible 256
Graphics	MARIA custom graphics chip clocked at 7.16MHz
Backward Compatability	Atari 2600

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