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In April 1986, the Atari 1040ST joined the ST range, with a larger case and 1 MiB of RAM. Its introductory price in Germany was 3298 DM.
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Open pageThe Atari 600XL is considered an indirect successor to the Atari 400, as it is largely compatible with it. Unfortunately Atari left the memory at 16 KiB, which …
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The Atari 130XE and Atari 65XE were Atari’s final 8-bit computers. They were essentially based on the Atari 800XL, with the same ROM, but more integrated …
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The Atari 2600, originally released as the Atari VCS (Video Computer System), was among the first consoles to use interchangeable cartridges containing …
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Open pageThe Atari 260ST and Atari 520ST form the first 16-bit computer of Atari with the Motorola 68000 processor, which contributes as 16/32 processor (Sixteen/Thirty …
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As the 2600 established itself among home consoles in the late 70s, Atari began planning its successor. Warner Communications had bought the company and …
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The Atari 5200 is the successor of the Atari 2600. Technically it corresponds to the home computers Atari 400 and 800, there are different connections for …
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After the Sinclair QL, Atari is the second company with a home computer based on the 16/32-bit Motorola 68000 processor. Based on the CPU's data bus width …
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In the early 1980s, Atari enjoyed success with the VCS 2600 console and the Atari 400/800 computers, but sales were declining. It responded in 1982 with the …
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After the commercial failure of the Atari 5200, the successor model Atari 7800 relied on the buyership of the Atari 2600 – the console has its own module …
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The Atari Falcon 030 Computer System, or Atari Falcon, is the last home computer of the Atari Corporation. This marks the end of the golden era in 1993. Like …
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Atari had great success with the game consoles Atari 2600 and Atari 7800 in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2004 Atari launched the small Atari Flashback console to …
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As in a book, eight modules can be stored in the Atari Game Program Case (Model No ORG 400), four on each page. Program booklets can be placed in two small …
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After the Atari 7800, Atari takes almost 10 years for further development. The Jaguar appears in 1993 at a price of 249.99 US dollars. Although the console is …
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The Jaguar CD drive is an accessory for the Atari Jaguar that plugs into its cartridge slot. The Jaguar CD has its own cartridge slot, allowing conventional …
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The keyboard controllers are an extension for the Atari 2600 Video Game System and are sold as a pair. They can be connected to the controller ports of the …
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Open pageThe Kid's Controller is a variant of the Keyboard Controller, which is especially designed for smaller children with its large buttons. The seven games that …
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The development of the Lynx begins under the project name Handy by the company Epyx, but the product fails due to the development costs. Atari takes over the …
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In 1991, Atari released the Lynx II, a revised Atari Lynx with several useful improvements.
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The MEGA computers introduced in 1987 were Atari’s next ST generation. They have a larger case, a fan, a battery-backed clock and a high-quality separate …
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While the average price for an Atari game in Germany is DM 139, the modules in the US are already available on average for $19 to $24, which makes it more …
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Paddle controllers are analog potentiometers that allow an object to move over the screen at a chosen speed. They are technically identical with the …
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Following Pong’s huge success in arcades from 1972, Atari decided to develop a home console version. Three years later, it introduced its first home Pong …
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The Portfolio is a portable IBM-compatible 16-bit PC introduced by Atari in May 1989 and launched in January 1990. The operating system is a MS-DOS clone …
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Atari introduced its first portable ST computer, the Stacy, in Europe in 1989. Its successor, the ST Book, was unveiled in March 1991 but did not go on sale …
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Atari’s arcade game Touch Me appeared in 1974. Players press four buttons in a specified sequence, which grows by one button after each successful round. Three …
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The TT030 is Atari's most powerful ST-family computer, presented at CeBIT in Hanover in 1990 and available in the USA from 1991. A 32 MHz Motorola 68030 and …
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Open pageThe Video Touch Pad is a keyboard with 12 keys for the Atari 2600 game console. It is available individually or bundled with the game Star Raiders; since both …
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The Atari XE Game System (XEGS) is Atari's attempt to better position itself in the 8-bit market and to attract new users to the home computer segment in the …
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Early Atari home computers have a standard resolution of 40 x 24 characters. The Atari XEP80 Interface Module is a small box that connects between the monitor …
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Open pageAlready in 1982, long before the WaveBird or DualShock 3 controller, the first wireless joystick appears. This controller is mainly designed for the Atari 2600 …
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