Atari 2600

E374443
home video game console video game console

The Atari 2600 is a pioneering home video game console from the late 1970s and early 1980s that popularized cartridge-based gaming and helped establish the modern video game industry.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Atari 2600 canonical 14
Atari 2600 games 4
Atari VCS 2

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf home video game console ⓘ
video game console ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Atari 2600 ⓘ
surface form: Atari VCS

Video Computer System ⓘ
associatedWith North American video game crash of 1983 ⓘ
audioChannels 2 ⓘ
codename Stella ⓘ
colorCapability 128 colors (NTSC, theoretical) ⓘ
contributedTo North American video game industry growth in early 1980s ⓘ
controllerPortCount 2 ⓘ
controllerType digital joystick ⓘ
cpu MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
surface form: MOS Technology 6507
cpuClockSpeed 1.19 MHz ⓘ
discontinuationYear 1992 ⓘ
generation second-generation video game console ⓘ
graphicsChip TIA ⓘ
Television Interface Adapter ⓘ
influenced ColecoVision ⓘ
Intellivision ⓘ
Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ
launchTitle Combat (Atari 2600) ⓘ
lifecycleStatus discontinued ⓘ
manufacturer Atari, Inc. ⓘ
marketPosition mass-market home console ⓘ
maxResolution 160×192 pixels (typical) ⓘ
mediaFormat ROM cartridge ⓘ
notableFor helping establish the modern video game industry ⓘ
popularizing cartridge-based home video games ⓘ
notableGame Adventure (Atari 2600) ⓘ
Pitfall! ⓘ
River Raid ⓘ
Space Invaders ⓘ
surface form: Space Invaders (Atari 2600)

Yars' Revenge ⓘ
originalPriceUSD 199 ⓘ
platformFor Adventure (Atari 2600) ⓘ
Asteroids (Atari 2600) ⓘ
Combat (Atari 2600) ⓘ
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ
surface form: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600)

Missile Command ⓘ
surface form: Missile Command (Atari 2600)

Pac-Man ⓘ
surface form: Pac-Man (Atari 2600)

Pitfall! ⓘ
River Raid ⓘ
Space Invaders ⓘ
surface form: Space Invaders (Atari 2600)

Yars' Revenge ⓘ
powerSupply external AC adapter ⓘ
predecessor Pong ⓘ
surface form: Atari Home Pong
ram 128 bytes ⓘ
releaseDate 1977-09-11 ⓘ
releaseRegion North America ⓘ
releaseYear 1977 ⓘ
successor Atari 5200 ⓘ
supports cartridge-based games ⓘ
unitsSold over 30 million ⓘ
videoOutput RF output ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mario Bros. → portedTo → Atari 2600 ⓘ
A3C → targetDomain → Atari 2600 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atari 2600 games
Arcade Learning Environment → gamePlatform → Atari 2600 ⓘ
Dueling DQN → commonlyEvaluatedOn → Atari 2600 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atari 2600 games
Double DQN → evaluationDomain → Atari 2600 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atari 2600 games
Control Video Corporation → targetPlatform → Atari 2600 ⓘ
Atari, Inc. → notableProduct → Atari 2600 ⓘ
Atari, Inc. → notableProduct → Atari 2600 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atari VCS
Atari, Inc. → brandOwnerOf → Atari 2600 ⓘ
Atari, Inc. → platformIntroduced → Atari 2600 ⓘ
Proximal Policy Optimization → evaluationBenchmarks → Atari 2600 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atari 2600 games
David Crane → platformWorkedOn → Atari 2600 ⓘ
Bob Whitehead → platformWorkedOn → Atari 2600 ⓘ
Alan Miller → workedOnPlatform → Atari 2600 ⓘ
MOS Technology 6502 → usedIn → Atari 2600 ⓘ
Larry Kaplan → platformWorkedOn → Atari 2600 ⓘ
Larry Kaplan → programmedForPlatform → Atari 2600 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atari Video Computer System
Atari 7800 → backwardCompatibleWith → Atari 2600 ⓘ
Pac-Man → platform → Atari 2600 ⓘ
Atari 2600 → alsoKnownAs → Atari 2600 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atari VCS
Atari 5200 → predecessor → Atari 2600 ⓘ