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{{Infobox console
|title = Atari VCS / Atari 2600
|logo = Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.png
|developer = [[:Atari|Atari, Inc.]]
|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console]]
|generation = [[:Category:Second-generation consoles|Second generation]]
|release = 1977
|discontinued = 1992
|successor = [[Atari 5200 emulators|Atari 5200]]
|emulated = {{✓}}
}}The '''[[gametech:Atari 2600|Atari 2600]]''' (also known as '''Video Computer System''' or simply '''VCS''') is a second-generation console released by [[wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] on September 11, 1977. It retailed for <abbr title="$816.87 in 2018 money">$199</abbr> and had a 6507 CPU at 1.19 MHz with 128 bytes of RAM. It had a 160x192 16-color, out of 128, display.
==Emulators==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
|-
! colspan="7"|PC
|-
|[[Stella]]
|Multi-platform
|[https://stella-emu.github.io/downloads.html 6.0]
|{{✓}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[[MAME]]
|Multi-platform
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[[Pantheon]]
|Windows
|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
|{{✗}} ||High ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[https://github.com/ppeccin/javatari.js javatari]<br />[https://github.com/ppeccin/javatari javatari.js (old)]
|Web Browser
|[http://javatari.org 5.0.1]
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[https://alienbill.com/2600/ z26]
|Multi-platform
|[http://www.whimsey.com/z26/z26.html 3.02]
|{{✗}} ||High ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
|-
|[http://pcae.vg-network.com/ PCAE]
|Windows, [[Intel CPUs|DOS]]
|[http://pcae.vg-network.com/ 2.6]<br />[http://www.bjars.com/emulators/pcaewin_2.7.zip 2.7]
|{{✗}} ||High ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
|-
|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]
|macOS and UNIXalikes
|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkver}}]
|{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[http://emu7800.sourceforge.net/ EMU7800]
|Windows
|[[sourceforge:projects/emu7800/files/emu7800/|1.8]]
|{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[[BizHawk]]
|Windows
|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|Stellarator
|Multi-platform
|[https://github.com/dpiponi/Stellarator Git]
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
! colspan="7"|Console
|-
|Stella<ref group=N name=libretro>''Only available on consoles and mobile as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).''</ref>
|Multi-platform
|3.4.1
|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|PSP2600
|[[PlayStation Portable emulators|PlayStation Portable]]
|[http://www.mediafire.com/?tg4y5d25djkzwca 1.2.0]
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Wii2600
|[[Wii emulators|Wii]]
|[https://github.com/raz0red/wii2600/releases/download/0.2/wii2600-0_2.zip 0.2]
|? ||? ||? ||?
|-
! colspan="7"|Mobile
|-
|Stella<ref group=N name=libretro />
|Multi-platform
|3.4.1
|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|2600.emu
|[[Android emulators|Android]]
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.A2600Emu 1.5.2.8]
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Ataroid
|[[Android emulators|Android]]
|[https://www.emuparadise.me/emulators/files/user/com.androidemu.atari-5-1.0.4-691.rar 1.0.4]
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|g2600
|[[Android emulators|Android]]
|[https://dl3.apk4now.com/129491/4c38c3024e2030259293b809d4ae2eb1adedb189/com.goodgorgon.play2600.apk 7.2.0]
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|}
<references group=N />
==External links==
===Internet Archive===
* [https://archive.org/details/atari_2600_library Console Library: Atari 2600]
* [https://archive.org/details/atari2600manuals Console Manuals: Atari 2600]
* [https://archive.org/details/Atari2600VcsRomCollectionromHunterV11 Atari 2600 VCS Reference Set (Complete ROM Hunter v11 Collection) ]
{{Atari}}
[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Atari consoles]]
[[Category:Atari 2600 emulators]]
[[Category:Second-generation consoles]]
