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|successor = [[Atari 5200 emulators|Atari 5200]]
 
|successor = [[Atari 5200 emulators|Atari 5200]]
 
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}}The '''[[gametech:Atari 2600|Atari 2600]]''' is a second-generation console released by [[wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] on September 11, 1977. It retailed for $199 ($816.87 in 2018 money) and had a 6507 CPU at 1.19 MHz with 128 bytes of RAM. It had a 192x160 16-color, out of 128, display.
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}}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 {{Inflation|USD|199.99|1977}} 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==
 
==Emulators==
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! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
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! scope="col"|Platform(s)
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
 
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
! colspan="7"|PC
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! colspan="7"|PC / x86
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Stella]]
 
|[[Stella]]
|Multi-platform
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://stella-emu.github.io/downloads.html 6.0]
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|[https://stella-emu.github.io/downloads.html {{StellaVer}}]
 
|{{✓}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[MAME]]
 
|[[MAME]]
|Multi-platform
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 
|{{✓}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|-
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|Z64K
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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|[http://www.z64k.com/ Beta 3.0]
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|{{✗}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pantheon]]
 
|[[Pantheon]]
|Windows
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
 
|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
 
|{{✗}} ||High ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}} ||High ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[https://github.com/ppeccin/javatari.js javatari]<br />[https://github.com/ppeccin/javatari javatari.js (old)]
 
|[https://github.com/ppeccin/javatari.js javatari]<br />[https://github.com/ppeccin/javatari javatari.js (old)]
|Web Browser
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|align=left|{{Icon|Web}}
|[http://javatari.org 5.0]
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|[http://javatari.org 5.0.3]
 
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[https://alienbill.com/2600/ z26]
 
|[https://alienbill.com/2600/ z26]
|Multi-platform
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.whimsey.com/z26/z26.html 3.02]
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|[http://www.whimsey.com/z26/z26.html 4.07]
|{{✗}} ||High ||{{}} ||{{~}}
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|{{✗}} ||High ||{{}} ||{{~}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://pcae.vg-network.com/ PCAE]
 
|[http://pcae.vg-network.com/ PCAE]
|Windows, [[86/286/386/486/Pentium|DOS]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|DOS}}
 
|[http://pcae.vg-network.com/ 2.6]<br />[http://www.bjars.com/emulators/pcaewin_2.7.zip 2.7]
 
|[http://pcae.vg-network.com/ 2.6]<br />[http://www.bjars.com/emulators/pcaewin_2.7.zip 2.7]
 
|{{✗}} ||High ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
 
|{{✗}} ||High ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]
 
|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]
|macOS and UNIXalikes
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|align=left|{{Icon|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkver}}]
 
|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkver}}]
 
|{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://emu7800.sourceforge.net/ EMU7800]
 
|[http://emu7800.sourceforge.net/ EMU7800]
|Windows
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
|[[sourceforge:projects/emu7800/files/emu7800/|1.8]]
 
|[[sourceforge:projects/emu7800/files/emu7800/|1.8]]
 
|{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[BizHawk]]
 
|[[BizHawk]]
|Windows
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
 
|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
 
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Stellarator
 
|Stellarator
|Multi-platform
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[https://github.com/dpiponi/Stellarator Git]
 
|[https://github.com/dpiponi/Stellarator Git]
 
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|-
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|Gopher2600
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|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
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|[https://github.com/JetSetIlly/Gopher2600 Git]
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|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|-
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! colspan="7"|Mobile / ARM
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|-
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|Stella<ref group=N name=libretro />
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|align=left|{{Icon|Andriod|iOS|Linux}}
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|3.4.1
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|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|-
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|2600.emu
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|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
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|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.A2600Emu 1.5.2.8]
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|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|-
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|Ataroid
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|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
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|[https://www.emuparadise.me/emulators/files/user/com.androidemu.atari-5-1.0.4-691.rar 1.0.4]
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|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|-
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|g2600
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|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
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|[https://dl3.apk4now.com/129491/4c38c3024e2030259293b809d4ae2eb1adedb189/com.goodgorgon.play2600.apk 7.2.0]
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|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
! colspan="7"|Console
 
! colspan="7"|Console
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Stella<ref group=N name=libretro>''Only available on consoles and mobile as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).''</ref>
 
|Stella<ref group=N name=libretro>''Only available on consoles and mobile as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).''</ref>
|Multi-platform
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|align=left|{{Icon|PS3|PSP}}<br>{{Icon|Wii|3DS|Switch}}
 
|3.4.1
 
|3.4.1
 
|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|PSP2600
 
|PSP2600
|[[PlayStation Portable emulators|PlayStation Portable]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
 
|[http://www.mediafire.com/?tg4y5d25djkzwca 1.2.0]
 
|[http://www.mediafire.com/?tg4y5d25djkzwca 1.2.0]
 
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Wii2600
 
|Wii2600
|[[Wii emulators|Wii]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Wii}}
 
|[https://github.com/raz0red/wii2600/releases/download/0.2/wii2600-0_2.zip 0.2]
 
|[https://github.com/raz0red/wii2600/releases/download/0.2/wii2600-0_2.zip 0.2]
 
|? ||? ||? ||?
 
|? ||? ||? ||?
 
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|-
! colspan="7"|Mobile
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! colspan="7"|Other
 
|-
 
|-
|Stella<ref group=N name=libretro />
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|1FPS Atari 2600 Emulator
|Multi-platform
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|Minecraft Datapacks
|3.4.1
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|[https://sethbling.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Downloads/Builds/15seconds.zip 0.2]
|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
 
|2600.emu
 
|[[Android emulators|Android]]
 
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.A2600Emu 1.5.2.8]
 
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|Ataroid
 
|[[Android emulators|Android]]
 
|1.0.4
 
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
|g2600
 
|[[Android emulators|Android]]
 
|7.2.0
 
|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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* [https://archive.org/details/atari_2600_library Console Library: Atari 2600]
 
* [https://archive.org/details/atari_2600_library Console Library: Atari 2600]
 
* [https://archive.org/details/atari2600manuals Console Manuals: 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) ]
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* [http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html Atari 2600 VCS Reference Set (Complete ROM Hunter v15 Collection) ]
  
 
{{Atari}}
 
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Revision as of 04:52, 16 April 2020

Atari VCS / Atari 2600
Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.png
Developer Atari, Inc.
Type Home video game console
Generation Second generation
Release date 1977
Discontinued 1992
Successor Atari 5200
Emulated

The Atari 2600 (also known as Video Computer System or simply VCS) is a second-generation console released by Atari on September 11, 1977. It retailed for $199.99 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

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Libretro Core Accuracy Active Recommended
PC / x86
Stella Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 6.7.1 Cycle
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.264 Cycle
Z64K Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD Beta 3.0 Cycle
Pantheon Windows 13.640 High
javatari
javatari.js (old)
Web 5.0.3 ?
z26 Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 4.07 High ~
PCAE Windows MS-DOS 2.6
2.7
High ~
CLK macOS FreeBSD Template:Clkver Mid
EMU7800 Windows 1.8 Mid
BizHawk Windows 2.9.1 ?
Stellarator Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD Git ?
Gopher2600 Linux Git ?
Mobile / ARM
Stella[N 1] iOS Linux 3.4.1 ?
2600.emu Android 1.5.2.8 ?
Ataroid Android 1.0.4 ?
g2600 Android 7.2.0 ?
Console
Stella[N 1] PlayStation 3 PSP
Wii Nintendo 3DS Switch
3.4.1 ?
PSP2600 PSP 1.2.0 ?
Wii2600 Wii 0.2 ? ? ? ?
Other
1FPS Atari 2600 Emulator Minecraft Datapacks 0.2 ?
  1. 1.0 1.1 Only available on consoles and mobile as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).

External links

Internet Archive

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