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The '''[[httpswikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8Atari 8-bit_family bit family|Atari 8-bit family] ]''' is a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by [[Atari]] in 1979 and manufactured until 1992. It includes the '''Atari 400, 800, XL, XE''' and the home video game console version '''Atari XEGS'''. Due to the hardware similarity of hardware , most Atari 8-bit emulators can also emulate the [[Atari 5200 emulators|Atari 5200]].

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! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracyaccuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>

! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulatorsemulators|Recommended]]|-! colspan="9"|PC / x86|-| [https://atari800.github.io/ Atari800]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}| [https://github.com/atari800/atari800/releases {{Atari800Ver}}]| 400, 800, XL, XE| {{✓}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

! colspan| [[Altirra]]| align="8"left|{{Icon|Windows}}| [http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html {{AltirraVer}}]| 400, 800, XL, XE, XEGS| {{✗}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||PC{{✓}}

|[httpshttp://atari800www.githubxl-project.iocom/ Atari800Atari++]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httpshttp://sourceforgewww.net/projects/atari800/files/atari800xl-project.com/ 4downloads.0.0html {{Atari++Ver}}]|400, 800, XL, XE|{{✓✗}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

|[[AltirraMAME]]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://www.virtualdubmamedev.org/altirrarelease.html {{AltirraVerMAMEVer}}]|Good: 400, 800, <br/>Basic: XL, XE<br/>XEGS|{{✗✓}} ||Cycle ? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}

|[http://www.xl-project.com/ Atari++ emulator[Pantheon]]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://www.xlbostjan-projectgrandovec.comsi/downloadsContent/News.html 1.81htm {{PantheonVer}}]|400, 800, XL, XE|{{✗}} ||Cycle Mid ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓~}}

|[[Pantheon]]Atari800Win-PLus| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[httphttps://bostjan-grandovecgithub.sicom/ContentJaskier/News.htm Atari800Win-PLus/downloads {{PantheonVerAtari800Win-PLusVer}}]|400, 800, XL, XE, XEGS|{{✗}} ||Mid ? ||{{✓}} ||{{~✗}} ||{{✗}}

! colspan="9"|[[MAME]]|Multi-platform|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|Good: 400, 800<br/>Basic: XL, XE|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}Consoles

|[https://github.com/Jaskier/Atari800Win-PLus Atari800WinXEGS-PLus]DS|Windowsalign=left|{{Icon|NDS}}|[https://github.com/Jaskierwavemotion-dave/Atari800WinXEGS-PLus/downloads 4.1DS git]|400, 800, XL, XE, XEGS|{{✗}} ||? Mid ||{{✗✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗✓}}

!colspan| WiiXL| align="8"left|{{Icon|Wii}}| [https://github.com/raz0red/wiixl/releases git]| 400, 800, XL, XE| {{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||Mobile{{✓}}

|[[Altirra]]Atari800DC|Windows <small>(ARM)</small>align=left|{{Icon|DC}}|[http://www.virtualdubgroessler.org/altirraa800dc/index.html 0.78]| 400, 800, XL, XE| {{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-| PokeyDS| align=left|{{AltirraVerIcon|NDS}}| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/nds/atari800/pokey-ds.html January 18, 2009]|400, 800, XL, XE|{{✗}} ||Cycle Low ||{{✓✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓✗}}

The Atari 400 was released in November of 1979 and retailed for <abbr title="$1,660{{Inflation|USD|549.33 in 2018 money">$500</abbr>95|1979}}. It had a 6502 CPU at 1.79 MHz with 4KB 4 KBs of RAM. It had 3 graphics modes, a 24 X 40 text, 160 x 96 with 128 colorscolours, and 320 x 192 in B&W.

The Atari 800 was also released in November of 1979 '79 alongside the Atari 400. It retailed for <abbr title="$3,320.49 in 2018 money">${{Inflation|USD|999.95</abbr> |1979}} with a 6502 CPU at 1.8 MHz and 8KB 8 KBs of RAM. It had the same graphics modes as the Atari 400.

The Atari 1200XL was released in March of '83 and retailed for <abbr title="$2,314{{Inflation|USD|899.42 in 2018 money">$899</abbr> 99|1983}} with a 6502C CPU at 1.79 MHz. It had 64KB 64 KBs of RAM with 5 text modes, with the max being 40x24 and the min being 20x12, and 12 graphics modes, with the max being 320x192.

The Atari 600 XL was released in December January of '84 83 and retailed for <abbr title="$499{{Inflation|USD|199.55 in 2018 money">$208.71</abbr> 99|1983}} with the 6502C CPU at 1.79 MHz with 16KB 16 KBs of RAM.

The Atari 800 XL was released in December January of '84 83 alongside the Atari 600 XL and had the same CPU has as the 600 XL but with 64KB 64 KBs of RAM.

 The '''Atari XE Video Game System''' (XEGS) was based on Atari's 8-bit 65XE computer and was released in the Fall of '87. It was retailed for <abbr title="$348.47 in 2018 money">${{Inflation|USD|159</abbr> |1987}} and had a 6502C CPU at 1.79 MHz with 64KB 64 KBs of RAM. The operating system for most of the XEGS units is called the XE ROM revision C. That specification is the same as any other Atari computer (i.e. , 800/XL/XE) that had that ROM, which is usually why no separate software was needed to emulate this console's hardware. The XEGS is backward compatible with the Atari 8-bit computer software library. The console could be turned into a computer with its specially designed keyboard and, while in computer mode, use most of the peripherals released for Atari's 8-bit computer line. There are no XEGS-exclusive games; instead, they all run on the older machines (with enough memory) or the XE/XL line.

{{Main| class="wikitable" style="textAtari_8-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 bit#Emulators|Recommended]]|-! colspan="7"|PC|-|[[Altirra]]|Windows|[http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html {{AltirraVer}}]|{{✗}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[MAME]]|Multi-platform|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-|[https://github.com/Jaskier/Atari800Win-PLus Atari800Win-PLus]|Windows|[https://github.com/Jaskier/Atari800Win-PLus/downloads 4.1]|{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-!colspan="7"|Mobile|-|[[Altirra]]|Windows <small>(ARM)</small>|[http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html {{AltirraVer}}]|{{✗}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|} There are no games that are XEGS exclusive; instead, they all run on the older machines (with enough memory) or on the XE/XL line as well.[[Category:Atari consoles]][[Category:Third-generation video game consoles]]

* [http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/20731/Atari-XEGS/ Centre Center for Computing History]