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|type = [[:Category:Computers|Home computer]], [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console]]

|introductory price = {{Inflation|USD|549|1979}} (Atari 400) <br> {{Inflation|USD|999|1979}} (Atari 800)|successor = [[Atari ST Line|ST]]

 '''[[Filewikipedia:427984Atari_XE_Games_SystemAtari 8-gen1.jpgbit family|thumb|220px|The Atari XE Game System (XEGS)]]The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-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"|Operating SystemPlatform(s)! scope="col"|Latest Versionversion! scope="col"|Models! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>

! colspan="79"|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 ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-| [[Altirra]]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}| [http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html {{AltirraVer}}]| 400, 800, XL, XE, XEGS| {{✗}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

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

|[[MAME]]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]| Good: 400, 800<br/>Basic: XL, XE<br/>XEGS|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||?{{✓}} ||{{~}}

|[http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html Altirra[Pantheon]]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://wwwbostjan-grandovec.virtualdub.orgsi/Content/altirraNews.html 3.10htm {{PantheonVer}}]| 800, XE|{{✗}} ||Cycle Mid ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||?{{~}}

|[http://www.xlAtari800Win-project.com/ Atari++ emulator]PLus|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[httphttps://wwwgithub.xlcom/Jaskier/Atari800Win-project.comPLus/downloads.html 1.81{{Atari800Win-PLusVer}}]| 400, 800, XL, XE, XEGS|{{✗}} ||Cycle ? ||{{✓}} ||?{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

| Rainbow| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}| [https://web.archive.org/web/20120914030219/http://www.chrislam.co.uk/rainbow-atari-8bit-emulator.htm 2.2.0 (Windows)]</br>[https://www.bannister.org/software/rainbow.htm 1.6.1 (macOS)]| 400, 800, XL, XE| {{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}}||{{~}}<ref>only macOS version is still active)</ref> ||{{TBD}}|-! colspan="9"|Consoles|-| XEGS-DS| align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}|[https://github.com/Jaskierwavemotion-dave/Atari800WinXEGS-PLus Atari800WinDS git]| 400, 800, XL, XE, XEGS| {{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-PLus]|WindowsWiiXL| align=left|{{Icon|Wii}}|[https://github.com/Jaskierraz0red/wiixl/Atari800Winreleases git]| 400, 800, XL, XE| {{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-PLus| Atari800DC| align=left|{{Icon|DC}}| [http:/downloads 4/www.1groessler.org/a800dc/index.html 0.78]| 400, 800, XL, XE| {{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-| PokeyDS| align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/nds/atari800/pokey-ds.html January 18, 2009]| 400, 800, XL, XE|{{✗}} ||? Low ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||?{{✗}}

==Atari XEGSModels==The '''Atari XE Video Game System''' (===[[httpswikipedia:Atari_8-bit_family#400//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_XEGS 800_release|Atari XEGS400]]) ===The Atari 400 was based on Atari's 8-bit 65XE computer, while the operating system released in November 1979 and retailed for most of the XEGS units is called the XE ROM revision C. That specification is the same as any other Atari computer (i{{Inflation|USD|549.e95|1979}}. 800/XL/XE) that It had that ROM, which is usually why no separate software was needed to emulate this console's hardwarea 6502 CPU at 1. The XEGS is backwards compatible 79 MHz with the Atari 8-bit computer software library4 KBs of RAM. The console could be turned into a computer It had 3 graphics modes, 24 X 40 text, 160 x 96 with its specially designed keyboard 128 colours, and, while 320 x 192 in computer mode, use most of the peripherals released for Atari's 8-bit computer lineB&W.

There are no games that are XEGS exclusive; instead they all run on ===[[wikipedia:Atari_8-bit_family#400/800_release|Atari 800]]===The Atari 800 was also released in November of '79 alongside the older machines (Atari 400. It retailed for {{Inflation|USD|999.95|1979}} with enough memory) or on a 6502 CPU at 1.8 MHz and 8 KBs of RAM. It had the XE/XL line same graphics modes as wellthe Atari 400.

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

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