The 2600 port was the first game to use a bank-switched cartridge, doubling available ROM space.

It had simple digital joysticks and was almost fully backward-compatible with the Atari 2600, the first console to have backward compatibility without the use of additional modules.

The first libraries consisted of archives of the earliest form of writing-the clay tablets in cuneiform script discovered in Sumer, some dating back to 2600 BC.

The first libraries consisted of archives of the earliest form of writing-the clay tablets in cuneiform script discovered in temple rooms in Sumer, some dating back to 2600 BC.

The 1980 Atari 2600 version quadrupled the system's sales and became the first " killer app " for video game consoles.

Accounting records and an undeciphered logographic script existed before the Fara Period, but the full flow of human speech was first recorded about 2600 BC at the beginning of the Fara Period.

* The first generally agreed example of a " killer app " in gaming is Space Invaders, released for arcades in 1978 and ported to the Atari VCS ( Atari 2600 ) console in 1980, quadrupling sales of the then three year old Atari 2600 platform.

The dance pad was first introduced on the Atari 2600, called the " Exus Foot Craz " pad.

There were two releases, both sanctioned by Atari and Bridgestone Multimedia ( who had obtained the rights to the Starpath library some time ago ): the first release ( a limited number not-for-profit release ) also included the previously unreleased Atari prototype, Polo by Carol Shaw, and the second release included the Supercharger prototypes Meteroid ( an early version of Suicide Mission ) and Excalibur ( an early version of Dragonstomper ), as well as a number of homebrew games by permission of their respective authors, and the song Atari 2600 by Splitsville, fully licensed from the band.

( The Yellow Emperor, traditionally dated around 2600 BC, is the first ruler whom Sima Qian considered sufficiently established as historical to appear in the Records.

From 1976 from the time of Wind & Wuthering he began to use a ARP 2600 semi-modular synthesizer that he used in studio like on stage until around 1978, and also one of the first polyphonic Synthesizer the Polymoog very present on ... And Then There Were Three ... their 1978 album, that gave some new sounds complementing his organ and mellotron.

The XEGS was released in a basic model with a grey colored standard CX-40 joystick, and the deluxe model bundled with the joystick and two peripherals: a keyboard, which allowed it to function as a home computer, and the XG-1 light gun-the first light gun produced by Atari, which is also compatible with the Atari 7800 and Atari 2600.

In 1980, Atari released the first officially licensed home console game conversion of an arcade title, Taito's 1978 hit Space Invaders, for the Atari 2600.

Miller joined Atari, Inc. in February 1977 and was one of the first four Atari 2600 game designers.

Adventure is a video game for the Atari 2600 video game console and is considered the first action-adventure game.

Soon after, Space Invaders was licensed for the Atari VCS ( later known as Atari 2600 ), becoming the first " killer app " and quadrupling the console's sales.

The Cucuteni-Trypillian culture fluourished in this area from roughly 5300 to 2600 B. C., leaving behind thousands of archeological sites of settlements of up to 15, 000 inhabitants, making them some of the first farming communities in history.

His first effort at Atari was Slot Racers for the Atari 2600.

Warshaw's first success, Yars ' Revenge, first started as an Atari 2600 adaptation of the arcade game Star Castle.

The first game of this nature was Activision's Dolphins ( 1983 ) on the Atari 2600.

The company's first attempt at a computer was an add-on for the Atari 2600 called the Spectravideo CompuMate, with a membrane keyboard and very simple programmability.

The first known game in this genre is the Atari 2600 game Adventure ( 1979 ).

Later Coleco continued adapting newer successful arcade games like Subroc, Time Pilot and Frenzy, the company also made inferior ports of many of these games for the Atari 2600 and Intellivision, in an effort to broaden its market.

The system was successful initially, but quickly lost popularity when the Atari 2600 Video Computer System ( or VCS ) was released.

The company's next synthesizer, and one of its most popular and commercially successful, was the ARP 2600.

Much of the technology in the Atari 8-bit family of home computer systems were originally developed as a second-generation games console intended to replace the 2600.

Measured from the introduction of the arcade hardware in 1990 to the release of the last official home cartridge in 2004, the Neo Geo enjoyed a market lifespan of fourteen years, making it the second longest-lived arcade or home console system ever produced ( after Atari 2600 ).

Shortly after The Texas Chain Saw Massacre established itself as a success on home video in 1982, Wizard Video released a mass-market video game adaptation for the Atari 2600.

By providing these capabilities, the Supercharger made the Atari 2600 much more like the low end home computers of the era, aside from the alphanumeric keyboard the console lacked ( simple numeric keypads were available from Atari as add-ons, however ).

Early videogame consoles such as the Atari Video Computer System / VCS / 2600 supported both black-and-white and color modes via a switch, as did some of the early home computers ; this was to accommodate black-and-white TV sets which would display a color signal poorly.

Due to this game's success, it was ported to several home computers and consoles: Apple II, Atari 2600, BBC Micro, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Intellivision, Mattel Aquarius, MSX, NES, and TI-99 / 4A.

Home versions of the game for the Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit home computers were also developed, but never commercially released under the Last Starfighter name.

Sound capabilities were limited ; the popular Atari 2600 home system, for example, was capable of generating only two tones, or " notes ", at a time.

The success of the Atari 2600 in turn revived the home video game market during the second generation of consoles, up until the North American video game crash of 1983.

The Atari 5200 version is the only home version to include digitized speech, though the 2600 version was hacked to include speech in 2002.

In 1984, Q * Bert's Qubes was ported to home consoles like the Colecovision and Atari 2600 by Parker Brothers.

Atari 2600 home version of Breakout.

It was ported to three home systems by Coleco ; Coleco's ColecoVision, Mattel's Intellivision, and the Atari 2600.

* Atari release a conversion of the hit arcade game Space Invaders for the Atari 2600 which popularises the home video game console.

Atari obtained the license for home versions of Dig Dug, and then released it for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Intellivision, Apple II, Atari 400 / 800, Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, IBM PC, and Texas Instruments TI-99 / 4A.

Pengo received ports to several home consoles and computers, including the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, and Sega Game Gear.

Ikari Warriors was ported to several home systems of the era including the Nintendo Entertainment System, Apple II, DOS, Atari ST, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.

His Washington D. C., home at 2600 16th St., NW, was designed and built in 1906, by noted architect George Oakley Totten, Jr., and was known as the " Pink Palace.

The game was ported to the Commodore 64, Texas Instruments TI-99 / 4A, and Atari 8-bit home computers as well as various home game consoles: ( Intellivision / Intellivision II / Tandyvision / Sears Super Video Arcade, Atari 2600 / 5200, ColecoVision, and Odyssey² ).

Like most arcade games of this era, this game was ported to many home systems, including the video game consoles NES, Family Computer Disk System, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari XE Game System, ColecoVision, Coleco Adam, Intellivision and BBC Micro.