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Nowaday, Atari Brand belongs to Ex-[[Infogrames]].
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Nowadays, the Atari brand belongs to Ex-[[Infogrames]].
  
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Used to build arcade systems, 8 and 64 bits consoles (Atari 2600/5200/7800, Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar), [[Atari 8-bit|8-bit computers]], the famous [[Atari ST]] (16-bit) and less famous Atari Falcon (32-bit). And Atari also produced a line of IBM-compatible PCs.
  
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==Links==
  
Used to build 8 bits consoles (Atari2600...), 8 bits computers and the famous Atari ST (16 bit)
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*[https://atariage.com/ AtariAge] Covers Atari gaming consoles
 
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*[https://www.atarimania.com/ Atari Mania] Games database of everything Atari (arcade, consoles and computers)
== 8 bit ==
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*[https://youtu.be/-KHvaPkgvvQ All Atari 2600 games] [https://youtu.be/6z3qvj28o5Q All Atari 5200 games] [https://youtu.be/nzJOtgZKHXU All Atari 7800 games] [https://youtu.be/lWgyaDCJyVQ All Atari Lynx games] [https://youtu.be/gS17wwR468Q All Atari Jaguar games] in one video
 
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*[https://youtu.be/YKVa1M35iJs Jack Tramiel vs. IBM - The Atari PC Story] by [[ctrl-alt-rees]]
 
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*{{EnWiki}}
[http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family Atari 8-bit family on the other WIKI]
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*[http://ftp.pigwa.net/ Atari FTP Archive]
 
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*[[Atari 8-bit]]
== 16 bit ==
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*[[Atari ST]]
 
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The Atari ST were released in 1985-86...
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They were famous for being  :
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*Inferior to the [[Amiga]] (the war still rages on).
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*A Hardware [[MIDI|Midi Port]] : this spawned a generation of Musician Geeks.  
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*used widely in Amstrad CPC software developments (mostly games ?).
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It's use in CPC development (Cross Development) had many advantges :
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*Quite similar Video Resolutions : 320x200x16.
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*Possibility of a good [[Graphical User Interface|GUI]] : easier, really.
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*Same Sound Chip : almost.
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*Quite powerfull to calculate sweet [[Data Compression]] (used in [[Xyphoes Fantasy]])
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[http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST Atari ST on the other WIKI]
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Latest revision as of 00:33, 10 April 2025

Nowadays, the Atari brand belongs to Ex-Infogrames.

Used to build arcade systems, 8 and 64 bits consoles (Atari 2600/5200/7800, Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar), 8-bit computers, the famous Atari ST (16-bit) and less famous Atari Falcon (32-bit). And Atari also produced a line of IBM-compatible PCs.

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