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Atari 2800

Japan-only redesign · Atari · 1983

Released1983-10
Typehome console
Soldno data
Variants in database0
RarityJapan only
WhyIt was released only in Japan; it’s rare in our markets, so we don’t set a rarity level. released only in the region JP, not in Europe - no lower than Uncommon. Estimate: exact units produced unknown.

The Atari 2600 is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released c. September 1977 as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS), it popularized microprocessor-based hardware and games stored on swappable ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976. The VCS was bundled with two joystick controllers, a conjoined pair of paddle controllers, and a game cartridge-initially Combat and later Pac-Man. Sears sold the system as the Tele-Games Video Arcade. Atari rebranded the VCS as the Atari 2600 in November 1982, alongside the release of the Atari 5200.

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First Japan-specific 2600 hardware: wedge-shaped case unlike the US/EU 2600, four controller ports (vs two), combination joystick/270-degree paddle controllers. Designed by Joe Tilly, controllers by John Amber.

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Data source: en.wikipedia.org

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