{"id":1343,"date":"2025-04-16T16:56:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agcretrogaming.com\/?p=1343---ddc1cecf-1ea5-4d5c-a888-b0ca6df3111d"},"modified":"2025-04-16T16:56:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:56:35","slug":"game-archive-atari-7800-commercial-usa-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agcretrogaming.com\/?p=1343","title":{"rendered":"Game Archive &#8211; Atari 7800 (Commercial USA 1986)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vqb4a-secp8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Atari 7800 <\/strong>, is a\u00a0home video game console\u00a0officially released by the\u00a0Atari Corporation\u00a0in 1986. It has\u00a0backward-compatible\u00a0with the\u00a0Atari 2600, the first console to have backward compatibility without any add modules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technical specifications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>CPU: Atari SALLY\u00a06502\u00a0(&#8220;6502C&#8221;)<ul><li>1.79\u00a0MHz<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>RAM: 4 KB\u00a0(2 6116 2Kx8 RAM ICs)<\/li><li>ROM: built in 4 KB\u00a0BIOS\u00a0ROM, 48 KB Cartridge ROM<\/li><li>Graphics: MARIA custom chip<ul><li>Resolution: 160\u00d7240 or 320\u00d7240<\/li><li>Color palette: 256<\/li><li>Direct Memory Access\u00a0(DMA)<\/li><li>Graphics clock: 7.15\u00a0MHz<\/li><li>Line buffer: 200 bytes (double buffering), 160\u00a0sprite pixels\u00a0per\u00a0scanline,\u00a0<\/li><li>Sprite\/zone sizes: 4\u00a0to 160\u00a0width, height of 4,\u00a08 or 16\u00a0pixels<\/li><li>Colors per sprite: 1 to 12 <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>I\/O: Joystick and console switch IO handled by\u00a06532 RIOT\u00a0and TIA<\/li><li>Ports<ul><li>2 joystick ports<\/li><li>cartridge port<\/li><li>expansion connector<\/li><li>power in<\/li><li>RF output<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Sound:\u00a0TIA\u00a0in 2600 for video and sound. In 7800 mode it is only used for sound.<ul><li>Games may have POKEY\u00a0sound chip\u00a0for improved audio.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like this video and subscribes to the channel. others link down below: <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/agcave\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/agcave<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"wpar-pubdate\" class=\"wpar-pubdate wpar-pubdate-container\"><span class=\"wpar-label\">Originally posted on <\/span><span class=\"wpar-time\">October 22, 2020 @ 5:16 pm<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atari 7800 , is a\u00a0home video game console\u00a0officially released by the\u00a0Atari Corporation\u00a0in 1986. It has\u00a0backward-compatible\u00a0with the\u00a0Atari 2600, the first console to have backward compatibility without any add modules. 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