Atari 2600 Video Computer System (1977-1992)

✅ Atari Video Computer System (2600) "Heavy Sixer"

🥇First Commercially-Successful Video Game Console to Use Interchangeable ROM Cartridges 

Atari released its first cartridge-based video game system in September 1977, called the Atari Video Computer System (VCS). While interchangeable ROM cartridge games had been pioneered a year earlier by the Fairchild Channel F, Atari's machine took the concept to legendary heights. Debuting at a price of $189.95, the console was originally bundled with the combat game Combat and launched alongside nine initial game titles. The console's popularity exploded with the release of Space Invaders in 1980, followed by the 1981 bundling of Pac-Man, which became the system's best-selling game of all time. In 1982, Atari officially rebranded the console as the Atari 2600 to distinguish it from its newer successor, the 5200. Over its incredible lifespan, the 2600 underwent six distinct visual redesigns, sold an estimated 30 million units, and remained on shelves until January 1992, when news of Atari's financial restructuring finally brought production to an end.

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