1987 · Computer or hardware
Atari XEGS (1987)
An Atari 65XE redesigned as a console, usable as a computer with keyboard.
The 100,000 units made sold out over Christmas 1987.
See 1987 in the interactive timeline
Facts
- Date
- 1987
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home console
- Maker or publisher
- Atari
- CPU
- MOS 6502C @ 1.79 MHz
- RAM
- 64 KB
- Graphics
- ANTIC/GTIA
- Units sold
- 100,000
- Generation
- 3rd
- First sold in
- North America
- Media
- ROM cartridge
- Notable games
- Missile Command; Flight Simulator II; Bug Hunt; Barnyard Blaster; Ballblazer
Source: Wikipedia
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- Atari 7800 (rival, 1986)
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