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The
Atari 2600
, originally branded as the Atari Video Computer System, is a
home video game console
developed and produced by
Atari
. Released in September 1977, it popularized the use of
microprocessor
-based hardware and of games stored on swappable
ROM cartridges
, a format first used with the
Fairchild Channel F
the year before. The VCS was bundled with two
joystick
controllers
, a conjoined pair of
paddle
controllers, and a game cartridge – initially
Combat
and later
Pac-Man
.
Photograph credit:
Evan Amos
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