The Atari 800 also contains an ‘RF modulator’–a component that converts the computer’s video output into a signal that can be transmitted (via a cable) to a TV’s antenna jack.

The Atari 400 and 800 signaled the start of a new era in computing. Breakout, by ExtremeTech editor-in-chief Jamie Lendino, was the first book to cover what made Atari’s groundbreaking computer ...

At launch, the Atari 800 retailed for $999 with 16K of RAM (about $3,387 when adjusted for inflation), and the Atari 400 with 8K retailed for $549 (about $1,861 today).

For its part, Video Chess is very basic chess software, even if creating a working engine within 4KB is its own kind of ...

An Atari 800 (the big brother of the Atari 400) that Benj Edwards set up to play M.U.L.E. at his mom's house in 2015, for nostalgia purposes. Credit: Benj Edwards ...

But it was a fiasco, writes Paul Lefebvre, due to poor compatibility with Atari 400/800 software and a high price tag. — Read the rest The post 1983's Atari 1200XL: a super system doomed by a ...

Atari 800 (5) There are just five Atari 800 games available for Atari 50, including the likes of Caverns of Mars and Food Fight. The latter is a rather amusing title in which you fight off ...

The 800 platform often gets overlooked in video game history due to a classification quirk that placed it in the PC category, but its library of games is incredible.

For a complete list of Atari 400/800/XL/XE emulators, see Emutopia. Hands down, the best general retro console gaming emulator for macOS is OpenEmu, which supports 20+ retro-consoles, ...

Like Star Raiders on the Atari 400 and 800, Solaris is a soaring technical achievement that sadly came too late in the 2600’s ...