Atari XEGS

Atari XE Video Game System

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Manufacturer	Atari Corporation
Type	Home video game console Home computer
Generation	Third generation (8-bit era)
Release date	late 1987 (1987)
Introductory price	US$159 (equivalent to $380 in 2023)
Discontinued	1992 (1992)
Media	ROM cartridge
CPU	MOS Technology 6502C
Memory	64KB RAM
Display	384 × 240 (overscan) 256 color palette
Backward compatibility	Atari 8-bit family
Predecessor	Atari 7800
Successor	Atari Panther (canceled) Atari Jaguar

The Atari XE Video Game System (Atari XEGS) is an industrial redesign of the Atari 65XE home computer and the final model in the Atari 8-bit family. It was released by Atari Corporation in 1987 and marketed as a home video game console alongside the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega's Master System, and Atari's own Atari 7800. The XEGS is compatible with existing Atari 8-bit family hardware and software. Without keyboard, the system operates as a stand-alone game console. With the keyboard, it boots identically to the Atari XE computers. Atari packaged the XEGS as a basic set consisting of only the console and joystick, and as a deluxe set consisting of the console, keyboard, CX40 joystick, and XG-1 light gun.

The XEGS release was backed by new games, including Barnyard Blaster and Bug Hunt, plus cartridge ports of older games, such as Fight Night (Accolade, 1985), Lode Runner (Broderbund, 1983), Necromancer (Synapse Software, 1982), and Ballblazer (Lucasfilm Games, 1985). Support for the system was dropped in 1992, along with the rest of Atari's 8-bit computers, the Atari 2600, and the Atari 7800.