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Atari 7800

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Overview

Introduced in 1986 by Atari, the Atari 7800 was a console system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Ricoh 65c02 running at 1.79 MHz.
  • Memory: 4 KB RAM plus 48 KB built-in BIOS/OS ROM.
  • Display: MARIA graphics chip capable of 160×240 resolution with 256 colors and hardware sprites/screen objects.
  • Sound: TIA-compatible audio offering two square-wave channels with stereo output and additional PWM control.

Supported ROM extensions

a78, bin, zip, 7z

Emulators

  • prosystem (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_PROSYSTEM

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml