Week 8: Atari 2600 VCS

Most of the first generation consoles have built in games in till the second generation, where the Atari 2600 was one of the first video game console to use cartridge successfully. Atari was in competition with the Fairchild channel F at the time and both consoles did not sell very well first of all, due to the fact that the public thought the consoles could only play games like pong . Fairchild channel F dropped out of the competition ageist Atari, as they through video games were a passing fade. The programmers learned of the capability of the Atari 2600 what lead the public finding out that the Atria plays other games other than pong. As Fairchild channel F dropped out of the competition the Atari 2600 had the upper hand of the second generation console war because it was the only second generation console still on the market at that time. The Atari had 1 million units sold by 1979 where other consoles joined the second generation console wars (Magnavox Odyssey 2 and the Intellivision). The Atari 2600 had more accessories available to buy than any other console of its generation. With more accessories means more ways you can plays game which can enhance your gaming experience. The Atari had over 400 games including 3 parties games although most of them did not come out in till the 80s. By 1983 the video game crash happened, one reason for this was the realise of low quality game and made the public lose interest. The Atari 2600 had over 400 game and made a gross of over 2 billion in 1980. Were companies developing lots of poor quality games because they wanted more money, and did that cause the 1983 gaming crash to happen? Although the Atari 2600 did have a part to play in the gaming crash in 1983 the console did have some rememberable games.