Most of the announced titles at launch were ports of 1981–83 arcade video games.ĭesigned by General Computer Corporation, the 7800 has significantly improved graphics hardware over Atari's previous consoles, but the same Television Interface Adaptor chip that launched with the 2600 in 1977 is used to generate audio. It shipped with a different model of joystick from the 2600-standard CX40 and Pole Position II as the pack-in game. It can run almost all Atari 2600 cartridges, making it one of the first consoles with backward compatibility. The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console officially released by Atari Corporation in 1986 as the successor to both the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200.
