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67 relations: Achilles' heel, Analog stick, ANTIC, Antic (magazine), Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit family, Atari Corporation, Atari XEGS, Atari, Inc., Bally Astrocade, Bank switching, Breakout (video game), Centipede (video game), Central processing unit, ColecoVision, Color depth, Commodore PET, Computer keyboard, Creative Computing (magazine), CTIA and GTIA, David H. Ahl, Display list, Display resolution, Donkey Kong (video game), Electronic Gaming Monthly, Future US, Hertz, Home computer, Home video game console, Hue, IGN, InfoWorld, Intellivision, John J. Anderson, Joystick, Kilobyte, Luma (video), Macmillan Publishers, Missile Command, MOS Technology 6502, Next Generation (magazine), Numeric keypad, Paddle (game controller), Palette (computing), POKEY, Porting, Prima Games, Programmable sound generator, ..., Radio frequency, Random-access memory, Raster interrupt, RCA Studio II, Read-only memory, ROM cartridge, Scan line, Scrolling, Second generation of video game consoles, Sound chip, Sprite (computer graphics), Trackball, TRS-80, Very-large-scale integration, Video display controller, WDC 65C02, Ziff Davis. Expand index (17 more) »
Achilles' heel
An Achilles' heel is a weakness in spite of overall strength, which can lead to downfall.
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Analog stick
An analog stick (or analogue stick in UK English), sometimes called a control stick, joystick, or thumbstick is an input device for a controller (often a game controller) that is used for two-dimensional input.
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ANTIC
Alphanumeric Television Interface Controller (ANTIC) is an LSI ASIC dedicated to generating 2D computer graphics to be shown on a television screen or computer display.
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Antic (magazine)
Antic was a home computer magazine devoted to the Atari 8-bit family (Atari 400/800, XL, XE, XEGS).
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Apple II
The Apple II (stylized as Apple.
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Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 (or Atari Video Computer System before November 1982) is a home video game console from Atari, Inc. Released on September 11, 1977, it is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and games contained on ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976.
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Atari 7800
The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console officially released by the Atari Corporation in 1986.
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Atari 8-bit family
The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc. in 1979 and manufactured until 1992.
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Atari Corporation
Atari Corporation was an American manufacturer of computers and video game consoles from 1984 to 1996.
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Atari XEGS
The Atari XE Video Game System (Atari XEGS) is a home video game console released by Atari Corporation in 1987.
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Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.
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Bally Astrocade
The Astrocade is a second generation home video game console and simple computer system designed by a team at Midway, at that time the videogame division of Bally.
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Bank switching
Bank switching is a technique used in computer design to increase the amount of usable memory beyond the amount directly addressable by the processor.
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Breakout (video game)
Breakout is an arcade game developed and published by Atari, Inc., released on May 13, 1976.
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Centipede (video game)
Centipede is a vertically oriented fixed shooter arcade game produced by Atari, Inc. in 1980.
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Central processing unit
A central processing unit (CPU) is the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions.
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ColecoVision
The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries' second-generation home video-game console that was released in August 1982.
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Color depth
Color depth or colour depth (see spelling differences), also known as bit depth, is either the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel, in a bitmapped image or video frame buffer, or the number of bits used for each color component of a single pixel.
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Commodore PET
The Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) is a line of home/personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International.
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Computer keyboard
In computing, a computer keyboard is a typewriter-style device which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches.
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Creative Computing (magazine)
Creative Computing was one of the earliest magazines covering the microcomputer revolution.
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CTIA and GTIA
Color Television Interface Adaptor (CTIA) and its successor Graphic Television Interface Adaptor (GTIA) are custom chips used in the Atari 8-bit family of computers and in the Atari 5200 console.
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David H. Ahl
David H. Ahl (born 1939) is the founder of Creative Computing magazine.
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Display list
A display list (or display file) is a series of graphics commands that define an output image.
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Display resolution
The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.
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Donkey Kong (video game)
is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981.
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Electronic Gaming Monthly
Electronic Gaming Monthly (often abbreviated to EGM) is a monthly American video game magazine.
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Future US
Future US, Inc. (formerly known as Imagine Media and The Future Network USA) is an American media corporation specializing in targeted magazines and websites in the video games, music, and technology markets.
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Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.
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Home computer
Home computers were a class of microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming common during the 1980s.
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Home video game console
A home video game console, or simply home console, is a video game device that is primarily used for home gamers, as opposed to in arcades or some other commercial establishment.
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Hue
Hue is one of the main properties (called color appearance parameters) of a color, defined technically (in the CIECAM02 model), as "the degree to which a stimulus can be described as similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue, and yellow", (which in certain theories of color vision are called unique hues).
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IGN
IGN (formerly Imagine Games Network) is an American video game and entertainment media company operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis wholly owned by j2 Global.
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InfoWorld
InfoWorld (formerly The Intelligent Machines Journal) is an information technology media business.
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Intellivision
The Intellivision is a home video game console released by Mattel Electronics in 1979.
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John J. Anderson
John J. Anderson or J.J. Anderson (November 8, 1956 – October 17, 1989) was a writer and editor covering computers and technology.
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Joystick
A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling.
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Kilobyte
The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Luma (video)
In video, luma represents the brightness in an image (the "black-and-white" or achromatic portion of the image).
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Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers Ltd (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group) is an international publishing company owned by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.
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Missile Command
Missile Command is a 1980 arcade game developed and published by Atari, Inc. and licensed to Sega for European release.
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MOS Technology 6502
The MOS Technology 6502 (typically "sixty-five-oh-two" or "six-five-oh-two") William Mensch and the moderator both pronounce the 6502 microprocessor as "sixty-five-oh-two".
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Next Generation (magazine)
Next Generation (also known as NextGen) was a video game magazine that was published by Imagine Media (now Future Network USA).
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Numeric keypad
A numeric keypad, number pad, numpad, or ten key, is the palm-sized, 17-key section of a standard computer keyboard, usually on the far right.
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Paddle (game controller)
A paddle is a game controller with a round wheel and one or more fire buttons, where the wheel is typically used to control movement of the player object along one axis of the video screen.
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Palette (computing)
In computer graphics, a palette is a finite set of colors.
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POKEY
The Pot Keyboard Integrated Circuit (POKEY) is a digital I/O chip designed for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers and found in Atari arcade games of the 1980s.
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Porting
In software engineering, porting is the process of adapting software for the purpose of achieving some form of execution in a computing environment that is different from the one that a given program (meant for such execution) was originally designed for (e.g. different CPU, operating system, or third party library).
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Prima Games
Prima Games is the largest publishing company of video game strategy guides in the United States.
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Programmable sound generator
A programmable sound generator, or PSG, is a sound chip that generates sound waves by synthesizing multiple basic waveforms, and often some kind of noise generator (all controlled by writing data to dedicated registers in the sound chip, hence the name) and combining and mixing these waveforms into a complex waveform, then shaping the amplitude envelope of the resulting waveform using attack, decay, sustain, and release time periods, so that the resulting waveform then mimics a certain kind of sound.
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Radio frequency
Radio frequency (RF) refers to oscillatory change in voltage or current in a circuit, waveguide or transmission line in the range extending from around twenty thousand times per second to around three hundred billion times per second, roughly between the upper limit of audio and the lower limit of infrared.
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Random-access memory
Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage that stores data and machine code currently being used.
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Raster interrupt
A raster interrupt (also called a horizontal blank interrupt) is a computer interrupt signal that is used for display timing purposes.
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RCA Studio II
The RCA Studio II is a home video game console made by RCA that debuted in January 1977.
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Read-only memory
Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices.
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ROM cartridge
A ROM cartridge, sometimes referred to simply as a cartridge or cart, is a removable enclosure containing ROM designed to be connected to a consumer electronics device such as a home computer, video game console and to a lesser extent, electronic musical instruments.
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Scan line
A scan line (also scanline) is one line, or row, in a raster scanning pattern, such as a line of video on a cathode ray tube (CRT) display of a television set or computer monitor.
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Scrolling
In computer displays, filmmaking, television production, and other kinetic displays, scrolling is sliding text, images or video across a monitor or display, vertically or horizontally.
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Second generation of video game consoles
The second generation of computer and video games began in 1976 with the release of the Fairchild Channel F. It coincided with and was partly fuelled by the golden age of arcade video games, a peak era of popularity and innovation for the medium.
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Sound chip
A sound chip is an integrated circuit (i.e. "chip") designed to produce sound.
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Sprite (computer graphics)
In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional bitmap that is integrated into a larger scene.
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Trackball
A trackball is a pointing device consisting of a ball held by a socket containing sensors to detect a rotation of the ball about two axes—like an upside-down mouse with an exposed protruding ball.
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TRS-80
The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, later renamed the Model I to distinguish it from successors) is a desktop microcomputer launched in 1977 and sold by Tandy Corporation through their Radio Shack stores.
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Very-large-scale integration
Very-large-scale integration (VLSI) is the process of creating an integrated circuit (IC) by combining hundreds of thousands of transistors or devices into a single chip.
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Video display controller
A video display controller or VDC (also regularly called display engine, display interface) is an integrated circuit which is the main component in a video signal generator, a device responsible for the production of a TV video signal in a computing or game system.
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WDC 65C02
The Western Design Center (WDC) 65C02 microprocessor is an enhanced CMOS version of the popular NMOS-based 8-bit MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor—the CMOS redesign being made by Bill Mensch in 1978.
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Ziff Davis
Ziff Davis, LLC is an American publisher and Internet company.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_5200
