10 Things You Didn't Know About The Atari VCS (2600)

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[PART 1] I recently discovered "Stella at 20" -- a series of videos recorded at a gathering of Atari alumni 20 years after the Atari VCS (2600) was released in 1977. It was so great to see all these people reliving the early years of Atari that I decided to make a top 10 list of things that the general public probably isn't aware of. Thanks to PCBWay for supporting this episode. https://pcbway.com Here is part 2: https://youtu.be/AhFboRJ4JEo "Stella At 20" videos: https://archive.org/details/StellaAt20 History of the Atari 7800: https://youtu.be/NNiV0bV9-rk Nolan Bushnell interview: https://youtu.be/2LT2n91AgHk Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 03:05 - What's In A Name 04:38 - The First Cartridge Game Console? 05:43 - Atari Wasn't Making Money Before Warner 06:56 - Stella! 08:52 - 128 Bytes Of RAM 10:15 - PCBWay Ad 11:11 - Making It Hard For Competitors 13:42 - It Could Have Been Better For $1.25 15:42 - Only A Few Games Were Planned 17:30 - Atari Had The First Screensaver 18:40 - The Magnavox Lawsuit 20:25 - Texas Instruments Misdirection 22:00 - The Chess Lawsuit 24:07 - The Amiga Connection 25:52 - Wrap Up Music used by permission: "Rise And Shine" and “Fakebit World” by Malmen https://soundcloud.com/malmen "Pathfinder" by Kubbi https://soundcloud.com/kubbi Other music from the YouTube Audio Library Support me on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/retrohackshack Website - https://retrohackshack.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/retrohackshack Twitter - https://twitter.com/retrohackshack Tools I Use - https://retrohackshack.com/tools/ T-shirts, Books and more - https://retrohackshack.com/shop/ Ebay Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/retrohackshack #Retro #Computers #atari