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'''Atari 2600'''
This is a hardware device, originally known as the VCS, or Video Computer System, that allowed users to play games on their televisions. A typical program for this system had to be under 4kb of code. It was very popular around the 1980s and had many software titles. It also used a special custom chip named the Stella, named after the bicycle of a developer, that allowed quick calculations. The 2600 had many games developed, even after the release of the Atari 5200, which was more powerful.
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Atari2600
'''Atari 2600'''
This is a hardware device, originally known as the VCS, or Video Computer System, that allowed users to play games on their televisions. A typical program for this system had to be under 4kb of code. It was very popular around the 1980s and had many software titles. It also used a special custom chip named the Stella, named after the bicycle of a developer, that allowed quick calculations. The 2600 had many games developed, even after the release of the Atari 5200, which was more powerful.
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