Second generation of video game consoles
Comparison

Second generation of video game consoles

Section Title: Comparison
Table Section Text: None

Name	Emerson Arcadia 2001	ColecoVision	Atari 5200	Vectrex

Manufacturer	Emerson Radio Corporation	Coleco	Atari	General Consumer Electric and Milton Bradley

Console	-	-	-	-

Launch prices	US$200 (equivalent to $520 in 2018)	US$175 (equivalent to $450 in 2018)	US$270 (equivalent to $700 in 2018)	US$199 (equivalent to $520 in 2018)

Release date	USA: 1982	USA: August 1982EU: 1982	USA: November 1982	USA: November 1982EU: May 1983JP: June 1983

Media	Cartridge	Cartridge and Cassette, available with Expansion #3	Cartridge	Cartridge

Top-selling games	N/A	Donkey Kong (pack-in)	N/A	N/A

Backward compatibility	N/A	Compatible with Atari 2600 Via Expansion #1	Atari 2600 games through the 2600 cartridge adapter	N/A

Accessories (retail)	N/A	Expansion #1 Expansion #2 Expansion #3 Roller Controller Super Action Controller Set	Trak-Ball Controller Atari 2600 adaptor	3-D Imager Light Pen

CPU	Signetics 2650 CPU 3.58 MHz	Zilog Z80A 3.58 MHz	Custom MOS 6502C 1.79 MHz (not a 65c02)	Motorola 68A09 1.5 MHz

Memory	512 bytes RAM	1 kB main RAM 16 kB video RAM	16 kB main DRAM	1 kB main RAM

Video	128x208 / 128×104 8 Colours	256×192 resolution 16 colors on screen (1 color per sprite) 32 sprites (4 per scanline), 8×8 or 8×16 pixels, integer zoom Tilemap playfield, 8×8 tiles	Resolution: 80×192 (16 color), 160×192 (4 color), 320×192 (2 color) 2 to 16 (out of 256) on-screen colors, up to 256 (16 hues, 16 luma) on screen (16 per scanline) with display list interrupts 14 graphics modes (6 tilemap, 8 bitmap) 8 single-color sprites, full height of display; 1/2/4x width scaling Smooth scrolling (vertical and horizontal)	Built in vector CRT

Audio	Mono audio with: Single Channel "Beeper" Single Channel "Noise"	Mono audio with: 3 tone generators 1 noise generator	Mono audio with: 4-channel sound	Mono (built in speaker)

Sentence(s)

The second generation's Emerson Arcadia 2001 (in November), ColecoVision (in November), Atari 5200, and Vectrex were all released in 1982.

final_sentence: The second generation's Emerson Arcadia 2001 (in November), ColecoVision (in November), Atari 5200, and Vectrex were all released in 1982.