Atari XEGS

The Atari XE Video Game System, abbreviated Atari XEGS, is a video game console released by Atari in 1987. The system was designed as a predecessor to the Atari 7800. The device was also designed to work like a full computer with the addition of its specially designed keyboard. The Atari XEGS did poorly in the marketplace, however, and thus succeeded by the Atari Jaguar.
The initial release of the Atari XEGS was to save Atari from the failing sales of the Atari 7800. Though, Nintendo's NES proved to be quite a contender for the XEGS and 7800, Nintendo release their Game Boy system to take a new handheld market. This led to Atari's development of their own handheld system, the Atari Lynx.
The Atari XEGS also had backward compatibility to previous Atari consoles featuring 8-bit technology.
== Technical specifications ==
* CPU: MOS Technology
** 6502B
** 1.78 MHz
* RAM: 64 KB
* Colors: 16 on-screen colours out of possible 256
Category:Consoles released by Atari