History of video games/Platforms/Atari XEGS

History thumb|The Atari XE Game System at the Helsinki Computer and Game Console Museum. The Atari XEGS was released in 1987 at a cost of around $199.The Atari XEGS (XE Game System) http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/XE/XEGS/xegs.html www.atarimuseum.com 29 October 2020 At launch the XEGS often sold out, attracting users who were intimidated by the 8-bit computes the XEGS was based on.First Look Inside the XE Game System https://www.atarimagazines.com/v7n4/firstlook.html 29 October 2020 www.atarimagazines.com All 100,000 units manufactured at the time had sold during the US Christmas 1987 season.Antic Magazine Volume 7 Number 01 (Sixth Anniversary) https://archive.org/stream/1988-05-anticmagazine#page/n40/mode/1up 29 October 2020 May 1988 However Nintendo and Sega were already vastly ahead in the market and were spending millions on marketing, while Atari only spent $300,000 on marketing the XEGS.Schilling Melissa A. Technological Leapfrogging: LESSONS FROM THE U.S. VIDEO GAME CONSOLE INDUSTRY California Management Review 2003 45 3 8 6–32 10.2307/41166174 https://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=b2d46f68-463b-411b-b85b-bee9d1eb106f%40sessionmgr101 19 November 2020 Technology Compute The Atari XEGS is essentially an Atari 65XE computer.Retro Gaming : ​The Atari XE Game System http://www.retrogamingmuseum.com/the-collection/atari-xegs Retro Gaming Museum 29 October 2020 en The XEGS uses the 8 bit Atari 6502c CPU, a custom version of the MOS Technology 6502 clocked at 1.79 MHz.Home Page https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg80-xegs.htm#page=specs Video Game Console Library 29 October 2020 The system has 64 kilobytes of RAM and 16 kilobytes of VRAM. Notable games See the List of Atari XEGS games on Wikipedia. Gallery References Atari XEGS Atari XEGS 2100%__NOTOC__