Atari 2600: The Birth of Home Gaming

The Atari 2600 changed gaming forever. In this video, we explore how this iconic console worked with only 128 bytes of RAM and no framebuffer, generating graphics in real time. We also take a look at classic games: Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Frogger, River Raid, Donkey Kong, Escape from the Mindmaster and Enduro. A piece of gaming history that still holds up today. Video Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Space Invaders 01:54 Pac-Man 03:06 Frogger 05:38 River Raid 08:20 Donkey Kong 09:09 Escape from the Mind Master 12:24 Enduro