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apr 13, 1977 - Video Computer System (VCS)

Description:

Later renamed the Atari 2600

First widely successful video game system

Sold more than twenty million units throughout the 1980’s

Used the 8-bit MOS 6507 microprocessor

Was designed to be connected to a television set

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apr 13, 1977
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~ 49 years ago