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1978 June 11-14: At the Summer CES in Chicago Atari introduced the Game Brain (C-700; $ 115; never shipped), along with four new VCS titles: Basketball (previously announced in April), Capture the Flag (would ship as Flag Capture), The Maze (would eventually ship as Maze Craze), Wizard (never
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NEW ATARI MPU GAME:Atari is moving into lower end of programmable market with new "moderately prices" Game Brain scheduled for introduction at CES this week. At same time Atari ...will be..., delivered in June along with Game
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Another interesting console blip that appears on the radar briefly appeared at the 1978 Summer CES. Called the 'Game Brain' Model C-700, it's a cartridge based console system, but it's not microprocessor based like the
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from unsold dedicated consoles. By the time the Game Brain was finished, dedicated consoles were becoming obsolete against consoles with removable ROM cartridges, such as the already released
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Listings from $ 19.95 to $ 59.95, additional carts were shown by...Atari(Warner Communications) for its new Game Brain,..
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Unreleased dedicated first-generation home video game console supposed to be released in 1978
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The system was not intended as a big seller for Atari but rather as a clearance of
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A History of WCI Games / Atari / Atari Games / Atari Holdings
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Atari
home video game console
First generation
1978
1978
ROM cartridge
home video game console
Atari
1978
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Pong
Stunt Cycle
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Fairchild Channel F
RCA Studio 2
Atari 2600
Pong
Stunt Cycle
Super Pong
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