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challenging to write compelling programs, other than card games, for the machine. The firmware within the console contains two built-in games, Blackjack and
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CPU. However, the Mid-Range chip-set makes use of a simple, combined display and sound chip, the GIC AY-3-8800, which can only generate white upper-case alphanumeric text and coloured playing card symbols on a vertically split, two resolution, green playing field. These idiosyncrasies make it
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342:edutainment
250:video games
246:Atari, Inc.
130:calculators
122:South Korea
108:, Unisonic
63:Calculators
1290:Categories
1136:generation
904:References
800:2015-10-25
702:Family Fun
393:Light gun
334:Mastermind
149:telephones
110:outsourced
82:telephones
1159:Dedicated
951:in a chip
929:Table of
755:April 12,
676:AY-3-8800
641:AY-3-8615
637:AY-3-8600
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567:T2000-JR
558:AY-3-8500
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420:Hong Kong
388:Number of
314:AY-3-8600
310:joysticks
258:light gun
241:Home Pong
214:used two
196:blackjack
162:In 1991,
118:Hong Kong
114:East Asia
1260:Services
1250:Emulator
1181:Marksman
855:cite web
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714:See also
283:Practice
256:, and a
200:Casino 7
184:Casino 7
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1265:History
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382:Year of
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293:, and
291:Hockey
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376:Model
330:Poker
299:Skeet
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126:Japan
1270:List
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1065:list
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