Atari VCS 2600 (1977)

The Atari 2600 was released in 1977, an is the 1st successful video game console that use plug-in cartridges rather than having one or more built in games. originally known as the Atari VCS 2600, for Video Computer System, and the name "Atari 2600" (full from the element's Atari part number, CX2600) was first worn in 1982, after the release of the more advanced Atari 5200.

The early price was $199 with an library of 9 titles. In a play to compete briefly with the Channel F, Atari named the order the Video Computer System (or VCS for sharp), as the Channel F was at that thing known as the VES (Video Entertainment System). When Fairchild learned how Atari's naming their product quickly changed the name of their system to become the Channel F.

Atari expanded the 2600 family with two another compatible consoles. The Atari 2700, a wireless style of the console was never released due to design flaws. The Sleek Atari 2800 released to the Japanese in 1983 suffered from competition from the newly-released Nintendo Famicom.