[2] Figure 6.2: A.E. is an early vertical shooter that features stunning background graphics on the Atari 8-bit. Credit: Brøderbund “Somewhere in America, this dangerous FuzzBomb™ is on the ...

The most notable of the home computer and console hardware from the 8-bit golden era didn ... for the “Tia Maria” graphics chip found in the Atari 7800 console an unusual occurrence, and ...

For 15 years (1978 to 1993), Atari designed and produced four distinct lines of PCs: the 8-bit “Atari 800 ... an internal IDE hard drive, advanced graphics modes, and–most impressively ...

Subsequent versions of the Atari 8-bit computer line omitted the right ... which works with the CTIA/GTIA to create the Atari 800’s impressive graphics. The 800 also contains a custom sound ...

It featured sophisticated 3D texture-mapped graphics, sound, and music for the time, all of which take full advantage of what the Atari 8-bit platform has to offer. No other version comes ...

It's one of the shining examples of how good download games can really be: updated Atari 8-bit graphics with jazzed-up special effects and a soundtrack that's enhanced by the gameplay. The appeal ...

Atari's 1200XL should have been a success of the 8-bit home computing era: modern, compact, designed to compete with the breakout Commodore 64, and good-looking to boot. But it was a fiasco ...

My favorite Apshai game to this day remains Gateway to Apshai on the Atari 8-bit. But Temple of Apshai Trilogy occupied me for many hours on the ST, and I did appreciate the graphics upgrade.

The true definition of the descriptor “8-bit” refers to the processors that powered consoles like the NES and Atari 7800 and has nothing to do with the graphics of the games they ran.