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Atari Consoles, Variants & Physical Games

Atari helped establish both commercial arcade games and the cartridge-based home console. From the Video Computer System and Atari 2600 through the 5200, 7800, Lynx, Jaguar, and later hardware, this archive documents the physical systems, variants, and games that shaped its legacy.

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Console families
13
Hardware variants
31
Physical games
792
Physical packages
792

Hardware timeline

Atari console families

Atari Dedicated Console Era console
1975

Atari Dedicated Console Era

5 documented variants →
Atari 2600 console
1977

Atari 2600

8 documented variants →
Atari 5200 SuperSystem console
1982

Atari 5200 SuperSystem

2 documented variants →
Atari 7800 ProSystem console
1986

Atari 7800 ProSystem

2 documented variants →
Atari XEGS console
1987

Atari XEGS

1 documented variants →
Atari Lynx console
1989

Atari Lynx

2 documented variants →
Atari Jaguar console
1993

Atari Jaguar

1 documented variants →
Atari Jaguar CD console
1995

Atari Jaguar CD

1 documented variants →
Atari VCS console
2021

Atari VCS

3 documented variants →
Atari 2600+ console
2023

Atari 2600+

2 documented variants →
Atari Gamestation console
2023

Atari Gamestation

2 documented variants →
Atari 400 Mini console
2024

Atari 400 Mini

1 documented variants →
Atari 7800+ console
2024

Atari 7800+

1 documented variants →

Complete checklists

Physical games by platform

1977—2025Atari 2600485 physical games →1982—1986Atari 520069 physical games →1986—2025Atari 780071 physical games →1987—1989Atari XEGS33 physical games →1989—1995Atari Lynx71 physical games →1993—1998Atari Jaguar50 physical games →1995—1997Atari Jaguar CD13 physical games →

Recent catalog releases

Newest documented games

Tiger-Heli physical game cover2025-07-18 · Atari 7800

Tiger-Heli

Avalanche physical game cover2025-07 · Atari 2600

Avalanche

Countermeasure 2 physical game cover2025 · Atari 7800

Countermeasure 2

deadmau5 Meowingtons’ Revenge physical game cover2025 · Atari 7800

deadmau5 Meowingtons’ Revenge

High Score Collection physical game cover2025 · Atari 7800

High Score Collection

Pac-Man: Double Feature physical game cover2025 · Atari 7800

Pac-Man: Double Feature

Super Circus Atari physical game cover2025 · Atari 7800

Super Circus Atari

Frenzy physical game cover2024-12-05 · Atari 7800

Frenzy

M Network Collection physical game cover2024-11-29 · Atari 2600

M Network Collection

RealSports Collection physical game cover2024-11-29 · Atari 2600

RealSports Collection

Space Duel physical game cover2024-11-29 · Atari 7800

Space Duel

Caverns of Mars physical game cover2024-11 · Atari 2600

Caverns of Mars