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[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

I don't even know what separates the first two generations of home consoles - it's just an amorphous blob of Ataris and Collecovisons, and other shit I've vaguely heard about but never played.

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

Second Gen was mostly defined by swappable cartridges instead of built in games

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

So the old Pong and video pinball games were first gen, and the Atari consoles are second - makes sense!

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

Yep! The big advancement was general purpose cpus instead of purpose built logic that allowed swappable program roms

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