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[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago

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

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days 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 4 days ago

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

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