Going through the Donkey Kong series of games from different consoles to show you the different graphics and gameplay. The Atari 7800 was a step up for sure from the previous Atari consoles, the 2600 and 5200.
The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console officially released by Atari Corporation in 1986 as the successor to both the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200. It can run almost all Atari 2600 cartridges, making it one of the first consoles with backward compatibility. It shipped with a different model of joystick from the 2600-standard CX40 and Pole Position II as the pack-in game. Most of the announced titles at launch were ports of 1981–83 arcade video games.
Designed by General Computer Corporation, the 7800 has significantly improved graphics hardware over Atari's previous consoles, but the same Television Interface Adaptor chip that launched with the 2600 in 1977 is used to generate audio. In an effort to prevent the flood of poor quality games that contributed to the video game crash of 1983, cartridges had to be digitally signed by Atari.
The Atari 7800 was first announced by Atari, Inc. on May 21, 1984, but a general release was shelved until May 1986 due to the sale of the company. Atari Corporation dropped support for the 7800, along with the 2600 and the Atari 8-bit family, on January 1, 1992.
Developer - General Computer Corporation
Manufacturer - Atari, Inc.
Atari Corporation
Type - Home video game console
Generation - Third
Release date US: - May 1986
PAL: 1987
Introductory price - US$140 (equivalent to $346 in 2021)
Discontinued - January 1, 1992
Media - ROM cartridge
CPU - Atari SALLY @ 1.19-1.79 MHz
Memory 4 KB RAM
4 KB BIOS ROM
48 KB cartridge ROM space
Display - 160×240, 320×240 (288 vertical for PAL), 25 colors out of 256
Graphics - MARIA custom chip @ 7.16 MHz
Backward compatibility - Atari 2600
Predecessor - Atari 5200
Successor - Atari XEGS
