Second generation of video game consoles: Revision history

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curprev 12:5612:56, 22 January 2025 Masem talk contribs 89,820 bytes +580 Reverted good faith edits by 2604:2D80:6178:F100:F021:7BA8:84CF:AC7D (talk): As it says, do not change the end date, that's when the 2600 was retired undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
cur prev 11:1311:13, 22 January 2025 2604:2d80:6178:f100:f021:7ba8:84cf:ac7d talk 89,240 bytes −580 we had moved on to the fourth generation of video gaming by 1992 undo Tags: Reverted references removed Mobile edit Mobile web edit

cur prev 10:2210:22, 21 January 2025 86.19.220.255 talk 89,820 bytes +1 →Vectrex: Fixed typo "sch" to "such". undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

cur prev 13:3913:39, 25 November 2024 100.34.18.149 talk 89,668 bytes +175 →Background: revised Activision lawsuit text according to the citations given, which are not completely congruent but generally agree that the suits went nowhere; two of the sources refer to the Atari "technology license" but mention no specific terms such as "per catridge". There is no mention in any of these sources of the notion that other 3rd parties being licensed; generally in fact they were unlicensed outsiders working by reverse engineering. undo
cur prev 00:2500:25, 25 November 2024 100.34.18.149 talk 89,493 bytes +47 →Comparison: correction: According to the main article, early Microvision cartridges used either a TI TMS1100 or Intel 8021 and later cartridges used the TMS1100 exclusively. undo
cur prev 00:1500:15, 25 November 2024 100.34.18.149 talk 89,446 bytes +158 →Comparison: information improvements for Atari 2600 undo Tag: Visual edit: Switched
cur prev 00:0100:01, 25 November 2024 100.34.18.149 talk 89,288 bytes +155 →Comparison: corrected Atari 2600 vertical resolution undo Tag: Visual edit

cur prev 23:5423:54, 24 November 2024 Masem talk contribs 89,133 bytes −30 →Background: atari and activision settled (hence the dropping of the suit), and it was for a "technology license" that Activision got to make Atari games undo
cur prev 23:4723:47, 24 November 2024 100.34.18.149 talk 89,163 bytes −20 Undid revision 1259404311 by 100.34.18.149 (talk) I see my edit was redundant. Never mind :) undo Tag: Undo
cur prev 23:4523:45, 24 November 2024 100.34.18.149 talk 89,183 bytes +20 →Comparison: clarified/corrected Atrari 2600 audio--it isn't stereo as sold, though the chip was designed with the intention that the console would have stereo speakers inbuilt undo Tag: Reverted
cur prev 23:3723:37, 24 November 2024 100.34.18.149 talk 89,163 bytes +163 →Vectrex: general minor improvement undo
cur prev 23:2023:20, 24 November 2024 100.34.18.149 talk 89,000 bytes +593 →Atari 2600 and 5200: detail improvements and minor corrections undo
cur prev 22:2822:28, 24 November 2024 100.34.18.149 talk 88,407 bytes +285 →Background: tagged dubious statements about software companies licensing from Atari undo

cur prev 18:5018:50, 23 November 2024 100.34.18.149 talk 88,122 bytes +196 Added a sentence to connect the concepts and improve flow. undo
cur prev 18:3718:37, 23 November 2024 100.34.18.149 talk 87,926 bytes +74 clarified that Activision was not a giant company even from its early days undo

cur prev 22:4922:49, 20 July 2024 Kvng talk contribs m 88,013 bytes −482 unpiped links using script undo

cur prev 16:1516:15, 30 June 2024 89.43.20.200 talk 88,495 bytes −1 Removed a comma that was next to a period (,.) undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit