Editing Atari XEGS (section)

{{Short description|1987 video game console}}
{{Infobox CVG system
| title = Atari XE Video Game System
| logo = Atari XEGS logo-10.svg
| image = Atari XEGS - Computerspielemuseum-49 (17134338672).jpg
| caption = 
| manufacturer = [[Atari Corporation]]
| type = [[Home video game console]]<br>[[Home computer]]
| generation = [[Third generation of video game consoles|Third]] (8-bit era)
| release date = late {{Start date|1987}}
| discontinued = {{end date|1991|12}}<ref name="duarte92"/>
| CPU = [[MOS Technology 6502]]C
| memory = 64KB [[RAM]]
| display = RF and composite out, 384&nbsp;×&nbsp;240 (overscan), 16 colors from a 256 color palette
| media = [[ROM cartridge]]
| onlineservice = 
| units sold = 100,000<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.atarimagazines.com/v7n1/marketplace.html | title=Editorial: Ever-Changing Atari Marketplace }}</ref>
| topgame = 
| compatibility = [[Atari 8-bit computers]]
| price = {{US$|159|1987|round=-1}}<ref name="hutchinson" />
| predecessor = [[Atari 7800]]
| successor = [[Atari Panther|Panther]] {{small|(canceled)}}<br>[[Atari Jaguar|Jaguar]]
| sound = [[POKEY]]
| graphics = [[ANTIC]] (graphics)<br>[[GTIA]] (video)
| CPUspeed = 1.79 MHz
}}

The '''Atari XE Video Game System''' ('''Atari XEGS''') is an [[industrial design|industrial redesign]] of the Atari 65XE [[home computer]] and the final model in the [[Atari 8-bit computers|Atari 8-bit computer series]]. It was released by [[Atari Corporation]] in 1987 and marketed as a [[home video game console]] alongside the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], Sega's [[Master System]], and Atari's own [[Atari 7800]]. The XEGS is compatible with existing Atari 8-bit computer hardware and software. Without keyboard, the system operates as a stand-alone game console. With the keyboard, it boots identically to the Atari XE computers. Atari packaged the XEGS as a basic set consisting of only the console and joystick, and as a deluxe set consisting of the console, keyboard, [[Atari CX40 joystick|CX40 joystick]], and [[Atari XG-1 light gun|XG-1 light gun]].

The XEGS release was backed by new games, including ''Barnyard Blaster'' and ''Bug Hunt'', plus cartridge ports of older games, such as ''[[Fight Night (1985 video game)|Fight Night]]'' ([[Accolade, Inc.|Accolade]], 1985), ''[[Lode Runner]]'' ([[Broderbund]], 1983), ''[[Necromancer (video game)|Necromancer]]'' ([[Synapse Software]], 1982), and ''[[Ballblazer]]'' ([[Lucasfilm Games]], 1985). Support for the system was dropped in 1992 along with the rest of the 8-bit computer line, the [[Atari 2600]], and the [[Atari 7800]].