Atari 7800
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The Atari 7800 is a third-generation home video game console released by Atari in the mid-1980s as the successor to the Atari 5200, featuring improved graphics and backward compatibility with most Atari 2600 games.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atari 7800 canonical | 6 |
| Atari 3600 | 1 |
| Atari 7800 (selected cartridges) | 1 |
| Atari Flashback consoles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3626944 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atari 7800 Context triple: [Mario Bros., portedTo, Atari 7800]
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Atari 5200
The Atari 5200 is a second-generation home video game console released by Atari in the early 1980s as a more advanced successor to the Atari 2600.
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B.
Atari Falcon
The Atari Falcon is a 32-bit home computer released by Atari in the early 1990s, notable for its advanced audio and graphics capabilities and based on the Motorola 68030 processor.
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C.
Atari Jaguar
The Atari Jaguar is a mid-1990s home video game console by Atari, marketed as the first 64-bit system and known for its limited library and commercial failure.
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D.
TurboGrafx-16
The TurboGrafx-16 is a late-1980s home video game console by NEC and Hudson Soft, known for being the first console marketed as 16-bit and for its strong library of arcade-style and shoot-'em-up games.
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E.
Sega Master System
The Sega Master System is an 8-bit home video game console developed by Sega and released in the mid-1980s as its primary competitor to Nintendo’s NES.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atari 7800 Target entity description: The Atari 7800 is a third-generation home video game console released by Atari in the mid-1980s as the successor to the Atari 5200, featuring improved graphics and backward compatibility with most Atari 2600 games.
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A.
Atari 5200
The Atari 5200 is a second-generation home video game console released by Atari in the early 1980s as a more advanced successor to the Atari 2600.
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B.
Atari Falcon
The Atari Falcon is a 32-bit home computer released by Atari in the early 1990s, notable for its advanced audio and graphics capabilities and based on the Motorola 68030 processor.
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C.
Atari Jaguar
The Atari Jaguar is a mid-1990s home video game console by Atari, marketed as the first 64-bit system and known for its limited library and commercial failure.
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D.
TurboGrafx-16
The TurboGrafx-16 is a late-1980s home video game console by NEC and Hudson Soft, known for being the first console marketed as 16-bit and for its strong library of arcade-style and shoot-'em-up games.
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E.
Sega Master System
The Sega Master System is an 8-bit home video game console developed by Sega and released in the mid-1980s as its primary competitor to Nintendo’s NES.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
home video game console
ⓘ
third-generation video game console ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibilityMode | hardware-based Atari 2600 mode ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibleWith | Atari 2600 ⓘ |
| codename |
Atari 3600
ⓘ
linked to:
Atari 7800
Maria ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | Atari 2600 game cartridges ⓘ |
| controllerPorts | 2 ⓘ |
| controllerType | digital joystick controller ⓘ |
| cpu |
Atari SALLY 6502C
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MOS Technology 6502 derivative ⓘ
linked to:
WDC 65C02
|
| developer |
Atari, Inc.
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General Computer Corporation ⓘ |
| discontinuedDate | early 1990s ⓘ |
| fullReleaseDate | 1986 ⓘ |
| fullReleaseRegion | North America ⓘ |
| generation | third generation of video game consoles ⓘ |
| graphicsProcessor | MARIA custom graphics chip ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
backward compatibility with most Atari 2600 games
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digital joystick ports ⓘ improved graphics over Atari 5200 ⓘ pause button on console ⓘ separate graphics and sound chips ⓘ |
| launchTitle | Pole Position II ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Atari Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Atari, Inc.
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| marketPosition |
competitor to Nintendo Entertainment System
ⓘ
competitor to Sega Master System ⓘ |
| maxPlayers | 2 ⓘ |
| mediaType | ROM cartridge ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
designed to be cost-effective to manufacture
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strong arcade port library focus ⓘ |
| notableGame |
Asteroids
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Ballblazer ⓘ Food Fight ⓘ Galaga ⓘ Joust ⓘ Ms. Pac-Man ⓘ
linked to:
Pac-Man
Xevious ⓘ |
| optionalSoundChip | POKEY sound chip in some cartridges ⓘ |
| powerSupply | external AC adapter ⓘ |
| predecessor | Atari 5200 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| releaseDateInEurope | 1987 ⓘ |
| soundProcessor | TIA chip for Atari 2600 compatibility ⓘ |
| successor |
Atari Jaguar
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Atari XEGS ⓘ |
| testMarketRegion |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| testMarketReleaseDate | June 1984 ⓘ |
| videoOutput |
RF output
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composite video (on some models or via modification) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Atari 7800 Description of subject: The Atari 7800 is a third-generation home video game console released by Atari in the mid-1980s as the successor to the Atari 5200, featuring improved graphics and backward compatibility with most Atari 2600 games.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.