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The Atari XE Video Game System (Atari XEGS) is a home video game console released by Atari Corporation in 1987. Based on the Atari 65XE computer, the XEGS is compatible with the existing Atari 8-bit computer software library. Additionally, it is able to operate as either a stand-alone console or full computer with the addition of its specially designed keyboard. In computer mode, it may utilize the majority of peripherals released for Atari's 8-bit computer line. 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, joystick and light gun. The XEGS was supported by cartridge ports of older games, plus a few new titles. They were all published by Atari, even though many were originally from different companies. ==History== Under the auspices of Jack Tramiel, Atari re-released two game consoles in 1986: the Atari 7800, which had previously been released in a brief test run in 1984; and the Atari 2600 Jr., an updated version of the Atari VCS/2600. The XEGS followed, building on Atari's 8-bit computer line which had started with the Atari 400 and 800. In practice the XEGS is a repackaged Atari 65XE, in a move not unlike that taken for the Atari 5200, which is a repackaged Atari 400/800 computer. While the 5200 has slightly modified internals, the XEGS is compatible with the existing range of Atari 8-bit computer software and peripherals, and thus could function as a home computer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = Classic Gaming )〕 Atari conceived the console in a plan to increase the company's console market share while improving sales of its 8-bit home computer family. Providing a "beginning computer" and "sophisticated game console" in one device, was thought to convince more retailers and software developers to support the platform. In May 1987, Atari's then Director of Communications, Neil Harris, updated the online Atari community by outlining this plan. It noted that the XEGS was intended to further the 8-bit line by providing mass-merchants with a device that was more appealing to their markets. Popular home computer games from the early 1980s such as ''Archon: The Light and the Dark'', ''Lode Runner'', and ''David's Midnight Magic'' made up much of the XEGS catalog. The system co-existed with the Atari 2600 Jr. and Atari 7800 on store shelves and was occasionally featured alongside those systems in Atari print ads and television commercials. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atari XEGS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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