Atari VCS

Type: Console
Publisher: Atari
Firstly released in: United States
First release: Oct 1977
Release and compatibility details: VCS means "Video Computer System". The almost same console was released in 1982 under name "Atari 2600"

Success and unsuccess:

Most popular years: 1982-1983
Most popular countries: USA, Europe
Amount of games in database: 1208 (list)
Amount of music records in database: 11 (list)
Amount of downloadable MIDI tunes: 11 (list)
Importance on the market in the most popular years: High

Characteristics:

One of the first consoles ever made.

Resolution: 160 x 195 x 16 colors
Memory: 128 Bytes RAM, 6K ROM
CPU: 6507

More info: http://www.gamerland.com/systems/cgi-bin/showsystem.cgi?id=16

Games and music info:

Most common media for storing games: Cartridge
Average packed game size: 4kB

Emulation info:

Stella Good emulator for Windows.
Z26 Fast emulator completely written in Assembler.

This emulation info was written on 13.December 2002. (This time is very important, because emulation info very depends on the time it was written - emulators can improve a lot after this time..).