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Submitted by thebudgetgamer 251d ago | article

Modded Atari 2600 runs at 22,000 times the processing power of the original

Yahoo News, If you're old enough — sorry, classic enough — to remember the original Atari 2600 from the early '80s, you'll know that processor speed, hard drive capacity, and RAM chips were not really even a thing to be worried about. Your only concern was getting that white block on the right side of the screen over to the left side before your friend. But here we are 30 years later and gaming systems have changed quite a bit. (Culture, Hi-tech)

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