Newbie to Atari - Cartridge Compatability
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:59 pm
I'm 'new' to the Atari range of 8 bit computers, having spent most of my childhood surrounded by the Spectrum and Commodore range (Boo, I hear you all say!!!)
This will come across as a very basic, idiotic question however it is something I just don't know and would appreciate your confirmed responses...
Are all the cartridges for these systems fully compatible with each other..? i.e. I have just purchased an Atari 65XE at a local boot sale, but this came with nothing but the computer and tape deck. I've turned it on, and it works perfectly so now I need to get some software. I'd prefer to get cartridges as I already have an Atari 2600 with a shed-load of games so I'd like to continue that theme rather than get tapes.
However, having never seen any other Atari 8 bit machine (400/800/600xl/800xl etc), I've no idea if the cartridges for each one are interchangeable - Can someone enlighten me (and feel free to take the p*** regards my stupidity for asking this!!)
Thanks...
This will come across as a very basic, idiotic question however it is something I just don't know and would appreciate your confirmed responses...
Are all the cartridges for these systems fully compatible with each other..? i.e. I have just purchased an Atari 65XE at a local boot sale, but this came with nothing but the computer and tape deck. I've turned it on, and it works perfectly so now I need to get some software. I'd prefer to get cartridges as I already have an Atari 2600 with a shed-load of games so I'd like to continue that theme rather than get tapes.
However, having never seen any other Atari 8 bit machine (400/800/600xl/800xl etc), I've no idea if the cartridges for each one are interchangeable - Can someone enlighten me (and feel free to take the p*** regards my stupidity for asking this!!)
Thanks...