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Which gaming system helped popularize cartridge-based home video gaming in the late 1970s?
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Atari 2600
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The Atari Video Computer System, later called the Atari 2600, launched in 1977. Its interchangeable cartridges let people play different games on the same console. It helped popularize that format, although earlier systems had already used cartridges.
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