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Atari 400/800 was released in 1979.

Atari XL is 8-bit Atari computer released in 1982. Its expanded edition was called Atari XE.

Pokey chip used in these machines was designed earlier in the 1970s. Pokey handles samples relatively well and has a distinctive square wave sound which is easy to recognize.

During the early 1980s just few significant game songs were made for Atari XL but later especially some Polish composers have made fine music with it.

The word "POKEY" is derived from POtentiometer and KEYboard.

Despite of machines being technically relatively good, 8-bit Atari computers were not very successful in 8-bit home computer markets.

Audio features
-4 semi-independent audio channels with following configurations for channel frequency resolution (not sample bits!): 4x8-bit, 2x16 or 1x16-bit + 2x16bit channels
-Per-channel volume, frequency, and waveform
-High-pass filter

The chip is designed by Atari's Doug Neubauer

Songs

Song Title	Artist	Song Length	Status	Avg. Vote	Queue	Last Played
3886 days ago	505 (Nils Feske)	3:41	Active	4.5		2023-08-14
404 Error	Greg (PL) (Grzegorz Kwiatek) , X-Ray (Łukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	2:27	Active	4.7		2023-08-18
A Compo of Epic Proportions	FearOfDark	2:26	Active			2022-10-23
Already Obsolete	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	0:11	Jingle		l
An Anthem for Winterchip	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	2:11	Active	4.6		2023-08-10
Arcade Fruit Machine Simulator	Gizmo (Adam Gilmore)	1:29	Active	4.6		2023-05-03
Archon	Tommy Dunbar	1:04	Active	4.3	l	2023-09-17
Ballad	505 (Nils Feske)	2:19	Active	4.6	l	2023-09-12
Ballsong Nr. 1	Douglas Crockford	6:36	Active	3.0	l	2023-09-21
Ballsong Nr. 2	Douglas Crockford	4:25	Active	5.0		2021-11-06
Barymag #1 - Intro	Bartman (Bartosz Kalinowski)	5:39	Active	4.7	l	2023-09-20
Bitter Reality	SoTe (Adam Bienias) Slight	1:28	Active	4.5		2023-08-23
Bitter Reality - Farewell	SoTe (Adam Bienias) Slight	1:21	Active	5.0		2022-11-13
Bitter Reality - Filet Lazma	SoTe (Adam Bienias) Slight	0:38	Active	4.0		2022-10-28
Bitter Reality - Flexible Squares	SoTe (Adam Bienias) Slight	5:14	Active	4.3	l	2023-08-31
Bitter Reality - Greetings	SoTe (Adam Bienias) Slight	2:26	Active	5.0		2023-08-31
Bitter Reality - Loader	SoTe (Adam Bienias) Slight	0:15	Active	5.0		2023-02-20
Bitter Reality - Partyland 1	SoTe (Adam Bienias) Slight	3:35	Active	5.0		2022-12-02
Bitter Reality - Partyland 2	SoTe (Adam Bienias) Slight	3:23	Active	4.0		2023-07-25
Bitter Reality - Rzog Plazma	SoTe (Adam Bienias) Slight	3:27	Active	4.3		2023-08-31
Blinky's Scary School	Gizmo (Adam Gilmore)	2:40	Active	4.7		2023-08-11
Blood Fighter - Tune 1	Tomasz Liebich	2:33	Active	4.5		2022-02-11
Blood Fighter - tune 2	Tomasz Liebich	2:50	Active	4.9	l	2023-09-10
Bunny on the Moon	YERZMYEY	2:52	Active	4.4	l	2023-09-01
Cipher Of Moving Compass, The	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	1:52	Active	3.7	l	2023-09-10
Colding	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	2:01	Active	4.8	l	2023-09-19
Congrabalation!	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	1:27	Active	4.8		2023-07-25
Cool Emotion	Hard Software	1:32	Active	4.4		2023-08-19
Cropky	Caruso (Michał Brzezicki) Agenda	1:14	Active	4.5		2022-08-03
Crystal	505 (Nils Feske)	2:22	Active	4.7	l	2023-09-20
Datavoid	Chema64 (José Padilla)	2:24	Active	3.3		2023-07-29
Dead Boy's Poem	Epi (Adrian Matoga)	2:25	Active	3.2		2023-06-08
Delight	505 (Nils Feske)	2:19	Active	4.4	l	2023-09-07
Dictum Acerbum	Tomasz Liebich	2:34	Active	3.9		2023-08-10
Dot Dot Dot	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	0:10	Jingle		l
Draconus	Adam Gilmore	2:59	Active	4.7		2023-08-06
Drum Power I	Benjy (Stephan Düsterhöft)	3:21	Active	3.7		2023-06-26
Echo (sampled version)	Zoltar X (Filip Golewski)	1:23	Active	4.8		2023-07-29
Exodus	Cedyn (Marcin Czartyński)	3:47	Active	4.7		2023-08-15
Fuji Rave	YERZMYEY	2:36	Active	4.4		2023-08-13
Funktion	505 (Nils Feske)	4:24	Active	4.2		2023-09-04
Gamma	505 (Nils Feske)	6:49	Active	4.6		2023-08-03
Generic Battle	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	0:51	Active	4.0		2022-07-06
Happy Train to Kingdom of Pleasures - Sampled Version	SoTe (Adam Bienias)	3:36	Active	4.7	l	2023-09-12
Hobby Tronic '91 - Equalizer	Benjy (Stephan Düsterhöft)	5:09	Active	3.9		2023-08-30
Hot&Cold Adventure - Lato	Caruso (Michał Brzezicki) Agenda	1:23	Active	4.0		2023-02-10
Hot&Cold Adventure - Zima	Caruso (Michał Brzezicki) Agenda	1:36	Active	4.5		2021-07-07
Hyperbased ('Enjoy the POKEY' 2xAtariXL Mix)	XLENT	4:44	Active	4.7	l	2023-09-08
It Means War	Zbx Virus (Daniel Numan)	3:12	Active	3.8	l	2023-09-01
Jet Set Neo	Epi (Adrian Matoga)	3:22	Active	4.6		2023-05-09
Jet Set Willy	Rob Hubbard	5:05	Active	4.6	l	2023-09-22
Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge	Gizmo (Adam Gilmore)	3:02	Active	4.5		2023-08-27
Let It Roll	Greg (PL) (Grzegorz Kwiatek) , X-Ray (Łukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	3:11	Active	4.4	l	2023-09-02
Line runner	Caruso (Michał Brzezicki) Agenda	0:23	Active	3.0		2023-07-17
Lost in a Forest	FearOfDark	3:28	Active	3.0		2021-09-30
Megameng II	Chema64 (José Padilla)	3:25	Active	4.0	l	2023-09-01
Meryb	Epi (Adrian Matoga)	2:15	Active	4.6		2023-08-13
Metri	505 (Nils Feske)	3:45	Active	4.8	l	2023-09-20
Mountain in the Sky	YERZMYEY	2:53	Active	4.7		2023-06-24
Ninja Commando	Gizmo (Adam Gilmore)	2:01	Active	4.3		2023-06-07
Nothing	505 (Nils Feske)	0:52	Active	4.5		2023-07-12
Now That's What I Call Kulor! - Elementary School Supernova	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	1:44	Active	3.6	l	2023-08-29
Now That's What I Call Kulor! - Madness Sky Falling Etc.	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	1:06	Active	4.3		2023-08-26
Now That's What I Call Kulor! - Random Encounter	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	3:04	Active	4.6	l	2023-09-20
Oldschool MODe - m4700rK4	Epi (Adrian Matoga) Tristesse	2:35	Active	4.0		2023-06-29
Pandora	505 (Nils Feske)	1:37	Active	3.0		2023-06-28
Pneumatic Driller	Greg (PL) (Grzegorz Kwiatek) , X-Ray (Łukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	3:41	Active	4.8	l	2023-09-07
Pokey Axel Foley	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	2:49	Active	4.5	l	2023-09-13
Pretty Eight Machine - Atarible Lie	Inverse Phase (Brendan Becker)	4:38	Active	4.4		2023-05-31
Pretty Eight Machine - That's What I Chipped	Inverse Phase (Brendan Becker)	4:27	Active	3.9		2023-07-31
Quetzalli	Chema64 (José Padilla)	3:21	Active	4.5	l	2023-09-18
Quicky	505 (Nils Feske)	2:06	Active	3.6	l	2023-09-17
Rasterizer	Factor6	3:01	Active	4.7		2023-08-20
RAVE'olution	YERZMYEY	4:25	Active	4.6	l	2023-09-09
Rebound	Richard Munns	3:33	Active	4.1	l	2023-09-19
Reksio SillyVenture 2023SE Invitro	Duccinator	5:54	Active			2023-08-07
Rucu	Tomasz Liebich	1:17	Active	4.5		2022-05-05
Running	505 (Nils Feske)	2:22	Active	4.7	l	2023-09-08
Scream	Epi (Adrian Matoga)	2:45	Active	4.1	l	2023-09-08
Severley Overused - Christmas Version	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	1:27	Active	3.3		2023-07-25
Shuffleschrabbelgepiepe	Triace (Roland Voss)	3:00	Active	4.0		2022-07-31
Silly Venture 2023 Invitation SE	Tatooo DESiRE	2:01	Active	2.0	l	2023-09-19
Straight Edge?	Epi (Adrian Matoga)	1:42	Active	4.4		2023-08-18
SV2K10	505 (Nils Feske)	2:49	Active	4.8		2023-09-02
Takeoff	505 (Nils Feske)	3:26	Active	4.6	l	2023-09-06
The Day the Sun Exploded	FearOfDark	2:09	Active	4.0		2023-01-13
The Glide	Benjy (Stephan Düsterhöft)	2:10	Active	4.7		2023-08-18
Those Were The Good Old Days	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	0:35	Jingle	3.0	l
Tokyo Gondwana	YERZMYEY	3:22	Active	4.2		2023-06-23
Trans-X	Cedyn (Marcin Czartyński)	2:29	Active	4.3	l	2023-09-13
Tristesse	505 (Nils Feske)	3:00	Active	4.6		2023-08-18
Veronika - 6	Hard Software	2:41	Active	4.8	l	2023-09-17
Virgill Birthtro 2023	Triace (Roland Voss) DESiRE	2:08	Active			2023-07-30
Warhawk	Rob Hubbard	3:44	Active	4.5		2023-05-07
Waving Sound	Zoltar X (Filip Golewski)	1:58	Active	4.4		2023-08-06
Wodospadem Czasu	Jakub Husak	4:43	Active	4.7		2023-08-24
XL Dance	YERZMYEY	3:04	Active	4.6		2023-09-05
Xmascard	505 (Nils Feske)	2:17	Active	4.5		2023-08-20
Yoomp! - Congratz	X-Ray (Łukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	0:14	Active	3.5		2023-08-22
Yoomp! - Game Over	X-Ray (Łukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	0:28	Active	4.0		2022-09-26
Yoomp! - In Game	X-Ray (Łukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	3:32	Active	4.1	l	2023-09-19
Yoomp! - Level Done	X-Ray (Łukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	0:12	Active			2022-09-26
Yoomp! - Menu	X-Ray (Łukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	1:09	Active	4.2		2023-08-18
Yoomp! - Start Level	X-Ray (Łukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	0:40	Active	4.3		2023-08-18
Zizibum	X-Ray (Łukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	6:29	Active	4.8	l	2023-09-18
Zybex	Adam Gilmore	2:10	Active	4.0	l	2023-09-14
[PONG] Atari Style	Factor6	2:58	Active	4.3		2023-08-20

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