Atari 2600 Launch: Combat (1977) Believe it or not, those huge blocky walls and pixelated tanks were state-of-the-art graphics in their day. 20 more images in gallery In the never-ending war between PC and console gamers, one of the PC side's favorite points is the fact that console hardware stays frustratingly static for years at a time, while PC users can upgrade everything from the RAM to the graphics card as technology improves.