I can still remember every detail of my years spent playing my mom’s hand-me-down Atari 2600 as a kid. I had the system set up on an old CRT TV in the corner of my bedroom. On weekends, I’d sit down ...

A new version of the Atari 2600 will be releasing this fall, and it will be compatible with classic games released for the original platform, as well as the Atari 7800. Releasing on November 17th, the ...

Atari's Video Computer System wasn’t the first game console, but it was the one that changed the world for an entire generation. An avid audio and vintage computer enthusiast, Jamie has been a writer ...

Gaming history is something that is still being made, but the origins of the video game market can be traced back to certain people and companies. One of those companies was Atari. They were one of ...

It's time to dust off your old Atari cartridges as the company again tries to tap into gaming nostalgia with an updated version of its iconic Atari 2600. The upcoming Plus model has the same look as ...

If there’s one console that holds a special place in the hearts of console gamers of a certain age, it’s the Atari 2600. A 6502 based system with a cartridge slot and a couple of joysticks, it plugged ...

Atari recently confirmed the games included in the Atari Vault, a free bundle of classic arcade titles that come with the new Atari VCS system. Atari is baking in lots of extra nostalgic value in its ...

When the Atari 2600 came out in 1977, it revolutionized gaming by popularizing the use of game cartridges and microprocessor-based hardware. No longer were all of a console’s games built into the ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Santa Clara’s Digital Game Museum came across a near-complete version of the cancelled Atari 2600 version of arcade classic Xevious. Behold the ...

The Atari 2600 may not be the very first video game home console, but it was certainly the first one to cut through to ...