Some four decades ago, developers of the game Tarzan for the ColeVision console were ready to release a version for the Atari 2600, but it never saw the light of day. Why? Crummy timing, for the most ...

My first childhood memory was playing Pitfall! on the Atari 2600. I loved them at the time. All that said, I definitely feel that Atari games have not held up the way NES and SNES, and even some ...

The Atari 2600 Plus is a shrunken version of the 2600 that works with both 2600 and 7800 cartridges, and it’s coming in November. The Atari 2600 Plus is a shrunken version of the 2600 that works with ...

Atari is teaming up with Plaion on a new retro home console after finally taking a mulligan on its last one. The Atari 2600+ pays homage to the original Atari 2600, which delighted children of the ...

A staunch Nintendo loyalist, Cameron has been an impassioned gamer since Christmas of 2007, being among the kids who got into the hobby through the Wii. His favorite franchises include Mario, Sonic, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A British writer who specializes in indie gaming and LEGO. The Atari 2600–the console that shook the world in the late ’70s and ...

There’s a new retro console out just in time for the holidays. The Atari 2600+ ($129.99 on Amazon) is the most retro of retro consoles—so retro, in fact, that it’s actually compatible with original ...

From Atari Interactive, Inc. comes the Atari 2600+, the highly anticipated refresh of the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), Atari’s legendary console that was first released in September 1977.

The classic beeps and boops of retro video gaming are back. Atari is relaunching its first video game console with a modern twist, now called the Atari 2600+. The original Atari wouldn’t feel the same ...

As Senior Video Producer at CNET, Sean worked on more videos than he can count. He covered video games and video game hardware through previews, reviews, events and more. The Atari 2600 is back, but ...