Man-themed retro console has me reliving childhood memories all over again and returned me to a simpler, pixelated past.

The Atari 2600 singlehandedly introduced home video games to the masses. A new book by ExtremeTech Editor-in-Chief Jamie Lendino shows how today’s game industry can be traced entirely to this seminal ...

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.

Now that we know how the graphics worked on the Nintendo Entertainment System and Commodore 64, The iBookGuy wants to tell us all about how the Apple II and Atari 2600 got their groove on. In the ...

The original Atari VCS console is being recreated in Lego form, complete with cartridges that can also be turned into scenes from the games. It seems it’s not just Nintendo that Lego has a licensing ...

The most notable of the home computer and console hardware from the 8-bit golden era didn’t get their impressive sound and graphics from off-the-shelf silicon, instead they relied on secretive custom ...

Released in 1977, the Atari 2600 was among the second generation of video game consoles and was hugely influenced by the arcade era. Originally called the Video Computer System, it would go on to be ...

A frequently joyful replica of a classic console that’s a bit too faithful for its own good. And it’s hard to work out who it’s for. This console, then, is more reissue than remake – although in ...

Old is new again. This is the Atari 2600+, a newly revamped version of the original 1980 Atari 2600 home console with lots of new bells and whistles to bring it into the modern age. Set to launch in ...