The Atari 2600 is mostly forgotten nowadays, despite the console producing some truly brilliant games that are still kind of ...

It's a wonder how gamers could stand to play Atari 2600 duds like Pac-Man and Swordquest.

The Atari 2600 wasn't the first video game console, or even the first one to accept cartridges. Atari released it in the fall of 1977, and it sold reasonably well in its first holiday season. But ...

The Atari 2600 is not a dead console yet, if the new game development studio Audacity Games has anything to say about it. Composed of former Activision personnel, the studio will produce retro games ...

The Atari 2600+ comes out tomorrow for $129.99 (see it on Amazon). Anyone who lived through the early days of console gaming, or who’s interested in seeing what it was like, may want to take a look at ...

The Atari 2600+ launched last fall, offering a modern take on the retro console. While it’s compatible with hundreds of old Atari 2600 cartridges, the unit is built with tons of quality-of-life ...

One of the dominant names in gaming going into the '80s was Atari, which produced titles for both the thriving arcade scene and its own home platforms. Among Atari's major home consoles was the Atari ...

The Atari 2600 Plus is a nostalgia dream for those who remember the original, but also fun for new generations. Equipped with HDMI, you can now play the games on a modern TV. Not everything is perfect ...

Here's a retro-gaming console perfectly timed for the holiday season – an ideal gift for the classic gamer on your list, or just for yourself. The Atari 2600+ ($129.99, out today, on Atari.com and ...

Think fitness trackers have become boring? Atari is here to shake things up with the Atari 2600 My Play Watch, which combines the wearable basics with retro games. The Atari 2600 My Play Watch takes ...

As the successor to Atari’s home console crown, Nintendo, pushes forward with its Switch system, and newer players like Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation 5 traffic in blockbuster, Triple-A games ...