In 2024 that amounts to a staggering $864 value. Originally known as the Atari Video Computer System, this console was Atari's first entry in the home console market after finding plenty of ...

Atari is making a new video game console, 40 years after the launch of the Video Computer System. CEO Fred Chesnais told GamesBeat: "We're back in the hardware business." Although there aren't ...

[Ben Heck] posted this writeup about getting S-Video/composite out of an Atari 2600. This is actually the hack of [Longhorn Engineer], who showed it to [Ben] at a recent event. If any of you have ...

[Tony] posted an interesting video where he looks at the Atari 2600 and the way many companies tried to convert it into a real home computer. This reminded us of the ColecoVision, which started ...

The Atari video computer system, known as the Atari 2600 after ... Keep an eye out for these treasures, as they continue to appreciate in value and appeal. Editor's note: This article was produced ...

It's amazing what collectors will pay to get their hands on old electronics that helped shape today's tech. Here are six of ...

"Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System" by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost. 2009. Book. In-depth study of one of the most widely-adopted home video game systems from the perspective of a ...

Nobody with gaming in mind would choose a Linux computer with midrange specs over a PlayStation 4, so Atari is really betting on this console being a second or even third system for its target ...

The brand was very popular in the 1970s and 1980s, producing games like Pong and consoles like the Atari 2600. The video game crash of 1983 tanked the company, selling the computer and game ...

Image caption, Adventure was released in 1980 for the Atari Video Computer System, which was later renamed to the Atari 2600 Adventure’s designer Warren Robinett disagreed with this policy ...