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

For years, the house that Pong built was synonymous with the arcade ... Yars Revenge was one of the flagship titles of the Atari 2600 and resembled a twisted take on Space Invaders, although ...

Now widely regarded as the first video game to achieve serious commercial success, Atari’s 1972 Pong allowed two people ... home consoles such as the Atari 2600 and the Nintendo NES around ...

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 ...

The 1970s was one of tech's golden eras, marking the dawn of personal computing and video games. From gadgets like the first digital watch to the classic Atari 2600 game system, there was no ...

[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 ...

Relive dozens or even hundreds of classic games on these retro gaming handhelds with built-in titles and a cartridge slot.

[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 ...

Unusual and underappreciated Atari 2600 innovations, as well as hidden gems from the 1980's A spotlight on the artist Evelyn Seto, who helped create Atari's iconic logo The community's quest for ...

There are 25 arcade titles available on Atari 50, including the iconic Pong, Asteroids ... the look of the original arcade cabinets. The 2600 is arguably the star of the show here, and there ...

This details the long-running rivalry between the Atari 2600 and Mattel's Intellivision (a brand Atari purchased in May) across six video segments and 20 playable games - including a selection of ...

Here’s what to expect in the new downloadable content expansion: Unusual and underappreciated Atari 2600 innovations as ... iconic “Fuji” Atari logo; Pong creator Al Alcorn explaining ...