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 ...

The Arcade Learning Environment (ALE) is a simple framework that allows researchers and hobbyists to develop AI agents for Atari 2600 games. It is built on top of the Atari 2600 emulator Stella and ...

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

With the holiday season approaching, the nights closing in and getting a little chillier all around what better way than… ...

Yars Rising is the latest offering in a 40-year-old video game franchise that began in 1982 with the release of Yars’ Revenge for the Atari 2600 home console. In an industry first, Atari paired ...

The first reported game of pong was played in the mid-1950s. However, it was a niche social activity reserved only for certain fraternities that didn’t gain mainstream popularity until the early ’70s.

Included are 19 new games revealed by MetalJesusRocks, who partnered with Atari for the announcement in this video. Unusual and underappreciated Atari 2600 innovations, as well as hidden gems from the ...

A number of premium video game themed Lego sets are due to retire soon. According to Lego’s online store, the Lego Nintendo Entertainment System, Lego Atari 2600 and Lego Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill ...

(Photo by James Devaney/GC Images) The first images have emerged of Timothée Chalamet in character as a 1950s ping pong prodigy in his upcoming film Marty Supreme. It was revealed in July that ...

When you think of old Atari consoles, most people picture the Atari 2600 (aka the Atari VCS), that classic woodgrain system with the large switches on it. It’s the reason Atari decided to recreate the ...

It began in 1975 with its stand-alone Pong system (which spawned a litany of Pong consoles), which was successful enough for it to develop the Atari 2600 in 1977. The Atari 2600 was a revolution for ...

Atari 50 is rightly considered to be the best retro gaming collection ever made. While there are a few other collections with superior games lists (the SEGA Mega Drive Collection springs to mind ...