If you’ve ever walked into a dimly lit arcade, the air buzzing with the sounds of bleeps and bloops, you might have stumbled upon Tempest. Released in 1981 by ...

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

Pac-Man is nothing short of iconic—a game so loved it’s been ported to nearly every console imaginable. But the Atari 2600 version, released in 1982, left players scratching their heads – as ...

That's because, while it is 80% smaller than the original, the forthcoming Atari 2600+ is no locked device running pre-installed, emulated games. It plays the exact same cartridges I coveted as a kid.

One of these is the Atari 2600 paddle controller, which was the preferred interface for playing games like Kaboom!, Tempest, and Pong. While it is possible to play these games with a mouse ...

Despite not being the first video game console ever made, for many, the Atari 2600 is the definitive beginning of home video ...