The original Atari VCS console is being recreated in Lego form, complete with cartridges that can also be turned into scenes from the games. It seems it’s not just Nintendo that Lego has a licensing ...

Now that we know how the graphics worked on the Nintendo Entertainment System and Commodore 64, The iBookGuy wants to tell us all about how the Apple II and Atari 2600 got their groove on. In the ...

The most notable of the home computer and console hardware from the 8-bit golden era didn’t get their impressive sound and graphics from off-the-shelf silicon, instead they relied on secretive custom ...

When the Atari 2600 came out in 1977, it revolutionized gaming by popularizing the use of game cartridges and microprocessor-based hardware. No longer were all of a console’s games built into the ...

The Atari 2600 singlehandedly introduced home video games to the masses. A new book by ExtremeTech Editor-in-Chief Jamie Lendino shows how today’s game industry can be traced entirely to this seminal ...

From Atari Interactive, Inc. comes the Atari 2600+, the highly anticipated refresh of the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), Atari’s legendary console that was first released in September 1977.

This week it appears that one developer fan of Nintendo's hero series Mario has taken his love for the original to a whole new level – backwards. Atari Age forum member Sprybug has taken data from the ...

The retro gaming world just got a little brighter, literally. Atari has unveiled the Atari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition, a cheerful, bright-yellow version of its modern retro console. Designed as a tribute ...

The LEGO Icons Atari 2600 10306 recreates one of gaming's most vintage consoles in LEGO form. The LEGO model is larger than the actual console, measuring in at 19"x23"x5" (the actual console measured ...