Needless to say, Pac-Man’s launch on Atari 2600 led to record sales and it is still the highest-selling game on that platform of all time. It seemed as if people wanted the Atari 2600 purely to ...

Warlords is another favourable arcade port for the Atari 2600 that leaned heavily into the multiplayer aspect of the system. The game puts a clever twist on the Pong/Breakout formula by having you ...

For its part, Video Chess is very basic chess software, even if creating a working engine within 4KB is its own kind of ...

We played games on the Atari 2600+ — the highly anticipated refresh of the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), Atari’s legendary console from 1977 — and here’s what we thought.

Preorder Atari 2600+ Console, Games, and Accessories. Out November 17 Atari 2600+ Console. 1. Comes with a controller and a cartridge with 10 games. $129.99 at Amazon.

Preorders are now open for all the new arrivals. Ninja Golf and Food Fight are the only games in the lineup, but both cartridges are supported by the new Atari 2600+ and the original Atari console ...

Nostalgic tech enthusiasts who miss collecting Atari 2600 game cartridges will get a shot to add one more title to their collection on July 31, when they’ll be able to preorder a “Mr. Run and ...

In this photo taken on August 12, 2017, a visitor poses with a T-shirt depicting an Atari 2600 video game console from the early 1980s, during the Retro.HK gaming expo in Hong Kong.

The Atari 2600+ is not to be confused with the Atari VCS, an AMD Ryzen-powered (but aging) mini desktop PC that also emulates old Atari games but does a few other things on top of that. Related ...

The Atari 2600 wasn't the first video game console, or even the first one to accept cartridges. Atari released it in the fall of 1977, and it sold reasonably well in its first holiday season.

The Atari 2600 "Darth Vader" edition, released in 1982, is a special version of the classic console featuring an all-black, design reminiscent of Vader's iconic helmet from Star Wars.