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 ...

As Activision’s F-14 Tomcat game for the Atari 2600 console, it seemed ripe for use as a project enclosure of some sort. When he came across a couple of 9-pin D-sub joystick ports, he had an idea.

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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.

After releasing several games for the Atari 2600 and other computer-based consoles, famed Pitfall! programmer and designer David Crane abandoned his traditional Activision backing, formed Absolute ...