Instead of trying to compete with the Apple Watch’s capabilities, the Atari 2600 My Play Watch targets longtime gamers nostalgic enough for the consoles of their youth to spend $79.99 on an ...

Atari offers a smartwatch for gaming nostalgics: The Atari 2600 My Play Watch lets you play Pong and other classic games. Nostalgia for the wrist: Atari has unveiled the Atari 2600 My Play Watch ...

Atari is now ... with Atari 2600-themed artwork and sound effects. But pushing it squarely into impulse purchase territory is ...

Thanks to the foothold Pong established, Atari remained at the forefront of that first wave of the video game revolution. The company's cabinets were mainstays at video arcades, and the 2600 ...

[Photo: Daniel McLeod on Etsy] Video game fanatics will always have a soft spot for the Atari 2600, the console that brought video games to the masses. With the exception of the occasional bout of ...

Now, instead of just playing "Pong," Atari home console owners could play a number of games on their own home television. This technology had been utilized prior to the 2600, notably by the ...

Exactly 50 years ago today, Atari released Pong. It wasn’t the first video game ever created, nor the original take on virtual table tennis – a fact that would eventually lead to two decades ...

Just like with the arcade iteration, home "Pong" quickly spawned many copycats, as competitors saw how successful the game has become. However, in 1977, Atari proved to be one step ahead of the entire ...