For fans of old-school games, it's kind of like Coke acquiring Pepsi: Atari, which produced one of the first hit home game consoles, announced a deal to acquire the brand of long-time rival ...

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

However, my first impressions ... so than most "mini" games console re-releases of recent times. That's because, while it is 80% smaller than the original, the forthcoming Atari 2600+ is no ...

TOKYO: Nostalgia buffs and Luddites rejoice: Atari is reviving its pioneering 2600 video games console ... recreation of the pioneering console that first appeared in 1980." ...

Its keyboard is just for show (much like its older stablemates) but you can play a library of 25 built-in games, not just those released for the 400, but also Atari 800, XL, XE and 5200 titles.