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 ...

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The Atari 7800+ is discounted to its best price since the retro console launched last November. As part of Woot's Spring Video Game Sale ... whereas the Atari 2600+ and Atari 7800+ are built ...

But the term, Easter egg, has taken on a second meaning since the release of a 1980 video game for the Atari 2600. Gaming content creator, LLXP took to TikTok to explain how and why the name came ...

A perfect game for nostalgic evenings or family game nights. Defender for the Atari 2600 is a classic that showcases the charm of early video gaming. Its side-scrolling shooter gameplay is both ...

However, certain games are released in a genuinely unacceptable state, whether due to fundamental design flaws, technical ...

Commonly considered as one of the most influential video games of all time, the goal is to defeat wave after wave of descending aliens with a horizontally moving laser cannon to earn as many points as ...

For a limited time, Amazon offers Atari's CX78+ Wireless Gamepad at a tremendous discount, bringing the price down first time by a whopping 29 percent. This unique game controller blends the form ...

After reading a book about programming for the 1970s Atari 2600 video-game console, Fries decided to try his hand at writing some of his own code for the vintage console. Fries recreated the game ...

Atari’s spectacular flame-out scared retailers away from videogame consoles, with a deluge of terrible, unsold 2600 ... best games that Nintendo made in the 1980s, starting with a weird sequel ...

But every once in a while, an event wells up in the weird-and-wild wilderness of the minor leagues that we can’t ignore. So … Have you heard about The 22-Walk Game? It happened Tuesday night ...

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