While the world watched Steve Jobs unveil the new AppleTV Wednesday, the geeks at iFixit were busy taking the lid off something very different, the Atari 2600. iFixit’s tear down of the 33-year ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was ...

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC ran on the same CPU that powered the Apple II, Commodore 8-bit series, NES, and Atari 2600.

The Atari brand recently turned 50 and the latest way that its current owner, Atari Interactive, is marking the occasion is with a Lego kit for its most popular console. The Atari 2600 set will be ...

Gaming Atari 2600+ review: replica retro console comes incredibly close to absolute authenticity Atari's latest tribute to the past nails the look and feel of the 1977 console, but a reliance on ...

The Atari 2600+ isn't just another retro cash-in; it's a true time machine that recreates what it felt like to game in the 1980s.

The Atari 2600+ is out now (you can order yours from retailers like Amazon) and it comes packaged with both a controller and a cartridge containing 10 classic games.

Sliding open the top panel of the Lego Atari 2600 reveals an ’80s-throwback gaming scene, with a Lego minifigure playing Asteroids on an even tinier Atari console.

About Mr. Run and Jump 2600: a simple yet challenging 2D platformer originally developed for the Atari 2600 video game console. Built to run on old hardware, Mr. Run and Jump is a brand-new game ...

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.

LEGO's latest set is an Atari 2600 video game console with a joystick and three classic game cartridges. It's over 2,500 pieces of nostalgia.

Emulators that run games from old videogame hardware are wonderful things, but playing an Atari 2600 game on a brand-new LCD monitor doesn’t really replicate the visual experience of playing the ...