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 ...

but all was not lost for 2600 fans. In the last decade the format was revived as the Atari Flashback, an all-in-one console containing a selection of games and no cartridge slot. The Flashback had ...

The Atari 2600 wasn't the first video game console, or even the first one to accept cartridges. Atari released it in the fall of 1977, and it sold reasonably well in its first holiday season.

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.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. A British writer who specializes in indie gaming. While the Yars Rising announcement trailer stops short of demonstrating full-motion ...

It supports both Atari 2600 and 7800 cartridges, offering compatibility with a wide range of games from the initial golden era of home consoles. The inclusion of HDMI ensures the console can be ...

though you can also play games via USB flash drive. This console includes a CXStick joystick, which is a recreation of the iconic Atari CX40. The Atari 2600+ offers many of the same features as ...

The LEGO Icons Atari 2600 ... each of the three games, including a spaceship shooting at asteroids, a castle and a centipede with mushroom builds. We built the LEGO Atari 2600 ourselves back ...