The original Atari VCS console is being recreated in Lego form, complete with cartridges that can also be turned into scenes from the games. It seems it’s not just Nintendo that Lego has a licensing ...

On Sept. 11, 1977, Atari unveiled the Video Computer System (VCS). It wasn’t the first game console, or even the first console to accept cartridges. But the Atari 2600, as the VCS came to be called, ...

If you’ve ever tried plugging an unmodified early generation gaming console into an HDTV, you already know that modern flat screens do a pretty poor job with RF signals that were designed for a ...

Long before realistic graphics, online multiplayer games with expansive worlds, and downloadable content, there was Atari. For an entire generation, Atari was more than a video game console. It was a ...

The Atari 2600 singlehandedly introduced home video games to the masses. A new book by ExtremeTech Editor-in-Chief Jamie Lendino shows how today’s game industry can be traced entirely to this seminal ...

The new LEGO Atari 2600 is LEGO's latest overture to the adult gaming audience. The LEGO Atari 2600 is a vintage trip, recreating the original console's build and proportions. There is a sparing use ...

Now that we know how the graphics worked on the Nintendo Entertainment System and Commodore 64, The iBookGuy wants to tell us all about how the Apple II and Atari 2600 got their groove on. In the ...

The most notable of the home computer and console hardware from the 8-bit golden era didn’t get their impressive sound and graphics from off-the-shelf silicon, instead they relied on secretive custom ...

Welcome to IGN Retro's new weekly countdown of the strange, silliest, and best moments in classic gaming: Top 10 Tuesday. But don't let that "top" part lull you -- we'll point out just as much infamy ...

Released in 1977, the Atari 2600 was among the second generation of video game consoles and was hugely influenced by the arcade era. Originally called the Video Computer System, it would go on to be ...