Built to the specifications of Atari's 8-bit computer line, which began in 1979 with the Atari 400 and 800 systems, the Atarino Pico is no mere emulator (like the Atari 400 Mini).

In communist Poland, Western computers were primarily available through Pewex, a chain of hard-currency shops that accepted only US dollars.Despite COCOM embargoes on Western technology, Atari ...

Popular home personal computer company was established by Utahn Nolan Bushnell on this date in 1972. Video games soon ...

Although we might all fundamentally recognize that gaming consoles are just specialized computers, we generally treat them, ...

Sneeze and this incredibly tiny postage-stamp-sized Atari computer recreation is a goner; Publisher who resurrected lost pirate game Captain Blood says it's 'a 3 or 4' by today's standards, ...

The Atari 400 and 800 signaled the start of a new era in computing. Breakout, by ExtremeTech editor-in-chief Jamie Lendino, was the first book to cover what made Atari’s groundbreaking computer ...

Compelling games this year include fantasy epics, a fast-paced cooperative adventure and a mysterious manor oozing with ...

Nostalgic Atari fans can add the Atari 400 Mini to their collection for only $97.19 for a limited time. This is the lowest price yet for the recreation of the 1979 8-bit home computer that ...

Running 1980s home computer software on your modern Mac is fun, but can be done in many different ways. Here's how to run retro Atari, Sinclair, and Commodore software on the latest hardware.

The new Atari 400 Mini takes that to another level, even if it comes with some trade-offs. The new retro system takes the NES Classic Edition route, shrinking the original 8-bit Atari computer ...

Yet Atari computers became more widespread than most. This was in part thanks to Jack Tramiel, Atari's Polish-born owner, who made efforts to bring his systems to the Polish market.