The Atari home video game system took the late1970s and early 1980s by storm, complete with faux wood paneling and a classic joystick with a big red button. Rival systems eventually surpassed the ...

Microsoft Copilot is the latest AI to have been trounced in Atari Chess, despite its pre-game confidence in a victory.

For its part, Video Chess is very basic chess software, even if creating a working engine within 4KB is its own kind of ...

We played games on the Atari 2600+ — the highly anticipated refresh of the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), Atari’s legendary console from 1977 — and here’s what we thought.

And while the games of the Atari 2600 may feel quite archaic by todays standards, the systems very best demonstrate the creativity of developers working within extremely confined limitations ...

Atari and Plaion are teaming up to release the 2600+ home retro console that plays actual Atari cartridges.

The Atari 2600, which was one of the first modern consoles when it was released 46 years ago in 1977, is making a comeback. Atari and publisher Plaion have announced the Atari 2600+, which is ...

The Atari 2600+ comes with 10 games and can play newly made retro cartridges, but it also works with the 40-year-old dusty plastic in your storage cupboard.

Atari is partnering with publisher, developer, and distributor Plaion Games to launch the Atari 7800 Plus, which has a bevy of cool features.

Atari is teaming up with Plaion on a new retro home console after finally taking a mulligan on its last one. The Atari 2600+ pays homage to the original Atari 2600, which delighted children of the ...

For Atari’s 50th anniversary, LEGO is releasing a new set based on the 1980-version of the Atari 2600 video game console. The new set will cost $239.99.