Back in 1972, a small company in the United States called Atari was formed, and it quickly became one of the most important video game companies in history. As time passed, the company contributed to ...

Nobody made games for it in the 1980s, which is part of why it failed.

Owning an Atari 2600 or an early Nintendo Entertainment System meant remembering far more than the games themselves.

As video games become an increasingly digital-first hobby, the people keeping the Atari name alive are going back to their roots, by offering new versions of their 1980s classics.

Revisiting your favorite games from years gone by isn’t always easy. If you haven’t held onto older consoles, getting ahold of them these days can be pricey. And even then, you have to track down ...

One of the dominant names in gaming going into the '80s was Atari, which produced titles for both the thriving arcade scene and its own home platforms. Among Atari's major home consoles was the Atari ...

Atari has a new retro console on the way from a former rival, as they have revealed the Intellivision Sprint retro gaming console. This is a modern-day take on the original Intellivision console ...

Atari's infamous E.T. game failure led to a landfill mystery. Unsold cartridges were reportedly dumped in New Mexico decades ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. The Atari 2600 was first launched in 1977, and the iconic wood-paneled video game console is widely regarded as the first device to bring gaming from the ...

45 years ago, Mattel Electronics changed video game home consoles with the introduction of Intellivision. At the time, the biggest console gaming console by a significant margin was Atari. The ...

In the '70s and '80s, Atari was one of the biggest names in video games. Founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, the California-based company Atari Inc. was a pioneer in home consoles, home ...