Atari 2600 News & Stories

June 28, 2011 marked 39 years of Atari. That is almost four decades of gaming fun, and Atari is often considered the grandpappy of the home video gaming console craze, which has since exploded.

ATGames has announced a green light for its “new old” home video gaming console, the Flashback 3. This device, similar to other that came before it, is a plug and play machine similar to the more modern versions of the SEGA Mega Drive.

Ian Bogost may have answered the question: “Are video games art?” You’ve all seen the argument broached somewhere. Perhaps, in the case of his interesting Atari 2600 gaming collection A Slow Year, the argument can finally come to a close.

August 6, 2011 may seem like a long ways away, but there is no time like the present to start compiling your lists of faves for induction into the Video Game Hall of Fame…the ceremony for which takes place on the aforementioned date.

Retro gamers were admittedly pretty excited to learn that Atari’s Greatest Hits was being offered on iOS, the operating system for devices such as the iPad or iPhone. That would stand to reason, since the compilation application offered classic games such as Pong, Tempest, and Centipede, along with over one hundred other old school titles.

May 4 was Star Wars Day, born out of the notion that May the Fourth sounds ominously like “May the Force”, the beginning of the most oft quoted line from the classic Star Wars flicks (1977). George Lucas is often credited as being the godfather of science fiction and epic film because of the original [...]

People tend to have fits about celebrating birthdays that end in “0”.  Not video games.  They relish it.  Sometimes, in fact, they are so happy to be getting older that they celebrate before their time is up!

All you retro gamers out there who are still modern enough to love their iPad or iPhone are in luck. With a total of 110 games in this compilation, lovers of the old Atari 2600 especially will be able to revisit some real classics.

So, you love Atari.  She loves jewelry.  What a perfect match!! Well, at least it could be if you follow these simple instructions from Instructables.  With some very simple tools and very inexpensive materials, you can have one of the coolest and most original jewelry boxes ever.

In March 2011, Double Dragon Reboot was launched for the iPad and iPhone.  Many retro fans will definitely recall this classic title from the coin ops.  It was eventually ported to most every major home gaming console, including the NES, C64, Amiga, Atari 2600 and the ZX Spectrum.  Further, it was made into a movie.