However, the Atari 2600's library was also its downfall. The film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial had a huge amount of hype behind it. It was helped in no small part by director Steven Spielberg being at ...

The Atari 2600 Plus is a nostalgia dream for those who remember the original, but also fun for new generations. Equipped with HDMI, you can now play the games on a modern TV. Not everything is perfect ...

A frequently joyful replica of a classic console that’s a bit too faithful for its own good. And it’s hard to work out who it’s for. This console, then, is more reissue than remake – although in ...

From Atari Interactive, Inc. comes the Atari 2600+, the highly anticipated refresh of the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), Atari’s legendary console that was first released in September 1977.

As Senior Video Producer at CNET, Sean worked on more videos than he can count. He covered video games and video game hardware through previews, reviews, events and more. The Atari 2600 is back, but ...

There’s a new retro console out just in time for the holidays. The Atari 2600+ ($129.99 on Amazon) is the most retro of retro consoles—so retro, in fact, that it’s actually compatible with original ...

I can still remember every detail of my years spent playing my mom’s hand-me-down Atari 2600 as a kid. I had the system set up on an old CRT TV in the corner of my bedroom. On weekends, I’d sit down ...

If you're of a certain age, that is to say "old," then your first video game experience was likely on an Atari 2600 console. The wood-grain accented plastic box, with its mechanical switches and ...

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 ...

Atari has announced the 2600+, a new retro gaming console that plays Atari 2600 and 7800 cartridges. For the uninitiated, the Atari 2600—known initially as the Video Computer System, or VCS for ...

Chris Birsner is a writer and journalist who most recently worked as an editor at Anton Media Group on Long Island. He is a 2018 graduate of Hofstra University. He enjoys playing Nintendo Switch, ...