The first video game system in the Aamoth household was the Atari 2600. My parents bought it used from our next door neighbors, wrapped it up, and put it under the Christmas tree. Pitfall! was one of ...

This week we’re taking another departure from the ordinarily campy videos featured in the Retrotechtacular section. This time around the video is only two years old, but the subject matter is from the ...

My first childhood memory was playing Pitfall! on the Atari 2600. I loved them at the time. All that said, I definitely feel that Atari games have not held up the way NES and SNES, and even some ...

It has been 35 years since the release of Activision's Pitfall! The game made its debut on the Atari 2600 and featured Pitfall Harry who was challenged with collecting treasures while avoiding various ...

Some four decades ago, developers of the game Tarzan for the ColeVision console were ready to release a version for the Atari 2600, but it never saw the light of day. Why? Crummy timing, for the most ...

In brief: Lego is reportedly prepping another bricked game console following the successful launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System in the summer of 2020. According to Promo Bricks, the Lego Atari ...

Over the past several years, LEGO has been exploring video game-related sets in exciting new ways. LEGO's partnership with Nintendo, which has led to fun NES console and interactive Super Mario Bros.

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 ...

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Following the success of Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition and Sony Playstation Classic retro mini-consoles, Atari is finally hopping on the trend with one of its own: the Atari 2600+. The re-release of ...

One thing long-time gamers love is nostalgia, and Atari, with help from Plaion, is banking on it with the release of the Atari 2600+ retro home console. With Plaion handling publishing duties, Atari ...

Owen S. Good is a longtime veteran of video games writing, well known for his coverage of sports and racing games. The Atari 2600 — in its familiar, wood-paneled, super-groovy late-1970s incarnation — ...