Pac-Man is the best-selling Atari 2600 game of all time, selling over 8 million copies. It had such a cultural impact that even people who don't play video games know about it. Related ...

One of the most iconic stories from the Atari 2600 era is about the game Adventure, released in 1980. ... Atari sued Activision in 1980, but the case was settled within two years.

Atari's David Lowey discusses the new Atari 2600+ and the importance ... classic games available to all people. The Atari 2600+ is currently ... circles for both THQ and Activision, ...

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

Created in partnership with Antstream Arcade, Retro Classics is a collection of older Activision video games released for retro platforms like Atari 2600, DOS, Amiga, and more.

Mr. Run and Jump is the first new Atari 2600 game to be announced in more than three decades and is getting a full conversion onto the company's 46-year-old console. Pre-orders for the cartridge ...

For a time, there was no stopping Atari. If you were a kid in the early 1980s, you had to have a 2600 and the latest games. The 2600 itself also saw several iterations, all 100% compatible with ...

"The Atari 2600 port of Outlaw, developed by Atari programmer and Activision co-founder David Crane, has 16 different game variations, including one and two-player modes, unlimited fire or the ...

I’m old enough to remember the Atari 2600’s heyday, and one thing that’s been a bit sad for me in more recent decades is seeing many people be either ignorant or dismissive of Atari’s ...

The Atari 2600 My Play Watch will track your daily steps and lets you play Centipede, ... They are based on the Atari 2600 versions of the games, released between 1977 and 1981.