Long before realistic graphics, online multiplayer games with expansive worlds, and downloadable content, there was Atari.

Documentary "Atari: Game Over" taps into the rise and fall of the first successful gaming console. Gamers and experts attribute its demise to a game that tanked: E.T. "It's been described as the worst ...

Like a lot of children of the ’80s, my early gaming nostalgia has a huge hole where the Atari 7800 might have lived. While practically everyone I knew had an NES during my childhood—and a few uncles ...

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 ...

Atari and Plaion revealed that they are working together to create the Atari 7800+, a scaled-down throwback mini-console based on Atari’s NES and Sega Master System competitor. The Atari 7800 was ...

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. Video ...

Steam is an online gaming service that was launched by Valve in 2003 in order to digitally distribute their games, including ...

Born in the 8-bit era, raised by the 16-bit era, and perfected by the 32-bit era, Cory's roots grew from the likes Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man to the world of Resident Evil and Castlevania. Owning ...

Nintendo's NES Classic Edition may have inspired Atari to launch its own console initiative, but will customers jump for games that are already widely available elsewhere? Share on Facebook (opens in ...

This new device might fill the need that Atari 50 on modern platforms can’t. Modern day Atari is certainly an interesting beast. To sum up a story that we perhaps take too long to tell, the first two ...