T he Atari Pong arcade machine made its debut on this day in 1972. According to the iconic games firm, “from an initial ...

Regardless of whether or not the quarter cup really did runneth over, the Atari founders felt emboldened enough by their test drive to announce on Nov. 29 that they'd be rolling out Pong cabinets for ...

Today I found out “Pong” was originally meant only as a training exercise for a new gaming developer at Atari, Allan Alcorn, and wasn’t intended to be released as a consumer product. When Alcorn was ...

NEW YORK — A scruffy, young Steve Jobs worked at Atari before he founded Apple. "Pong," one of the world's first video games, was born there, as was "Centipede," a classic from the era of ...

As Pong's popularity started to decline (coupled with the introduction of the Fairchild Channel F, the first system to have programmable "ROM" cartridges), Atari realized that the market for home ...

This just might be the coolest-looking Xbox 360 out there. To help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the arcade classic Pong — yes, it’s been that long — Atari is giving away a freakin’ awesome custom ...

[Photo: Daniel McLeod on Etsy] Video game fanatics will always have a soft spot for the Atari 2600, the console that brought video games to the masses. With the exception of the occasional bout of ...

Atari recently confirmed the games included in the Atari Vault, a free bundle of classic arcade titles that come with the new Atari VCS system. Atari is baking in lots of extra nostalgic value in its ...

When the Atari 2600 came out in 1977, it revolutionized gaming by popularizing the use of game cartridges and microprocessor-based hardware. No longer were all of a console’s games built into the ...

Long before the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the Atari 2600 was heralded as the next generation of gaming. Look no further than the sweet joystick and the detailed graphics to see why it’s considered ...

Atari is further branching into the handheld market with a portable Atari 2600, complete with classic games and 1970's wood paneling. The Atari Retro Handheld aims to bring old-school gaming on-the-go ...

This is way the video game revolution began — not with a bang, but a Pong. Before gamers could swing like Spider-Man, rock a Tanooki suit like Mario or go fast like Sonic, they twirled knobs ...