[The 8-Bit Guy] tells us how 8-bit Atari computers work. The first Atari came out in 1977, it was originally called the Atari Video Computer System. It was followed two years later, in 1979, by the ...

Forty years ago, Atari released its first personal computers: the Atari 400 and 800. They arrived in the fall of 1979 after a prerelease marketing campaign that had begun the previous January when the ...

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In 1979, Atari released the Atari 400 and 800, groundbreaking home computers that included custom graphics and sound chips, four joystick ports, and the ability to run the most advanced home video ...

Although the popularity of retro gaming consoles may have waned since Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition was released in 2014, that isn’t stopping UK-based Retro Games from adding a niche entry into the ...

I've got a shelf full of computer history books, many of which I love and have reread several times. But I wanted to write one that focused on the first real computer I grew up with, the one that ...

This article was taken from the September 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content ...

It may seem strange today, but there was a time when Atari made cutting-edge computers. That’s right–the company sold modern computers with mice, MIDI inputs, hard drives, and high-resolution ...

Get ready to be transported back to a wood-paneled basement where the music from ’80s video games bounces off the walls. LEGO’s latest “Adults Welcome” kit is the Atari 2600 VCS (Video Computer System ...