Bringing modern protocols and techniques to vintage computers is a favorite pastime for hackers, and over the years we’ve seen some absolutely incredible hardware and software projects designed ...

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 excerpt is from Jamie Lendino’s Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation, an amazing book that details with an obsessive’s eye the rise and fall of Atari 8-bit computers. While ...

The long-awaited Atari VCS doesn't know if it wants to be a game console, a PC or something in between. Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and ...

The best '80s game consoles include the NES and Sega Genesis.

Atari also doesn’t like it when people call the VCS a “console.” That word implies a closed system, often sold at a loss, where the platform-holder has full control over the hardware and the apps and ...

Running 1980s home computer software on your modern Mac is fun, but can be done in many different ways. Here's how to run retro Atari, Sinclair, and Commodore software on the latest hardware. In Part ...

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[Tony] posted an interesting video where he looks at the Atari 2600 and the way many companies tried to convert it into a real home computer. This reminded us of the ColecoVision, which started out as ...

Atari did a lot of things in the golden age of gaming, but few people would’ve guessed it ran summer camps in the 1980s. In many ways, it’s unimaginable, but through a modern lens, it makes perfect ...