As Activision’s F-14 Tomcat game for the Atari 2600 console, it seemed ripe for use as a project enclosure of some sort. When he came across a couple of 9-pin D-sub joystick ports, he had an idea.

Atari 7800+ is a modern take on the classic console that works with old cartridges & features HDMI. Includes new games like ...

Adventure: The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming ... The control scheme differs wildly from the original cartridge. The first game had its issues, but it did an amiable job making maximum ...

Atari’s strict limitations on black backgrounds and its choice to cut costs by sticking with a 4 K cartridge left the game barely recognizable. The famous pellet-chomping maze became simpler ...

Companies like Retro-bit and Limited Run Games are helping to revitalize old consoles by producing new cartridges for them.

Atari made video game history in 1977. Its original console introduced many people to a cartridge-based system, allowing them to play Pac-Man, Asteroids, and Centipede at home without plugging in ...

Much like last year's Atari 2600+, the 7800+ shell is a slightly slimmed-down version of Atari's nostalgic hardware design. This time, Atari took design inspiration from the rainbow-adorned European ...

Still, the console doesn’t modify each cartridge to make each game ... Atari released for last year’s 2600+ console, plus the upcoming RealSports collection, Caverns of Mars, and Adventure.

That latter option is just for 2600 games, though, which is a bit of a kicker. Just like the 2600+, Atari’s latest version will boot immediately into any compatible cartridge you shove in its slot.