The Atari 2600 wasn't the first video game console, or even the first one to accept cartridges. Atari released it in the fall of 1977, and it sold reasonably well in its first holiday season. But ...

Despite not being the first video game console ever made, for many, the Atari 2600 is the definitive beginning of home video game entertainment. Its hardware limitations resulted in games that relied ...

On Christmas Day 1982, I unwrapped my very first video game console, an Atari 2600. Although it was released in 1977, it was new to me, and I'm pretty sure the reason my parents got it for me was ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Atari 50: The First Console War Well before the current day console wars dominated social media and message boards, Atari's VCS and Intellivision collided ...