Atari Retro News

Articles about the Atari 2600: its history, its hardware, the people who made the games, and guides to playing them here in your browser.

Guides How to Play Atari 5200 Games in Your Browser: Keys, Keypad and Tips Read article ▸ History From Arcade to Cartridge: How Arcade Hits Were Squeezed Onto the 2600 Read article ▸ History Sears Tele-Games: Atari Games Sold Under Another Name Read article ▸ History Beyond Atari: The Third-Party Publishers of the 2600 Read article ▸ History Atari 2600 Pac-Man: Why the Most Anticipated Port Disappointed Read article ▸ Guides How to Play Atari 7800 Games in Your Browser: Keys and Tips Read article ▸ History Racing the Beam: How Programmers Made Games With 128 Bytes of RAM Read article ▸ History Adventure and the First Easter Egg: Warren Robinett’s Secret Room Read article ▸ History The E.T. Landfill: Myth, Truth and the 2014 Alamogordo Dig Read article ▸ History How Activision Was Born: The Programmers Who Left Atari Read article ▸ History The Video Game Crash of 1983: What Happened to Atari? Read article ▸ Hardware Atari 2600 Console Switches Explained: Difficulty, Color/B-W, Select and Reset Read article ▸ Guides How to Play Atari 2600 Games in Your Browser: Controls, Keys and Tips Read article ▸ History Bootlegs and Rebrands: The Strange World of Clone Atari 2600 Cartridges Read article ▸ Hardware PAL vs NTSC: Why Some Atari 2600 Games Exist in Two Versions Read article ▸ Hardware Joystick, Paddle, Driving Controller and Keypad: Every Atari 2600 Controller Read article ▸ History Unreleased and Prototype Atari 2600 Games You Can Play Today Read article ▸ Guides The Atari 2600: Frequently Asked Questions Read article ▸ Top lists Top 10 Action Games for the Atari 2600 Read article ▸ Top lists Top 10 Sports Games for the Atari 2600 Read article ▸ Top lists Top 10 Racing Games for the Atari 2600: A Trip Down Memory Lane Read article ▸ Top lists Top 10 Atari 2600 Games That Defined a Generation Read article ▸ news AtariOnline.org finally launched Read article ▸