The company that currently owns the Atari name and trademarks has decided to give owners of the old Atari Video Computer System (aka the Atari 2600) something new to do. Mr. Run and Jump is a new ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Your Atari 2600 probably hasn't gotten much use in recent... decades, but that could change very soon. Via its Atari XP initiative, Atari is releasing ...

The French acquisition of Atari, now Atari SA, has given the world promising developments for the retro gaming experience, as after it released a cartridge earlier this year, is now re-releasing a ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Atari 2600 Plus is a shrunken version of the 2600 that works with both 2600 and 7800 cartridges, and it’s ...

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Atari is proving that retro gaming isn’t just a nostalgic fling—it’s a full-on revival. In 2025, new cartridges for the Atari 2600 and 7800 are still being produced, fueled by the popularity of the ...

Atari unveiled the final design for their upcoming limited edition Atari 2600 cartridges, all of which will be coming out for Atari XP. The company revealed that these designs were on the way a while ...

Yesterday the folks at whatever counts as Atari these days launched Atari XP, a series of collectible and playable Atari 2600 cartridges featuring homebrew and prototype games never officially ...

In brief: Atari is launching the AtariXP program in which the retro gaming company will be selling unreleased 2600 games like Aquaventure, Saboteur and Yars' Return in cartridge format. These games ...

Atari just announced preorders for a physical cartridge for the company’s once-ubiquitous 2600 console. You read that right. A gaming console that counts 1982 as its most successful year is releasing ...

Atari has announced the 2600+, a new retro gaming console that plays Atari 2600 and 7800 cartridges. For the uninitiated, the Atari 2600—known initially as the Video Computer System, or VCS for ...