Last month, thousands of copies of ET (along with other Atari games) were found buried beneath the New Mexico…
Minimum is going to be free to play this weekend, Atari announced today. You can try to snag a code for the neat-looking shooter the publisher rescued from TimeGate's untimely closure over at GamePedia's wiki for the game. Learn more about the game here. Read more
The excavation of Atari's game graveyard—which unearthed many copies of the infamous failed E.T. game—definitely…
E.T. wasn’t the only thing excavators found in the Atari landfill this weekend.
One of the most infamous urban legends in video games has turned out to be true.
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Retro chic: If you're into retro game art or vintage games, check out this fantastic (high-tech!) feature over at The Verge, all about classic Atari box art.
'On a Path to Irrelevance': Atari founding father Nolan Bushnell, who knows a thing or two about failed consoles, thinks Nintendo is pinched. The hardware it does well—handheld gaming-only devices—"don't make sense" compared to tablets or mobile phones. And he thinks the Wii U's target audience is limited.
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Yeah, okay, so Atari games haven't exactly held up. In the latest edition of Conan O'Brien's "Clueless Gamer"…
WALL-E was pretty good at fixing himself using salvaged parts; what if he'd had to make do with an Atari 2600?
Recently, the rights to several classic game franchises, including Master of Orion, Total Annihilation, and Star Control, were auctioned off following Atari's filing for bankruptcy earlier this year. You can see a list of the franchises involved, and whom they ended up with, below. Read more
Princess Rescue—that homebrew Atari 2600 homage to Super Mario Brothers—is now available through AtariAge as a $30 cartridge. An emulator ROM is on its way too. Read more
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