In the classic gaming world, even before the NES arrived on the scene, there was no name more ubiquitous than Atari. Their famous 2600 console sold almost as many units as the Nintendo 64, but was ...

I've got a shelf full of computer history books, many of which I love and have reread several times. But I wanted to write one that focused on the first real computer I grew up with, the one that ...

Clones of Shulgin's MIDI machine are available for $500, bling not included. View Slideshow When Russian musician Alexei Shulgin takes the stage, he does so with a computer keyboard strapped across ...

Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation looks back at how the Atari 8-bit lineup came to be, how it was designed, and its entire 13-year production run, from the original 400/800 ...

The Atari 400 is a home computer that first launched in 1979 with a 1.79 MHz 8-bit processor, 8 KB of RAM, four joystick ports, a cartridge slot, and an unusual membrane keyboard. More than four ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Nostalgic Atari fans can add the Atari 400 Mini to their collection for only $97.19 for a limited time. This is the lowest price yet for the ...

In the simplest of terms, 8-bit music is named so after the 8-bit sound processors that early games consoles like the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64 employed. Rather than being created by traditional ...

Fellow Atari computer fans, our prayers have been answered: a mini console is finally on the way. Retro Games Ltd. and Atari have unveiled The400 Mini, an emulated Atari 8-bit system in a tiny form ...

Jeremy Kolosine is executive producer of 8-Bit Operators: The Music of Kraftwerk Performed on Vintage 8-bit Video Game Systems. He talks about the project. This piece was performed at the Bent ...

The debut of the Atari 400 and 800 marked a crucial milestone in personal computer history. Released simultaneously near the end of 1979, they were the first computers that functioned as real “gaming ...