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Here's the video game that embodies your zodiac sign
September 12, 2023 | 11:16amPlayer play on, we're talking video games and zodiac signs.
Pong inventor made Steve Jobs work night shift because of his bad B.O.
November 19, 2022 | 11:39amApple founder Jobs was also "a nasty guy" and "a pain to work with," said Allan Alcorn, now celebrating Pong's 50th anniversary.
Game on! LEGO releases Atari 2600 video game console set, honoring 1980s nostalgia
July 27, 2022 | 12:39pmCustomers who buy the new LEGO set will be able to build their own Atari 2600 game console.
How Atari paved the way for Fortnite — and changed the world
June 27, 2022 | 7:00amAtari launched on June 27, 1972. Its rudimentary table tennis game called Pong and, later on, home console shifted the culture.
Atari is launching a cryptocurrency along with its new gaming console
October 16, 2020 | 12:55pmAtari isn't just getting back in the console game after two decades on the sidelines — it's jumping headfirst into cryptocurrency, too. The retro gaming giant is introducing a digital...
Atari levels up with video game-themed hotel chain
January 31, 2020 | 1:17pmAtari is opening a chain of hotels. The video game pioneer — whose classic titles included "Pong," "Asteroids" and "RollerCoaster Tycoon" — announced this week that its first hotel will...
Gamer loses decades-old Guinness World Record for being a cheat
January 30, 2018 | 12:38pmA video game record set in 1982 has been thrown out by a group that tracks such feats — and the gamer even lost his standing with Guinness World Records...
CES power outage can't stop tech hotshots from showing off
January 10, 2018 | 10:56pmLAS VEGAS — No power? No problem. Despite an hour-long blackout that left two-thirds of the Las Vegas Convention Center in the dark — forcing thousands of gadget heads to...
Atari's new console does much more than just video games
September 26, 2017 | 3:47pmAtari has released more details about its upcoming video game console — and it’s a long way from the pioneering 2600 model that made Atari famous in the 1970s. The...
Atari is working on its first game console in 20 years
June 20, 2017 | 1:11amKnown as a pioneer in the formation of the video arcade and modern video game industries, Atari is stepping back into the hardware business with a new game console —...
Who should get the lost Atari video games found in a landfill?
May 30, 2014 | 5:20pmALAMOGORDO, N.M. — Officials in southeastern New Mexico began work on a plan this week to divide a cache of Atari video games dug up from an old landfill last...
Long-lost legendarily bad 'E.T.' video game found in landfill
April 28, 2014 | 4:57amALAMOGORDO, N.M. — A decades-old urban legend was put to rest Saturday when workers for a documentary film production company recovered "E.T." Atari game cartridges from a heap of garbage...