Yesterday in a Twitter thread, the gaming historian Frank Cifaldi said this about the work done by his organization, the Video Game History Foundation: “We all know where the ROMs are hiding online.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to do more with your consumer gadgets. Established in Sunnyvale, CA in 1972, Atari has had quite the history.

In the mid-’70s, Mattel Electronics started putting together a plan to release a game console that would end up taking on Atari, showing the future of what games could be, and introducing what remains ...

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Publisher Atari and developer Digital Eclipse will release Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration downloadable content “The Wider World of Atari” on September 26, the companies announced. It includes ...

Highly anticipated: The Atari 2600 was my first exposure to video games in the early 1980s. It drove my infatuation with gaming, a hobby I still love today. More importantly, it ignited my lifelong ...

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GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Atari is one of the most legendary names in gaming, and its history ...

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Back in 1972, a small company in the United States called Atari was formed, and it quickly became one of the most important video game companies in history. As time passed, the company contributed to ...

Until a few years ago, Atari felt like a relic of gaming’s past: an iconic logo relegated to art books and Hot Topic T-shirts. Fast-forward to today, and the company’s 18-month-long hearts and minds ...