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The current possessor of the Atari brand has teamed up with PLAION to release the Atari 2600+, a doting recreation of the original four-switch model released in 1980 complete with fancy wood-grain trim.

Believe it or not, there's a lot more to the story of how Atari buried a bunch of E.T. cartridges in a New Mexico landfill, and the whole truth is just as wild.

Preorders being today for the first title in Atari’s new silver box series of Atari 2600 cartridges...

Atari brings a modern experience for your retro 2600 gaming cartridges lying around. 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 modern version of the Atari 2600.

The new Atari 2600+ is powered by a Rockchip 3128 SoC with 256 MB of DDR3 RAM and 256 MB of eMMC fixed internal storage. Atari has...

Atari is teaming up with Plaion on a new retro home console after finally taking a mulligan on its last one. The Atari 2600+ pays homage to the original Atari 2600, which delighted children of the disco era starting in 1977, although this remake is based on the four-switch model from 1980. It plays both Atari 2600 and 7800 games. However, most buyers will want to track down physical cartridges as the retro system, which requires them to play, is only bundled with a collection of 10 titles that l...

The Atari 2600–the console that shook the world in the late 70s and early 80s–is back, courtesy of a hardware partnership with PLAION.

The 2600+ can play both old 2600 and 7800 cartridges and it comes with the original style CX40+ joystick for $130.

Even Atari is getting in on the acquisitions game, as the retro game company announced its purchase of game port company Nightdive Studios

It took less than 24 hours for Atari XP to sell out of its $999.99 50th anniversary boxed set containing 10 Atari 2600 games.