Atari

Being born late into the ‘80s, the Atari 2600 was an intriguing mystery to me. By the time the N64 hit, the NES felt old to me, so the idea of a console even older than that was exciting. This was before you could jump onto YouTube to look…

A new wave of gameplay is here for Berzerk: Recharged, a reimagining of the 1980 arcade classic. Arcade Mode, missions, and more are showcased here.Learn more about the title in the following overview:Chicken, fight like a robot! Evil Otto…

Tying in with the launch of Berzerk: Recharged, we have a launch trailer for the game. Atari and Sneakybox shipped the reimagining of the classic title this week.Additional information can be found in the following overview:Chicken, fight…

At the start of the 1980s, video games were mostly relegated to coin-gobbling arcade machines, but their surging popularity prompted a Time Magazine cover story in January 1982 with a cringeworthy warning: “GRONK! FLASH! ZAP! Video Games…

It wasn’t so long ago that Atari revealed the next in their line of Recharged games, Berzerk Recharged, but now they’ve announced a release date for it. It will arrive for PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Atari VCS on…

Atari has announced that they’ve acquired a few high-ish profile properties from Ronimo Games. Notably, these titles include Awesomenauts and Swords & Soldiers. The press release sounds like those two games were the cream of the crop,…

Atari has announced that they’ve acquired a few high-ish profile properties from Romino Games. Notably, these titles include Awesomenauts and Swords & Soldiers. The press release sounds like those two games were the cream of the crop,…

When you first fire up The Making of Karateka, Digital Eclipse’s excellent interactive retrospective about Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner’s 1984 masterpiece, you’re greeted with this quote from his journals, written when he was…

Screenshot: Digital EclipsePlay it on: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch, Windows (Steam Deck: YMMV)Current goal: Bring some game history to life (and survive the damn bird)“Wait,” I hear you saying. “You’re playing something…

Today, in the Year of our Lord 2023, you can pre-order an Atari 2600 replica that Atari calls the Atari 2600+. Slightly smaller than Atari’s original 1977 console, and using modern connections like HDMI and USB-C, the Atari 2600+ will…