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In 1985, Nintendo showed off a prototype for the Advanced Video System. This would eventually transform into the most important game console of all time.

Buried in a dusty landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico, are more than 700,000 discarded Atari game cartridges, including E.T., the 1982 Atari game based on the blockbuster film. This bleak trove of artifacts symbolizes the video game crash of 1983, when consumer demand plummeted and companies like Atari literally dumped…

You can keep your iPhones, emails and streaming videos. Aren from London, Lisa from St Louis and Billy from Wigan are quite happy with old-fashioned alternatives. And there are plenty more where they came from

The last time there was a manned mission to the moon, Pong had just been released on Atari.

Mark Beaumont, a child of the Atari joystick generation, always assumed he’d get over video games. It’s proven not to be the case. Now that he’s a father of one, his gaming has taken on a more clandestine hue

LEGO celebrate Atari's 50th anniversary with an nostalgic model of their 2600 console

Despite being one of the Atari 2600's most popular games, the influence of 'Pitfall!' is easy to overlook. Here's why this classic is still a marvel 40 years on.

The franchise that started the survival horror genre is being rebooted by THQ Nordic and it looks like a worthy rival to Resident Evil. Here's what we know.

It even comes with a moveable joystick