In the late '70s and early '80s, Atari was the king of the video game industry, both in terms of arcade and home platform titles. The latter was led by the Atari 2600, an early home console that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Considering the rise of home consoles that we saw within ...

While video games existed before the '80s, this decade took the medium to new heights. Nintendo took the world by storm with the NES and Super Mario Bros., and now-iconic franchises like Final Fantasy ...

A monster swings at incoming spaceships on the cover art for Tempest 2000 - Atari Ever since the 1970s, Atari became a pivotal fixture in the fledgling video game industry, starting with arcade games ...

In 1982, while most game developers were busy with space invaders and maze ghosts, Bill Williams created something far more profound: a game about swimming upstream against impossible odds. Salmon Run ...

Aarzak kicks a sword out of a soldier's hands on the cover art for "Last Battle" (1989) - Sega As pivotal as the decade was for the industry, there are plenty of hit '80s video games that no one ...

Atari and Digital Eclipse have partnered up with Mattel to release Barbie Rewind, a new retro game collection of multiple classic Barbie video games. Like a lot of classic game collections, you'll be ...

TL;DR: Atari acquired the Intellivision brand in 2024 and is releasing the Intellivision Sprint, a $150 retro console featuring 45 built-in classic games, HDMI output, wireless controllers, and new ...