We played games on the Atari 2600+ — the highly anticipated refresh of the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), Atari’s legendary console from 1977 — and here’s what we thought.

For its part, Video Chess is very basic chess software, even if creating a working engine within 4KB is its own kind of ...

OpenAI's ChatGPT has some major AI chatbot competitors in the market: Gemini, Copilot, Claude. Now add to that list the Atari ...

The Atari 2600+ ($129.99, out today, on Atari.com and Amazon) is a modern-day re-creation of the original Atari VCS (video computer system), released in 1977 and later renamed the 2600.

The Atari 2600 playing “Video Chess” is, on the other hand, the right tool for the job. Atari Chess only plays chess. ... It represents a fascinating early step in computer chess, ...

Released in 1977, the Atari 2600 was among the second generation of video game consoles and was hugely influenced by the arcade era. Originally called the Video Computer System, it would go on to ...

Atari has announced the 2600+, a new retro gaming console that plays Atari 2600 and 7800 cartridges. For the uninitiated, the Atari 2600—known initially as the Video Computer System, or VCS for ...

According to Atari's post, the game "was canceled in development when Atari 2600 game production ended in 1990, ending a 13-year run." This new release is limited to just 500 cartridges.

Better yet, it can actually play old Atari 2600 game cartridges as well as later games released on the 7800, but you won’t have to jump through any hoops to get the console to support a modern TV.

ChatGPT volunteered to play a 1977-vintage Atari 2600 to a game of chess and came to regret it after the eight-bit chess engine from the age of Disco Fever and the introduction of the Force did ...

We played games on the Atari 2600+ — the highly anticipated refresh of the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), Atari’s legendary console from 1977 — and here’s what we thought.