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If the NES Classic Edition proved anything, it's that the market for these retro consoles is potentially huge. That's precisely what AtGames is banking on today, launching not one, not two, but six ...

I can't remember a time when I wasn't around video games. It's the boon of growing up the youngest of three siblings in the 1980s, with two brothers utterly mad about gaming. We had an Atari 2600, the ...

Late last year, Nintendo surprised everyone by releasing a miniature replica of its classic Nintendo Entertainment System, equipped with 30 pre-installed games from ’80s. In turn, consumers around the ...

Nintendo isn’t the only game company looking to mine your childhood memories for profit. Atari—or rather the French holding company that owns the Atari brand—is now building its own retro console ...

And then there were eight. We’re more than halfway through our Geek Madness: Console Wars competition and have arrived to the much-anticipated Elite Eight round. There are some excellent matchups in ...

Ben Heck, everyone’s favorite video-game modder, has gone and done it again. This time, he’s gone and stuffed an Atari AND an NES into a handheld portable, and dubbed it the NEStari. As usual, he goes ...

Instructibles user [Danjovic] managed to get his hands on an Atari 2600, but all the joysticks were damaged beyond repair. Instead of building an atari joystick from scratch, he looked to a slightly ...

I think it's safe to say that Ben Heck is one of my heroes. This guy can take just about any gaming console into something far cooler than it was when he got it. Now he's crammed an NES and an old ...

Console wars have been a mainstay in gaming culture since the existence of the gaming console. Even in the '80s, gamers ...