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From 'Asteroids' to 'Star Citizen': A brief history of space dogfighting games

How space dogfighting games evolved from vector lines to virtual cockpits.

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Atari ST enthusiast announces the MiniST with FPGA, MiSTeryNano core, and black TKL case — priced at around $400 each, but the initial run is a mere five units

An Atari computer enthusiast is planning to produce a new TKL-sized FPGA-powered remake dubbed the MiniST.

Tom’s Hardware

Backyard Baseball 2001: The Cartoon Baseball Game That Reinvented Accessibility

Arcade sports gaming's finest.

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Atari reveals designs for retro hotel that’ll take guests back to the 1970s gaming age, from Pong to Asteroids

Atari originally planned to open hotels in eight cities, but is now moving forward only with a development in Phoenix, Arizona, which will contain ‘subtle references to classic games’

The Independent UK

Using Atari’s 2600+ Pac-Man edition takes me back to pumping all my pocket money into arcades

Atari’s Pac-Man-themed retro console has me reliving childhood memories all over again and returned me to a simpler, pixelated past.

TechRadar

The elusive console every retro gamer must own has finally arrived – and at a great price

Now available in the UK and Europe, the Intellivision Sprint is the reissued console to complete your collection

You can own a piece of the first $124 million Atari Hotel in Phoenix for as little as $500 — Developer launches SEC-backed fundraiser with construction set to begin next year

The dreams of an Atari Hotel are alive and kicking after the project was initially announced back in 2020 — the first venue is set for Phoenix, Arizona. The developers have returned with an update, and they're raising money to begin construction next year, lending you equity in the process…

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What Was the Hottest Sports Video Game of Every Holiday in the 1980s?

Since 1973, video games controlled with hand-held devices have captured global attention, with sports games taking center stage right from the start thanks to an early, simple tennis-inspired classic. For countless gamers, their love of gaming began on Christmas morning, unwrapping packages that matched the size of those coveted titles…

Operation Sports

What Was the Hottest Sports Video Game of Every Holiday in the 1970s?

Gaming's first decade.

Operation Sports

36 of the best last minute Christmas gadget buys, from just £13!

Left your seasonal gift-buying far, far too late? Never fear – we have a hand-picked selection of perfect presents, whatever your budget

This decades-old DOOM II mod is now an AMAZING standalone survival horror — play now on Xbox Game Pass, consoles, and Xbox PC

One of 2025’s creepiest survival horror games is out now on Xbox.

Windows Central

Pong debuted on this day in 1972 — Atari's pioneering CPU-less video arcade game’s creation was the result of an engineer training exercise

The Atari Pong arcade machine made its debut on this day in 1972.

Tom’s Hardware

The Commodore 64 is back on the production line for the first time in 30 years – and I want it, even if it makes zero sense

The Commodore 64 Ultimate revival personal computer has hit the production line, and it looks like it'll ship in time for Christmas. But what are you supposed to do with it?

TechRadar

How Middle-Class Income in 1980 Compares to 2025

In 1980 middle-class families lived in a world of Atari consoles, rotary phones and station wagons with wood paneling. The median U.S. household income was $21,020, enough to buy a modest home, a...

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Windows 1.01 was launched 40 years ago, but it didn't start well — Microsoft's graphical OS adventures were uncompetitive at launch

Windows 1.01 was released by Microsoft 40 years ago. It didn't start well.

PC Gamer

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says today's games suffer from trying 'to be everything for everyone' when they should be learning from '80s games: 'These games were really focused, because they had to be'

Games are bigger than ever—but are they really better?

PC Gamer

2005 survival horror shooter ups and vanishes from Steam suspiciously soon after entering Nightdive's orbit

Cold Fear stone-cold vanished.

Motor1

You Need This Atari Pole Position Arcade for Your Game Room

"Prepare to qualify." I can still hear those words in my head from years spent in arcades. That phrase is your entry into the world of 16-bit racing. Atari’s Pole Position debuted in the fall of 1982 and proved to be an instant success. Video game fans flocked to this…

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The best playable game documentary on Steam is getting a Namco-centric DLC this week, including the worst version of Pac-Man

Pac is back. Again!

GamesRadar

Unless GTA 6 "comes out and it's terrible" no open-world dev can hope to top Rockstar, original Saints Row design lead says – but "there's nothing wrong with trying to be a #2"

If Rockstar's latest is terrible, it'll be "E.T. all over again, but worse because the budgets"

Tom’s Hardware

Atari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition released at $169 — bright yellow console comes with Pac-Man: Double Feature 2-in-1 game cartridge

Atari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition games console released in striking, vivid yellow livery.

The Independent UK

Atari reboots a retro games console that first launched in 1979

Atari says this console has bought the end to an eighties gaming rivalry

Tom’s Hardware

Atari just resurrected its most potent foe in the console wars from 45 years ago, the Intellivision Spirit — $149 console comes with 45 games, was brought into the Atari fold through IP acquisition last year

Atari has taken retro gamers by surprise with its announcement of the Intellivision Sprint- a console celebrating 45 years of its old foe.

TechRadar

Mattel's Intellivision was my first ever console in 1981 - and I'm so tempted to buy Atari's reboot this holiday season

The Intellivision had a robust library of games - including some surprisingly in-depth strategy affairs - and many of these classics are bundled with the reboot.

GamesRadar

Clever roguelike Ball x Pit sold 300,000 copies on Steam and consoles in 5 days, forever proving mankind yearns for 1976 Atari icon Breakout

Another hit roguelike has hit

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