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LEGO Atari 2600 review: An incredible nostalgic recreation that pays perfect homage

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

Daily Mirror

40 years ago, this classic Atari game redefined platformers forever

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.

Inverse

'Alone in the Dark' trailer, developer, and platforms for the horror reboot

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.

Inverse

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LEGO launches Atari 2600 set with games and a 'gaming room'

It even comes with a moveable joystick

Wales Online

How one movie tie in video game crashed the entire industry

Atari's E.T the Extra-Terrestrial game is one of the industry's biggest failures. Here's the story of how it happened.

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There is no objective history of video games – every player’s experience is different

Depending on where you lived and which consoles or computers you had as a child, the story plays out completely differently – and we should embrace that subjectivity

The Guardian - UK

The 1980s items that could be worth a fortune as Stranger Things reignites nostalgia

Have you got any of these hiding in your loft?

Wales Online

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Pushing Buttons: Happy 50th birthday to Atari, whose simple games gave us so much

In this week’s newsletter: As the revolutionary company celebrates a half-century, we look back at everything video games owe to Atari

The Guardian - UK

As arcade games died out, Asteroids lived on

It was a few white lines on a black screen, but Asteroids became Atari’s most popular arcade game.

360info

Inside the unique Whitley Bay café where you can play retro video games

Retro Bay Café boasts a selection of classics from Nintendo, Sega, Atari and more, spanning from the 1970s

Chronicle Live

Rare Steve Jobs Items Hit the Auction Block

Items from the birth of Apple, home computing and video gaming are up for grabs at an auction, which will conclude on March 17. The top lot from "The Steve Jobs Revolution: Engelbart, Atari, and Apple" auction is a July 1976 check to pay $3,430 for parts for the Apple…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard: with the video game industry under new management, what's going to change?

In 1979, a group of disgruntled Atari employees decided to quit and create their own company. Activision was the world’s first “third-party” game development company, producing and publishing titles for other companies’ platforms.

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