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The Pac-Man Edition is bundled with a matching CX40+ Wireless Joystick and a brand-new version of the arcade classic on ...
Pac-Man first gobbled power pellets in arcades back in 1980, and the little yellow hero is still hungry. To mark the milestone, Atari and Bandai Namco created the Atari x Pac-Man Collection, a lineup ...
Well before the current day console wars dominated social media and message boards, Atari's VCS and Intellivision collided in the first major video game rivalry in 1979. The battle only ...
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Pac-Man edition Atari 2600
Atari and Namco pitch the classic console in bright yellow, with a matching wireless controller and illuminated ghosts on the ...
Atari and Intellivision have been locked in a heated battle since the late 1970s. The first Intellivision video game console was released by Mattel Electronics in 1979, selling an estimated five ...
The Atari 2600 was my very first home console. When my friends were playing on Megadrives and PCs, we were slightly less well-off, and that meant I was a ...
Atari’s upcoming ‘ Ataribox,’ its first console in 20 years, is now officially called the Atari VCS. The name is a nod the Atari 2600’s infrequently-used full name, the Video Computer System.
His company, O'Shea Ltd. of Kansas City, Mo., bought 2.3 million game cartridges for the Atari 2600 and 7800 game consoles when the manufacturer liquidated its unsold stock in the early 1990s.