The Atari 400 and 800 signaled the start of a new era in computing. Breakout, by ExtremeTech editor-in-chief Jamie Lendino, was the first book to cover what made Atari’s groundbreaking computer ...

An Atari 800 (the big brother of the Atari 400) that Benj Edwards set up to play M.U.L.E. at his mom's house in 2015, for nostalgia purposes. Credit: Benj Edwards ...

But it was a fiasco, writes Paul Lefebvre, due to poor compatibility with Atari 400/800 software and a high price tag. — Read the rest The post 1983's Atari 1200XL: a super system doomed by a ...

The 800 platform often gets overlooked in video game history due to a classification quirk that placed it in the PC category, but its library of games is incredible.

Its keyboard is just for show (much like its older stablemates) but you can play a library of 25 built-in games, not just those released for the 400, but also Atari 800, XL, XE and 5200 titles ...

For a complete list of Atari 400/800/XL/XE emulators, see Emutopia. Hands down, the best general retro console gaming emulator for macOS is OpenEmu, which supports 20+ retro-consoles, ...

The Atari 400 (and the higher specced Atari 800 that it outsold by 2-to-1) was released all the way back in 1979, with the 400 referring to the 4 KB of RAM included.

The diminutive plastic lump will cost $119.99 (around £95) when it launches on 28th March, and the price includes 25 built-in 8-bit Atari games - Berzerk, Boulder Dash, Capture the Flag, Lee ...

Atari 800 (5) There are just five Atari 800 games available for Atari 50, including the likes of Caverns of Mars and Food Fight. The latter is a rather amusing title in which you fight off ...