Thirty years ago this fall, video game pioneer Atari released its first two entrants in the home-computer market: the Atari 800 and 400 computers. Originally retailing for $1000, the Atari 800 ...

Atari’s home PCs didn’t match the success of the Apple II. ... Forty years ago, Atari released its first personal computers: the Atari 400 and 800.

My first home computer was an Atari 800, and it's still one of my favorite computers to this day. After you're done reminiscing, I'd love to hear about your Atari computer memories in the comments ...

In 1979, Atari released the Atari 400 and 800, groundbreaking home computers that included custom graphics and sound chips, four joystick ports, and the ability to run the most advanced home video ...

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 ...

But few recall that Atari launched a pioneering follow-up gaming platform just two years later—the Atari 800 and 400 home computers. The 800 platform often gets overlooked in video game history ...

Running 1980s home computer software on your modern Mac is fun, but can be done in many different ways. ... The Atari 800 also offered built-in BASIC and other features lacking on the 400.

I was a huge Atari fan as a kid. I grew up with an Atari 800 home computer as my first game machine before the great video game crash swept away Atari's fortunes. After the Nintendo Entertainment ...

Even with the new 800, it seems that my dad must have kept the original Atari 400, because by the time I grew up more and wanted "my own computer" in the late 1980s, he gave me the Atari 400.

My first home computer was an Atari 800, and it's still one of my favorite computers to this day. After you're done reminiscing, I'd love to hear about your Atari computer memories in the comments ...