Video game consoles are pretty old now ... of a more complex nature was a market waiting to be built. It was with Pong in ...

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Instead of trying to compete with the Apple Watch’s capabilities, the Atari 2600 My Play Watch targets longtime gamers nostalgic enough for the consoles of their youth ... by downloading apps or new ...

No, that launched in 1983, well into the game industry's life. The Atari 2600? That might've been the first true multi-cart ...

Now widely regarded as the first video game to achieve serious commercial success, Atari’s 1972 Pong allowed two people ... But it was the advent of home consoles such as the Atari 2600 and ...

and Magnavox sued Pong for copyright infringement. A truly ingenious idea - a portable handheld console where users scan barcodes to add characters or power-ups to their game. It came supplied ...

Nostalgia for the wrist: Atari has unveiled the Atari 2600 My Play Watch, a smart watch for fans of classic video games. The smartwatch can play "Pong", "Centipede", "Missile Command" and "Super ...