Regardless of whether or not the quarter cup really did runneth over, the Atari founders felt emboldened enough by their test drive to announce on Nov. 29 that they'd be rolling out Pong cabinets for ...

Who here remembers the name Atari? I feel the younger generations may not, but now, it looks like they will have an opportunity to really get a feel for who this company was and still is. I remember ...

Samuel F. Dabney, an electrical engineer who laid the groundwork for the modern video game industry by cofounding Atari Inc. and helping to create the hit console game "Pong," died May 26 at his home ...

If you think the PS5 is expensive, get a load of Atari’s “Home Pong” prototype. The original 1975, hand-carved wood mock-up of the Pong system recently sold for $270,910 at auction, according to ...

If someone asked you to name the very first video game console, what would you say? The Nintendo Entertainment System? No, ...

The console that changed home videogames as we know them, the Fairchild Video Entertainment System (VES) revolutionized an industry but soon suffered for it. By 1976, the Pong-driven videogame ...

When he felt the geek and gaming community had failed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pong last year, James Larsson decided to honor the game in his own way. He created a pair of touch-sensitive ...

Every industry has its defining moment, one spark that ignites an entire cultural movement. In gaming, that spark wasn’t a blockbuster console launch or a cinematic open-world epic, but something far ...