Atari

Gaming

How the Video Game Was Born

4:15AM January 31, 2012 | Rachel Swaby

This year, the video game turns 40. Let’s call it an occasion to spend a few more hours in front of our TVs, the place where it all started. More »

Geek Out

This Instrument Is Part Atari Console Part Guitar

11:00AM December 29, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

The gAtari is a “musical instrument” that basically consists of an Atari 2600 playing pre-programmed tunes hacked together with a few guitar effects processors. It’s kind of like an Atari keytar. The resulting music is scatterbrained weirdness that’s impossible to describe. More »

Gaming

Atari’s Duo Powered iPad Joystick Takes On iCade

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11:00AM September 7, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Macrumors reports on Atari’s latest bit of hardware, which is set to take on the iCade in the iPad video game controller stakes. More »

Computing

Try And Stick A Floppy Disk Into This Atari MicroSD Card Reader

7:40PM May 11, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Made using a 3D printer, this microSD card reader resembles an Atari 810 floppy disk drive and can transfer data from 8GB cards to the old Atari it’s hooked up to. Moore’s Law at work? [Rossum via HackADay via LaughingSquid]

Gaming

USB Pocket Controller For The Gamer On The Go

4:30AM May 11, 2011 | Max Behrman

We’ve all been there: About to whip your friend’s arse in a not-so-friendly game of Mario Kart when you realise there’s only one controller! More »

Computing

One Of The Worst Keyboards Ever, Reborn!

11:00PM April 19, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

The Atari 400′s keyboard sucked. It wasn’t so much the brown and orange colour scheme, but those pressure sensitive keys. More »

Gaming

Atari’s Greatest Hits Shoves The Loot Of A Thousand Garage Sales Onto Your iPhone

1:05AM April 8, 2011 | Joel Johnson

Atari just dropped a whirling, aliased asteroid in the iTunes App Store: Atari’s Greatest Hits brings 100 classic titles to iOS in a single application. More »

Gaming

Atari 2600 "Stella" Mod Provides Pure, Portable Nostalgia

9:00AM February 28, 2011 | Jack Loftus

These days, GameCube and PlayStation portable mods are a dime a dozen, it seems, so it’s rather quite refreshing to see the craft applied to their “grandfather,” the Atari 2600. More »

Gaming

"Geekpaper"

8:00AM February 28, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Love it. Clean, simple and perfect for the game room in my mythical mansion. More »

Gadgets

Gizmodo University: Atari Punk Console Edition

4:00AM November 21, 2010 | Gizmodo University

Gizmodo University concludes its Discover Electronics Online series with the construction of an Atari Punk Console. Impress your friends and intimidate your enemies with Lo-Fi sound effects! And did we mention? We’ve got Certificates of Achievement! Certificates for everybody!* More »