But the Atari 2600 version, released in 1982 ... programmed solely by [Todd Fry], missed the mark, turning an arcade icon into a surprising lesson in over-ambitious marketing.

The Atari 2600 may not be the very first video game home console, but it was certainly the first one to cut through to ...

Priced at $239.99, the Lego Icons Atari 2600 is a 2,532-piece Lego set designed to be a 1:1 replica of the classic Atari 2600 console of the late Seventies and early Eighties - and lucky for you ...