[2] Figure 6.2: A.E. is an early vertical shooter that features stunning background graphics on the Atari 8-bit. Credit: Brøderbund “Somewhere in America, this dangerous FuzzBomb™ is on the ...

If you want to explore what the era of 8-bit computing was like in the Atari age, a new resource is compiling all kinds of Atari-based projects. This site has everything, from assembling Atari 8 ...

For 15 years (1978 to 1993), Atari designed and produced four distinct lines of PCs: the 8-bit “Atari 800 ... an internal IDE hard drive, advanced graphics modes, and–most impressively ...

My favorite Apshai game to this day remains Gateway to Apshai on the Atari 8-bit. But Temple of Apshai Trilogy occupied me for many hours on the ST, and I did appreciate the graphics upgrade.

The true definition of the descriptor “8-bit” refers to the processors that powered consoles like the NES and Atari 7800 and has nothing to do with the graphics of the games they ran.

ExtemeTech EIC Jamie Lendino dives into the history and lore of 8-bit Atari computers in 'Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation.' Read an excerpt here.

"Atari's new console doesn't offer the kind of ... (though a hardware switch does let you extend the standard 4:3 graphics to a sickeningly stretched-out 16:9). That means many of the sprites ...

Atari's 1200XL should have been a success of the 8-bit home computing era: modern, compact, designed to compete with the breakout Commodore 64, and good-looking to boot. But it was a fiasco ...

the The400 Mini emulates other systems from Atari's 8-bit family, such as the Atari 800, the XL and XE series, through to the Atari 5200 console. Included are 25 games, including classics such as ...

The Atari 2600 was once attached to millions of televisions, providing 8-bit joy to the first generation of gamers. These are the ten titles no home would have been without during that console's ...