Video gaming exploded in the 1980s with the advent of the at-home console. Nintendo, Atari, Magnavox, and others set the ...

Way before any Sega vs. Nintendo clash, the first "game console war" was fought between superpowers Atari and Mattel. 1979 arrived, and Mattel Electronics stormed onto the battlefield with the ...

Sega was once one of the leading competitors during the console wars. It may have stopped producing hardware, but it made some great consoles.

On Christmas Day 1982, I unwrapped my very first video game console, an Atari 2600. Although it was released in 1977, it was new to me, and I'm pretty sure the reason my parents got it for me was ...