Before the NES and even before Pong, the Magnavox Odyssey braved the frontier as the first home video game console. Here's ...

In the “Disruption: Game On” episode of the original podcast, Trailblazers, host Walter Isaacson immerses listeners in the extreme world of video games.

By Yenny Sanchez, CNN 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 ...

Video games have come a long way since the first rudimentary arcade machines emerged in the 1970s with offerings such as "Pong", "Pacman" and "Space Invaders".

The Mini Pong console measures only 30 centimeters (11.81 inches) in length and is fitted with a 7.9-inch (20-centimeter) LCD screen on which the game is displayed.

Do video games like Pong and Space Invaders belong in Museum of Modern Art? Or does putting a game console from 1972 on a pedestal constitute an Emperor’s New Video Game-style overreach?

On a random day about five years ago, Drexel University professor Frank Lee drove past Cira Centre and decided that he wanted to turn the 29-story Philadelphia skyscraper into a video game console ...

To enter into the draw for the custom Pong Xbox 360 console, jump over to the Atari Facebook page to sign up. This giveaway is a fantastic opportunity for fans of classic gaming to own a unique ...

Before the NES and even before Pong, the Magnavox Odyssey braved the frontier as the first home video game console. Here's what it was capable of.

By the turn of the century, the stage was set for a new generation of home systems -- and an all-new round of console wars, this time between the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and a new ...