The Atari 520ST was Atari's first 16-bit salvo in the personal computer wars of the 1980s. A new book by Jamie Lendino shows the tremendous influence the ST had on both gaming and music production.

But Atari produced home computers as well, releasing over a dozen different models between 1979 and 1992. Few today know that Atari's home computers played host to gaming innovations on par with ...

FREE! As an Amiga kid, the title of William Blair's What's so great about the Atari ST? gave me a chuckle: I expected to ...

I played this game on both the Apple ][ and the Atari ST. I loved it but never was able to beat it. Loved it on the Atari ST, didn't beat it when I was a kid, but a few years ago I emulated it and ...

Like Apple II, Atari, and many other computers of the day, VIC-20 was based on the Motorola 6502 CPU, which was the first real low-cost PC CPU allowing home computers to be affordable. "VIC" was ...

That era offered a multitude of computer systems, including the Atari ST, Commodore 64 and RadioShack Corp.’s TRS-80, but the Apple II was notable for its hardware and software innovations.

Compared to a game console such as the Atari VCS at $190, that was expensive, but it undercut the 16K Apple II’s $1,195 retail price in 1979. Expand to continue reading ↓ Sign up for our ...

An early personal computer series from Atari. Introduced in 1985 to compete with Apple's Mac, the ST was the first home computer to include MIDI musical instrument ports. Popular with musicians ...

7 Forgotten Atari ST Gaming Classics. ... Most people know Atari for its line of famous home game consoles—most notably, the Atari 2600, 5200, and 7800 machines of the 1970s and 80s.