In 1982, the North American video game market looked invincible. Home console revenues had climbed to $3.2 billion that year, and the Atari 2600 was installed in millions of homes. The 1980 port of ...

Few video games have earned a reputation as infamous as E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. Released in 1982 for the Atari 2600, it’s often labeled the worst video game ever made. For decades, it has served ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Considering the rise of home consoles that we saw within ...

Video games are still a young medium in the grand scheme of things, but have been around for well over 50 years now. After the arcade boom in the 70s, home consoles slowly took over the gaming ...