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On this day in 1985, the original Gauntlet hit arcades. It may not have been the first co-op game, but it was one of the earliest co-op dungeon crawlers.

You know what's just begging to become an open-world, sandbox multiplayer game? The classic arcade game Asteroids! What's that? You think that's a really weird idea? Well, Atari doesn't, which is why we're getting Asteroids: Outpost.

A dirty piece of gaming history is going to the Smithsonian Institution.

After being collected, crushed and left buried in a New Mexico for more than 30 years, these rare copies of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial are selling for over $500 apiece on eBay.

You will soon get to watch Atari and Xbox investigate one of the longest standing myths of the video game industry.

This latest trailer for Alone in the Dark: Illumination is bound to scare survival horror enthusiasts.

Buy a piece of history in the form of a horrible movie-based Atari 2600 game that was buried in a landfill and excavated because people now love retro things no one wanted anymore.

Alone in the Dark: Illumination might be the name of the game, but its concept art looks dark and dreary and its trailer would make Lovecraft proud.

In a somewhat strange but ultimately cool revelation, it's been discovered that Chubby Checker -- yes, the "The Twist" dude -- recorded a song about Dig Dug.

Atari has announced that two of its classic horror titles are being re-imagined for relase on the PC.