AtariAge

This article is about the website. For the magazine published 1982–84, see Atari Age.
AtariAge
Type of site
Online database on classic Atari video games
Available inEnglish
OwnerAtari SA
Created byAlbert Yarusso & Alex Bilstein [1]
URLwww.atariage.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Current statusOnline

AtariAge is a website focusing on classic Atari video games. The site features gaming news, historical archives, discussion forums, and an online store. It was founded in 1998.[2]

Taking its name from the 1982–84 Atari Age magazine, the site also houses a comprehensive, searchable database of Atari video games, including manuals, packaging art, estimated rarity, screenshots, reviews, and other details, as well as an Atari Age magazine archive. The site is also home to a community of homebrew developers for Atari and other classic video game systems.[3] Some of the homebrew games originally published by AtariAge have been included in official video game compilations such as Activision Anthology.[4]

AtariAge was acquired by Atari SA in September 2023. The site will remain under control of its co-founder Albert Yarusso, and his support team.[5][6]

  1. ^ "About AtariAge". AtariAge. Archived from the original on October 9, 2004. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "About AtariAge". AtariAge. Archived from the original on June 23, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  3. ^ Carless 2005, p. 15: "As discussed earlier, the Atari 2600 itself has a vibrant homebrew scene oriented around such sites as Atari Age."
  4. ^ Carless 2005, p. 22.
  5. ^ "Atari acquires AtariAge". 7 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Atari Gobbles up AtariAge, One of the Web's Oldest Retro Gaming Sites". 7 September 2023.