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1. www.grunge.com › 970526 › the-untold-truth-of-atariThe Untold Truth Of Atari - Grunge

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   Aug 18, 2022 · The brains behind Atari started out in a makeshift computer lab with a treasure trove of odds and ends they could convert into working machines. It was hardly a science fiction movie set.

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2. medium.com › super-jump › the-life-and-death-ofThe Life and Death of Atari - Medium

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   Nov 27, 2020 · the life and death of atari when pong conquered the earth Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney founded Atari in California in 1972. Initially, the company designed arcade games.

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   Dec 22, 2021 · Atari's self-inflicted wounds led to its death. With a bad reputation and a market inundated with poor and sometimes offensive products, Atari, and with it the entire gaming industry, collapsed. According to the New York Times , Atari lost an incredible $310.5 million in the second quarter of 1983.

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4. www.engadget.com › 2014/05/01-true-story-et-atariThe true story of the worst video game in history - Engadget

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   May 1, 2014 · To find out what really happened more than 30 years ago, we went straight to the man who made the game: former Atari developer Howard Scott Warshaw. This is his story. "E.T. was the death of...

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   Jun 23, 2020 · Atari kick-started the home video game console movement back in the 1970s and 80’s and paved the way for today’s gaming industry when it launched the trailblazing Atari 2600, along with several blockbuster games. It was a pop culture icon and a galvanizing force within the industry.

6. medium.com › @robertworkman_Disruptor › at-a-timeAt a Time When No One Expected It, Atari’s Fire ... - Medium

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   Oct 24, 2023 · That’s right, at a time when video gaming was just getting its start, Atari managed to define what cooperative gameplay was all about with a very surprising — and hilarious — title. Programmed...

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   Did Atari ever make a video game?

   • They soon had a monster hit with the arcade game Pong in late 1972, which spawned copycats that spread video games all over the world. But Atari still faced an uphill fight as big names jumped into the market. Related: The First Commercial Video Game: How It Looked 50 Years Ago

   "Atari Was Very, Very Hard" Nolan Bushnell on Atari, 50 Years Later

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   What happened to Atari Games?

   • As Warshaw explained, under the leadership of CEO Ray Kassar, Atari underwent a transformation from being a technically innovative company to one focused on licensed games. "Once you had that property tie-in, that's all there was to a game," he said. "All you needed was something to stick in a box and sell. Development got shorted."

   The true story of the worst video game in history - Engadget

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   How did the brains behind Atari start?

   • The brains behind Atari started out in a makeshift computer lab with a treasure trove of odds and ends they could convert into working machines. It was hardly a science fiction movie set.

   The Untold Truth Of Atari - Grunge

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   What happened to Atari programmers?

   • The toxic work environment at Atari led to an exodus of programmers. The most prominent example of this involved Atari programmers Bob Whitehead, David Crane, Alan Miller, and Larry Kaplan. According to Game Informer, a marketing memo had circulated to the programmers in 1979 which showed which Atari games were the bestselling ones.

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   Why is Atari called 'Fuji'?

   • Even the official logo appears to be a mashup of the letter "A" and Mount Fuji, and its nickname of "Fuji" was a throwback to the inspiration that spawned Atari. Creating their own video games wasn't going to be Atari's main business.

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   Why did Atari flop in the 1980s?

   • " E.T. was the death of Atari." If you believe the urban legend, then that game, based on Steven Spielberg's blockbuster movie, is the sole reason Atari flopped in the 1980s.

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8. www.howtogeek.com › 812246 › atari-was-very-very"Atari Was Very, Very Hard" Nolan Bushnell on Atari, 50 Years ...

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   Jun 27, 2022 · It's been 50 years since Nolan Bushnell co-founded Atari, which brought video games to the mainstream. To celebrate, we asked Bushnell what he learned during the early years---and what we've lost sight of since then.