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Jan 19, 2015 · The documentary Atari: Game Over digs into the story behind E.T., its burial, and Atari’s abrupt shift from the fastest-growing company in US history to its dismantlement in 1984. Ad
Mar 27, 2024 · In 1984 Atari's consumer electronics and home computer divisions (including video games) were sold to Jack Tramiel's Tramel Technology for $240 million. Atari's parent company, Warner Communications, initially retained the arcade division (Atari Games) before selling it to Namco in 1985, and sold another Atari division (Ataritel) to Mitsubishi.
Sep 13, 2023 · No one could have seen it coming, but June 11, 1982 was a red letter day that kicked off a campaign that saw the movie staying in the #1 spot until Return of the Jedi came to theaters in May 1983 ...
Nov 19, 2014 · The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Rumor claims that millions of returned and unsold E.T. cartridges were buried in the desert, but what really happened there?
Nov 19, 2014 · The dig, attended by dozens of game fans, concludes a threaded story about the Atari era, when games were new, when no one understood where this form might be going, when kids thanked their lucky ...
Sep 17, 2021 · In 1976 Atari struck a deal with media powerhouse Warner Brothers in order to be able to financially support the release of what would eventually become the highly successful Atari 2600 home video game system. This alliance over time would reshape Atari in both good and bad ways. Perhaps accidently however, it did create the first true multi-media company as Atari would go to become the first ...
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Nov 20, 2014 · In 1983 the video game industry crashed, and it crashed hard. Over the course of two years, revenue for the industry fell 97 percent, and the company that was hit hardest by the crash was Atari ...