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Nov 27, 2020 · This period also marked the end of Atari as it had been constituted up to that point. It was forced to split into two companies: Atari Games and Atari Corporation. 1986.
The Atari 2600 is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977 as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS), it popularized microprocessor -based hardware and games stored on swappable ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976.
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This page is my attempt to assemble a complete history of Atari (collectively referring to Atari Inc., Atari Corp., and Atari Games) in one easy-to-find location. As far as I've been able to determine, this is the first time such a beast has ever been assembled; the Atari-related FAQs and sources I've seen have covered different portions of Atari, ...
1971 - Before Atari 1. Nolan Bushnell sells Computer Space, a space combat game based on Steve Russell's 1962 game Spacewar, to Nutting Associates. 1,500 units are made, but Computer Spacefails to sell. 1972 - The Founding of Atari 1. (June 27) Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney start their own game company, Atari Incorporated. Atari (a term from the Ja...
In addition to the author's own notes and recollections, some of the information in this timeline came from the following sources: 1. "Videogame Myths: Fact or Fiction?", Next Generation #26 February 1997, Imagine Publishing Inc. Brisbane, CA, 94005 2. Phoneix: The Fall & Rise of Home Videogames Leonard Herman, 1994, Rolenta Press. Union, NJ, 07083...
Jan 27, 2013 · Atari 2600. The infamous video games crash of 1983 dealt Atari a heavy blow, and the rise of Nintendo in the console market was the beginning of the end for its hardware ambitions, but it endured ...
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May 28, 2021 · By the end of its primary lifecycle in 1983–84, games for the 2600 were using more than four times the ROM of the launch games with significantly more advanced visuals and gameplay than the system was designed for, such as Activision’s Pitfall! In 1982, the Atari 2600 was the dominant game system.
In the end, consumers revolted, and this helped contribute to the now infamous crash of the video game industry in 1983. Atari sales soon went into a period of rapid decline, and the divisions of Atari were split up and sold. Nevertheless, the 2600 and 2600jr consoles remained available for purchase until 1992, when they were officially ...
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Jun 27, 2012 · Forty years ago today, on June 27, 1972, Atari Incorporated was born. What started with Pong grew into a revolutionary videogame company that dominated the arena for more than a decade, went into ...
