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- Atari Games, Inc. was then renamed Atari Holdings, Inc. and remained a non-operating subsidiary of Warner Communications and its successor, Time Warner, before being merged back into the parent company in 1992.
All operating divisions sold off in 1984–85. Merged into parent company in 1992. Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Atari was a key player in the formation of the video arcade and video game industry.
In May 2009, Infogrames Entertainment SA, the parent company of Atari, and Atari Interactive, announced it would change its name to Atari SA. In April 2010, Atari SA board member and former CEO David Gardner resigned.
1985: Atari, under new ownership, begins manufacturing home computers. 1996: Financially troubled in the face of competition from Sega and Nintendo, Atari merges with JTS Corporation. 1998: JTS is purchased by Hasbro, which dissolves Atari.
12, 1998 as HIAC XI, Corp.) was merged with and into its parent company, Infogrames Interactive, Inc. (established Dec. 1998: Hasbro Interactive acquires all Atari Corporation related properties from JTS, creating a new subsidiary, Hasbro Interactive.
Atari Games, Inc. was then renamed Atari Holdings, Inc. and remained a non-operating subsidiary of Warner Communications and its successor, Time Warner, before being merged back into the parent company in 1992.
Oct 13, 2023 · Atari was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. The two-man team had started under the name Syzygy Co in 1971. Strange enough, the name Syzygy Co was taken in California. The duo decided to change the name to Atari, Inc. Bushnell was a fan of the ancient Chinese board game Go.
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Mar 23, 2024 · However, with that business name unavailable, Bushnell chose to rename their company Atari just weeks later in 1972 – referring to a decisive winning move in the ancient Asian board game "Go" (2). Little did they know Atari would soon blaze a pioneering trail to utterly transform entertainment.
