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Mar 30, 2024 · Pong (1975), Video Pinball (1978) and the VCS (2020) are all part of the Atari console canon as far as Im concerned because they offered brand new content upon release. That being said, consoles such as the Flashbacks, 2600 + and 400 mini might have to be placed in another category.
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Release Date: December 14, 2020 Units Sold:10000+ Atari’s back, baby. Well, sort of. Long out of the console game, and working as developers for the past several decades, Atari made a surprising return in 2021 with the release of the Atari VCS. Bundled with both a “classic” Atari-style joystick and a modern controller, the system comes bundled with...
Release Date: 1975 Units Sold:200,000+ By the mid-1970s, Atari was riding high on the success of their first game Pong. One of the first commercial arcade games ever released, the literal hundreds of clones that sprung up in its wake compelled Atari to look for new ways to develop electronic games. A home version of their Pong game was the next log...
Release Date: May 21, 1984 Units Sold:1 million+ There’s a strong argument to be made that the Atari 5200 was the beginning of the end for the company. Riding high on the monumental success of the 2600, expectations were at a peak for the follow-up. What people got instead was one of the worst video game consoles of all time. An extraordinary failu...
Release Date: November 23, 1993 Units Sold:less than 150,000 A bizarre, aggressive advertising campaign did little to help Atari survive the next stage of the console wars, with the 1993 release of the Jaguar being marked by strong early salesand a plethora of elaborate promises made by a company whose public perception by this point was in tatters...
Release Date: September 1, 1989 Units Sold:2 million Although the Atari Lynx fared about as well as anything did for Atari in the 90s, the Lynx has a lot more going for it than the Jaguar, but it wasn’t perfect by any means. So bulky and heavy was this effort by Atari to take down the Game Boythat calling the system a handheld almost feels inaccura...
Release Date: September 1977 Units Sold:30 million Released in 1977, the Atari VCS (Video Computer System) wasn’t the first home console to market, but it was almost immediately the most successful and focused. It was a technical powerhouse for its time, and more importantly, it could play games besides Pong in bright, relatively vibrant colors. Ni...
Release Date: May 1986 Units Sold:1 million The Atari 2600 is more historically significant than the 7800, but for overall game quality, system specs, and sheer potential, the 7800 comes out on top of every Atari console ranking. The console may have been something of a “too little too late” situation for Atari, with it being released to stores in ...
Feb 27, 2022 · 1 Atari 7800. For gamers out there who are absolutely nostalgic for the 2600, it may feel like an insult to put anything else in the number one spot. However, the 7800 takes the cake for being everything the 2600 is and more. This console can play every 2600 game, as well as the full library of 7800 games, many of which are far better versions ...
Sep 11, 2021 · Atari was founded back in 1972 by Pong and Computer Space co-creators, Ted Dabney and Nolan Bushnell. The aforementioned was massively popular but after the video game crash in 1983, Atari faced constant ups and downs that led to its drastic demise. What made the situation worse is the emergence of a plethora of video game consoles including ...
Jul 12, 2022 · Though this list of all Atari consoles & handhelds in order features quite a lot of misses.. we would like to just remember the Atari 2600, the Atari 7800 and the Atari Lynx… and just forget the rest of the list. That way, we can see Atari as winners in the history of video gaming. Sometimes, you gotta take risks to achieve great things.
List of Atari, Inc. games (1972–1984) Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game console and home computer development company which operated between 1972 and 1984. During its years of operation, it developed and produced over 350 arcade, console, and computer games for its own systems, and almost 100 ports of games for ...
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Dec 16, 2023 · Dec. 16, 2023 5:00 a.m. PT. 6 min read. CNET. The Atari 2600 is back, but with a fresh, modern take on the original '70s classic console. Now called the Atari 2600 Plus ($130), it's smaller and ...
