Atari
| Atari | |
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Business Type |
Public |
Parent company |
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Product(s) |
Test Drive, Dragon Ball, Alone in the Dark, Godzilla, RollerCoaster Tycoon, The Matrix |
Atari is the name of a company that was a pioneer in arcade games and home consoles. They were founded in 1972 by gaming legend Nolan Bushnell. They are responsible for many contributions to the gaming industry, such as Pong, Yar's Revenge, the Atari 2600, Adventure, and E.T.
After the crash of 1983, Atari limped on, but not as successful as other companies like Nintendo. In 1998, the Atari name & license was bought by Hasbro Interactive. In 2000, developer Infogrames bought out Hasbro Interactive. Finally, in 2003, Infogrames cashed in on nostalgia by officially renaming the company Atari. Thus, in some way, Atari still lives on in the industry, though it's not much more than a name.
Games[edit | edit source]
- 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe
- 32 in 1 Game Cartridge
- A Game of Concentration
- Adventure
- Air Sea Battle
- Alpha Beam with Ernie
- Anti-Aircraft
- APB
- Astérix (1983)
- Asteroids
- Asteroids Deluxe
- Atari Football
- Atari Video Cube
- Avalanche
- Backgammon (1979)
- Backyard Basketball 2007
- Basic Math
- Basic Programming
- Basketball (1978)
- Batman (1990)
- Batman Returns
- Battlezone
- Big Bird's Egg Catch
- Black Widow
- Blackjack (1977)
- Blasteroids
- BMX Airmaster
- Bowling
- Brain Games
- Breakaway IV
- Breakout
- Bug Hunt
- Canyon Bomber
- Casino (1978)
- Centipede
- Championship Soccer
- Championship Sprint
- Circus Atari
- Cloak & Dagger
- Club Drive
- Codebreaker
- Combat
- Combat Two
- Crash 'N Score
- Crashday
- Crystal Castles
- Dare Diver
- Dark Chambers
- Defender 2000
- Demons to Diamonds
- Desert Falcon
- Doctor Pong
- Dodge Em
- Dominos
- Double Dunk
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
- F-1
- Fight for Life
- Fire Truck
- Firefox
- Flag Capture
- Food Fight
- Football (1978)
- Football: Real Sports Soccer
- Fun with Numbers (1978)
- Garfield (Atari 2600)
- Gauntlet (1985)
- Gauntlet II
- Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
- Golf (1980)
- Gotcha
- Gran Trak 10
- Gravitar
- Gremlins
- GT 64: Championship Edition
- Hangman
- Haunted House (1981)
- Haunted House (1982)
- Hi-way
- Home Run
- Hover Strike
- Hover Strike: Unconquered Lands
- Human Cannonball
- Hunt & Score
- I, Robot
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Indy 4
- Indy 500
- Indy 800
- Jet Fighter
- Klax
- Krull
- Liberator
- Lunar Lander (1979)
- Magic: The Gathering (1997)
- Major Havoc
- Math Gran Prix
- Maze Craze
- Midnight Magic
External links[edit | edit source]
- The Atari History Museum - Atari historical archive site.
- Atari On Film - List of Atari products in films.
- The Dot Eaters: classic video game history - Comprehensive history of videogames, extensive info on Atari offerings and history
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