Atari
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[[Test Drive]], [[Dragon Ball]], [[Alone in the Dark]], [[Godzilla]], [[RollerCoaster Tycoon]] and [[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
- Astérix (1983)
- Asteroids
- Atari Football
- Avalanche
- Backgammon (1979)
- Basic Programming
- Basketball (1978)
- Batman Returns
- Battlezone
- Breakout
- Bug Hunt
- Canyon Bomber
- Cloak & Dagger
- Club Drive
- Combat
- Crashday
- Crystal Castles
- Dare Diver
- Defender 2000
- Dominos
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
- F-1
- Fight for Life
- Fire Truck
- Flag Capture
- Football (1978)
- Football: Real Sports Soccer
- Fun with Numbers (1978)
- Garfield (Atari 2600)
- Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
- Gotcha
- Gravitar
- GT 64: Championship Edition
- Hangman
- Haunted House (1981)
- Haunted House (1982)
- Hover Strike
- Hover Strike: Unconquered Lands
- Hunt & Score
- I, Robot
- Indy 4
- Indy 500
- Jet Fighter
- Krull
- Lunar Lander (1979)
- Maze Craze
- Millipede
- Missile Command
- Missile Command 3D
- Mission: Impossible
- Neverwinter Nights 2
- Night Driver
- Off the Wall
- Off the Wall (1991)
- Olympic Hockey Nagano '98
- Othello
- Outlaw
- Pac-Man
- Pong
- Primal Rage
- Quadrun
- Quantum
- Qwak!
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- RBI Baseball '95
- Red Baron
- Rubik's Cube
- Ruiner Pinball
- Sky Diver
- Solaris (Atari 2600)
- Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Space Race
- Star Ship
- Starship 1
- Steeplechase
- Super Baseball
- Super Breakout
- Super Bug
- Superman (Atari 2600)
- Surround
- Swordquest: Waterworld
- T-Mek
- Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy
- Val D'isére Skiing and Snowboarding
- Video Checkers
- Video Pinball
- Video Pinball (Atari 2600)
- Warlords
- Yars' Revenge
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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