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Encyclopedia > Atari Corporation
Atari, Inc.
Image:atari_inc.gif
Type Public
Founded 1972
Location New York, N.Y.
Key people Bruno Bonnell, Chairman, CEO and Chief Creative Officer
Diane Price Baker, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Industry Computer and video games
Products Dragon Ball franchise
Driver franchise
Revenue Image:red_down.png$468.9 million USD (2004)
Employees 1800 (2005)
Website www.atari.com
For the concept Atari (当たり) in the board game of Go, see Atari (go term).

Atari, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATAR) is a majority owned subsidiary of Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA), encompassing its North American operations. Atari develops, publishes and distributes games for all major video game consoles, as well as for the personal computer, and is currently one of the largest third-party publishers of video games in the United States. Official Infogrames Entertainment SA/ Atari, Inc. ... A public company is a company owned by the public. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... -1... Bruno Bonnell is the co-founder of video game company Infogrames. ... // Gameplay Main article: Game play Genres Halo: Combat Evolved is a First-Person Shooter, which is one of the many Computer and video game genres of computer and video games. ... Son Goku Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール) is a Japanese manga by Akira Toriyama serialized in the weekly anthology magazine, Weekly Shonen Jump, from 1984 to 1995 and originally collected into 42 individual books called Tankobon. ... Driver is a series of mission-based driving video games for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. Developed by Reflections Interactive, it was originally published by GT Interactive, and is now published by Atari. ... In business, revenue is the amount of money that a company actually receives from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Red down arrow for negative revenue from the previous fiscal year. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Web site. ... A board game is any game played with a premarked surface, with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. ... Go is a strategic, two-player board game originating in ancient China between 2000 BC and 200 BC. Go is a popular game in East Asia. ... Go terms are terms in Go, technical terms likely to be met in books and articles about go in English, and in other languages also. ... NASDAQ MarketSite (Times Square, New York City) at night NASDAQ (originally an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is a U.S. electronic stock market. ... Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) is an international holding company headquartered in Premier Marche, France. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the... The Nintendo GameCube is an example of a current generation video game console. ... // Gameplay Main article: Game play Genres Halo: Combat Evolved is a First-Person Shooter, which is one of the many Computer and video game genres of computer and video games. ...


The company that currently bears the Atari name was founded in 1993 under the name GT Interactive. GT Interactive was acquired by IESA in 1999 and renamed Infogrames, Inc. Infogrames acquired the Atari brand name from its purchase of Hasbro Interactive, which in turn had acquired it from JTS Corporation, which the original Atari had merged with in 1996. Infogrames, Inc. intermittently used the Atari name as a brand name for selected titles before IESA official changed the subsidiary's name to Atari, Inc. in 2003. 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... GT Interactive was a video game developer founded in 1993 and bought by Infogrames in 1999. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Hasbro Interactive was a video game production and publishing subsidiary of Hasbro, the game and toy giant. ... JT Storage (also known as JTS) was a maker of inexpensive IDE hard drives for personal computers based in San Jose, California. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article is about brands in marketing. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The original Atari was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and personal computers, and its dominance in those areas made it the major force in the computer entertainment industry in the early to mid-1980s. The brand has also been used at various times by Atari Games, a separate company split off in 1984. Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... The Nintendo GameCube is an example of a current generation video game console. ... A computer was, till a decade back, only a device or machine for processing information from data according to a program — a compiled list of instruction. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Atari Games was an American producer of arcade games, originally part of Atari. ... This page is about the year 1984. ...

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History

Since the early days of coin operated machines, Atari has been responsible for home consoles such as the Atari 2600 (VCS); produced a series of eight-bit computers (Atari 400 & 800); taken part in the 16 bit computer revolution with the Atari ST; made the revolutionary (for its time) 64-bit Atari Jaguar; and released a hand held video game console, the Atari Lynx. Logo of Atari Inc. ... Atari VCS/2600 original six-switch version. ... Atari built a series of 8-bit home computers based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU, starting in 1979. ... The Atari 520 ST The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. ... The Atari Jaguar is a video game console introduced in 1993 as a powerful next generation platform. ... Atari Lynx The Atari Lynx is Ataris only handheld game console, and the first such machine with a color display. ...


The 1970s: The rise of a video game empire

An Atari game console
An Atari game console

Founded in the United States in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, Atari could be credited with starting the video arcade industry with the seminal PONG. The home version of PONG, which connected to a television set, was one of the first video game consoles. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x1024, 620 KB) Photographer: Chris Johnson Title: Atari game console Taken on: 2001-11-02 17:52:11 Original source: Flickr. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x1024, 620 KB) Photographer: Chris Johnson Title: Atari game console Taken on: 2001-11-02 17:52:11 Original source: Flickr. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Nolan Bushnell (February 5, 1943–) is the founder of Atari, Inc. ... PONG, an adaptation of table tennis to the video screen, was the first commercially successful video game and is widely regarded as ushering in the video game era. ... The Nintendo GameCube is an example of a current generation video game console. ...


Atari Inc. was originally called Syzygy, an astronomical term. However, as there already existed at least one company with that name (accounts varying as to whether it was a candle company or roofing company), Bushnell wrote down several words from the game Go, eventually choosing Atari, which often is translated as "to inform an opposing player that he or she is in danger" [1], but really means only "[this particular stone] can be taken by the opponent"; if spoken towards the opponent at all this is outdated courtesy, not "check!", which means a serious threat to the King in chess. Go has no such piece. The name "Atari" is arguably also rather more memorable in terms of spelling and pronunciation for most markets. Syzygy can refer to any of several different things: // Astronomy In astronomy, a syzygy (Greek: yoked together) is a situation where three celestial bodies are positioned along a straight line. ... Go is a strategic, two-player board game originating in ancient China between 2000 BC and 200 BC. Go is a popular game in East Asia. ... The word check has these meanings: In finance, a cheque (spelt check in American English) is an order for transfer of money. ... A chess table is a table with a chessboard painted or engraved on it. ...


Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications in 1976 for an estimated $28–$32 million, using part of the money to buy the Folgers Mansion. He departed from the division in 1979. While part of Warner, Atari achieved its greatest success, selling millions of Atari 2600 consoles. At its peak, Atari accounted for a third of Warner's annual income and became the fastest-growing company in the history of the United States (at the time). Time Warner Inc. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...


The 1980s: Hurdles ahead

Although the Atari 2600 had garnered the lion's share of the home video game market, it experienced its first stiff competition in 1980 from Mattel's Intellivision, which featured ads touting its superior graphics capabilities relative to the 2600. Still, the 2600 remained the industry standard-bearer, due to its market superiority, and due to Atari featuring (by far) the greatest variety of game titles available. Atari VCS/2600 original six-switch version. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Mattel Inc. ... The Intellivision is a video game console released by Mattel in 1980; development of the console began in 1978 (less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the legendary Atari 2600 aka the Atari VCS). ...


However, Atari ran into problems in the early 1980s. Its home computer, video game console, and arcade divisions operated independently of one another and rarely cooperated. Faced with fierce competition and price wars in the game console and home computer markets, Atari was never able to follow on the success of the 2600. In 1982, Atari released disappointing versions of two highly publicized games, Pac-Man and E.T., causing a pileup of unsold inventory and depressing prices. Also in 1982, Atari settled a court case with Activision, a competing game developer primarily composed of disgruntled Atari ex-employees, officially opening the 2600 to third-party development. The market quickly became saturated, depressing prices further. In addition, in December 1982, Atari executives Ray Kassar and Dennis Groth were investigated for insider trading (later found to be false). Larry Emmons, employee No.3, retired in 1982. He was head of research and development of the small group of talented engineers in Grass Valley, California. The Atari 5200 game console, released as a next-generation follow up to the 2600, was based on the Atari 800 computer (but was incompatible with Atari 800 game cartridges), and its sales never met the company's expectations. It is rumored that in 1983, in response to a massive number of returned orders from distributors, Atari buried millions of unsold game cartridges (the bulk of them consisting of two titles, Pac-Man and E.T.) in a New Mexico desert landfill. Howard Scott Warshaw (the programmer behind E.T., Yars' Revenge, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Saboteur) questions the accuracy of this urban legend. The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ... The Nintendo GameCube is an example of a current generation video game console. ... A video arcade (known as an amusement arcade in the United Kingdom) is a place where people play arcade video games. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution by Midway Games in 1979. ... Screenshot from E.T. was a video game created in 1983 for the Atari 2600 video game system, based on the 1982 movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; it is considered one of the worst games of all time, is indisputably one of the biggest commercial failures in computer and... Activision, Inc. ... Atari 5200 System The Atari 5200 is a video game console introduced in 1982 by Atari. ... Atari built a series of 8-bit home computers based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU, starting in 1979. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... State nickname: Land of Enchantment Other U.S. States Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Governor Bill Richardson (D) Senators Pete Domenici (R) Jeff Bingaman (D) Official language(s) English and Spanish Area 315,194 km² (5th)  - Land 314,590 km²  - Water 607 km² (0. ... A dune in the Egyptian desert Desert in California In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation - less than 250 mm per year. ... Landfill is a waste disposal site for the deposit of the waste onto or into land (i. ... Screenshot from E.T. was a video game created in 1983 for the Atari 2600 video game system, based on the 1982 movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; it is considered one of the worst games of all time, is indisputably one of the biggest commercial failures in computer and... Yars Revenge is a video game developed for the Atari 2600. ...


Still, Atari held a formidable position in the world video game market. They were the number one console maker in every market except Japan, whose market belonged to Nintendo, which had released their first game console, the Famicom (known to the rest of the world as the NES) in 1983. The system took Japan by storm, and Nintendo began to look to other markets. They approached Atari and offered a licensing deal: Atari would build and sell the system, paying Nintendo a royalty. The deal was in the works, and the two companies tentatively decided to sign the agreement at the 1983 Summer CES. Unfortunately, at that same show Coleco was showing their new Adam computer, and the display unit was running Nintendo's Donkey Kong. But Atari owned the rights to publish Donkey Kong for computers. Atari CEO Ray Kassar had a fit, accusing Nintendo of double dealing with the Donkey Kong license. Nintendo in turn tore into Coleco. In the coming month, Ray Kassar was forced to leave Atari, and executives involved in the Famicom deal were forced to start over again from scratch. Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; (NASDAQ: NTDOY), (TYO: 7974)) is a Japanese company originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System (U.S., Europe, and Australia) NES redirects here. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System (North America, Brazil, Europe, Asia, and Australia) The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, is an 8-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, Asia, and Australia. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association. ... Coleco was a company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as Connecticut Leather Company to sell leather supplies to shoemakers. ... Memory console and keyboard for Coleco Adam computer expansion for the Colecovision The Coleco Adam was a home computer, an attempt in the early 1980s by American toy manufacturer Coleco to follow on the success of its Colecovision game console. ... Donkey Kong is an arcade game created by Nintendo, released in 1981. ...


These problems were followed by the infamous video game crash of 1983, which caused losses that totaled more than $500 million. Warner's stock price slid from $60 to $20, and the company began searching for a buyer for its troubled division. As for Nintendo, Atari could no longer afford the Famicom deal, and eventually Nintendo would be forced to go it alone. Screenshot of E.T. (Atari 2600 version) The video game crash of 1983 was the sudden crash of the video game business and the bankruptcy of a number of companies producing home computers and video game consoles in North America in late 1983 and early 1984. ...


In July 1984, Warner sold the home computing and game console divisions of Atari to Jack Tramiel, the recently ousted founder of Atari competitor Commodore International, under the name Atari Corp. for $240 million in stocks under the new company. Warner retained the arcade division, continuing it under the name Atari Games and eventually selling it to Namco in 1985. Warner also sold the fledgling Ataritel to Mitsubishi. This page is about the year 1984. ... Jack Tramiel (born 1928) is famous for founding Commodore International, manufacturer of the Commodore 64 and Commodore Amiga home computers. ... Commodore is the commonly used name for Commodore International, a West Chester, Pennsylvania based electronics company who was a vital player in the personal computer field. ... Atari Games was an American producer of arcade games, originally part of Atari. ... Namco is a company based in Japan, best known for developing video games. ... This article is about the year. ... The Mitsubishi companies, or the Mitsubishi Group of Companies or the Mitsubishi Group is a large group (keiretsu) of independently operated Japanese companies which share the Mitsubishi brand name. ...


Under Tramiel's ownership, Atari Corp. used the remaining stock of game console inventory to keep the company afloat while they finished development of their 16-bit computer system the Atari ST. In 1985 they released their update to the 8-bit computer line, the Atari XE series, as well as the 16-bit Atari ST line. Then, in 1986, Atari launched two consoles designed under the Warner Atari - Atari 2600jr and the Atari 7800 console (which saw limited release in 1984). Atari rebounded, producing a $25 million profit that year. The Atari ST line proved very successful (but mostly in Europe, not the U.S.), ultimately selling more than 4 million units. It was especially popular among musicians, as it had built in MIDI ports. Still, its closest competitor in the marketplace, the Amiga, outsold it 1.5 to 1. Atari eventually released a line of inexpensive IBM PC compatibles as well as an MS-DOS compatible palm computer called the Atari Portfolio. The Atari 520 ST The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. ... This article is about the year. ... The Atari 520 ST The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Atari 7800 System The Atari 7800 is a video game console released by Atari. ... Musical Instrument Digital Interface, or MIDI, is a system designed to transmit information between electronic musical instruments. ... In computing, Amiga is a range of home/personal computers primarily using the Motorola 68000 processor family, whose development started in 1982, initially as a game machine. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ...


In 1989, Atari also released the Atari Lynx, a handheld console with color graphics, to critical acclaim. However, a shortage of parts kept the system from being released nationwide for the 1989 Christmas season. As a result, the Lynx lost market share to Nintendo's Game Boy, which had only a black and white display but was widely available. Also in 1989, Atari Corp. sued Nintendo for $250 million, alleging it had an illegal monopoly. Atari lost. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Atari Lynx The Atari Lynx is Ataris only handheld game console, and the first such machine with a color display. ... The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ...


The 1990s: Decline

As the fortunes of Atari's ST and PC compatible computers faded, consoles and software again became the company's main focus. In 1993, Atari released its last console, the Jaguar. After a period of initial success, it, too, failed to meet expectations. It was not nearly as powerful as Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation or Sega's Saturn and lacked the extensive third party support its Japanese competitors had easily secured for their consoles. 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. ... The original PlayStation was produced in a light grey color. ... Sega (セガ) is a video game software and hardware developer, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... The Sega Saturn (Japanese: セガサターン, Sega Saturn), is a video game console of the 32-bit era. ...


By 1996, a series of successful lawsuits followed by profitable investments had left Atari with millions of dollars in the bank, but the failure of the Lynx and Jaguar left Atari without any products to sell. In addition, Tramiel and his family wanted out. The result was a rapid succession of changes in ownership. In July 1996, Atari merged with JTS Inc.,a short-lived maker of hard disk drives, to form JTS Corp. Atari's role in the new company largely became a holder for the Atari properties and minor support, consequently the name largely disappeared from the market. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... JT Storage (also known as JTS) was a maker of inexpensive IDE hard drives for personal computers based in San Jose, California. ...


Although the original Atari ceased to exist, a large amount of underground development remains for Atari's game systems and computers of the 1970s and 1980s, and many of the retro-gaming conventions (such as World Of Atari, Classic Gaming Expo, Philly Classic, and the Midwest Gaming Classic), focus largely on Atari. There are also websites dedicated to the release of new products for the original Atari consoles and computers, such as AtariAge.Com. The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...



In March 1998, JTS sold the Atari name and assets to Hasbro Interactive for $5 million—less than a fifth of what Warner Communications had paid 22 years earlier. This transaction primarily involved the brand and intellectual property, which now fell under the Atari Interactive division of Hasbro Interactive. The brand name changed hands again in December 2000, when French software publisher Infogrames took over Hasbro Interactive. 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the concept in marketing. ... Intellectual property or IP refers to a legal entitlement which sometimes attaches to the expressed form of an idea, or to some other intangible subject matter. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) is an international holding company headquartered in Lyon, France. ...



In the meantime, Atari Games was bought out by its employees in 1986, who also founded Tengen to bring their arcade games in to the home. The new Time-Warner eventually started gaining more and more shares in the company until they eventually owned the company completely again by 1994. At that point Atari Games ceased to exist and became part of Time-Warner Interactive. By 1996, Time-Warner sold TWI to WMS Industries, Inc., owner of Midway at the time. WMS brought the properties under Midway (which it now renamed Midway Games Inc.), and re-instated the Atari Games name. In 1998, Midway was sold to its shareholders and spun off as a separate company. Over 1999-2000, Midway held closed door proceedings with Hasbro which ultimately led to Atari Games being renamed Midway Games West. Midway left the arcade industry in 2001, and shut down Midway Games West in 2003 - closing the chapter on what was left of the original Atari arcade division. Atari Games was an American producer of arcade games, originally part of Atari. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tengen was a video game publisher and developer that was created after the video game crash of 1983-1984 by Atari Games. ... Time Warner Inc. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Williams is a long-standing electronic gaming and amusement company based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Midway Games NYSE: MWY is a video game publisher known for such game series as Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, and Spy Hunter. ... Atari Games was an American producer of arcade games, originally part of Atari. ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...


The 2000s: Revival and re-release of Atari classics

In October 2001, Infogrames announced that it was "reinventing" the Atari brand with the launch of three new games. On May 7, 2003, Infogrames officially reorganized its US subsidiary as a seperate entity known as Atari, Inc. It named its European operations to Atari Europe, and kept the main holdings company as Infogrames Entertainment. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) is an international holding company headquartered in Lyon, France. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Atari 10-in-1 TV Game
Atari 10-in-1 TV Game

In 2002, Jakks Pacific, a toy making company, released a plug-and-play video game console called the Atari 10-in-1 TV Game, believed by many to arouse interest in the concept of self-contained entertainment devices that did not require separate hardware to operate. It was battery-operated and shaped similarly to an Atari 2600 joystick, and included A/V ports. In 2004, the same company created a device called Atari Paddle Games, in the shape of one of the 2600's "paddle" controllers with appropriate titles included. However, as stated, neither of the games were directly released by Atari. Image File history File links Atari_Classics_10_in_1_TV_Games. ... Image File history File links Atari_Classics_10_in_1_TV_Games. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jakks Pacific, Inc. ... The Atari Classic 10-in-1 TV game by Jakks Pacific A TV game is an interactive entertainment device designed for use on a television set that does not require the use of an actual video game console for operation. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Atari Flashback Console
Atari Flashback Console

The same year that the Paddle Games were released, Atari released a TV game of their own which they called the Atari Flashback Console. The device they produced looked like a minute version of the Atari 7800 console originally released in 1984, 20 years previously. The two controllers were small as well, having a joystick and two red buttons on each side. Twenty titles were built into the system. Unlike most plug-and-plays, the Flashback was not powered by batteries, but an (included) AC adaptor instead. The Flashback did fairly well in sales; however, many Atari fans felt disappointed. Many people felt that the device itself was far too small, and the joysticks felt very dissimilar to those of the 7800. Since the games were all recreated on hardware more closely resembling the Nintendo Entertainment System than the 7800, some of the aspects of certain games concerning the sound, graphics, or gameplay were either changed or omitted. Overall, many enthusiasts believed that the Flashback did not capture the true Atari experience. ImageMetadata File history File links Atari_Flashback_Console. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Atari_Flashback_Console. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System (North America, Brazil, Europe, Asia, and Australia) The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, is an 8-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, Asia, and Australia. ...


Due to popular demand, Atari released a new version of the Flashback console, titled Atari Flashback 2, in August 2005. The Atari Flashback 2 The Atari Flashback 2 is a plug-and-play video game console created in 2005 by Atari. ...


Major products

Historical

PONG, an adaptation of table tennis to the video screen, was the first commercially successful video game and is widely regarded as ushering in the video game era. ... Atari VCS/2600 original six-switch version. ... Atari 5200 System The Atari 5200 is a video game console introduced in 1982 by Atari. ... Atari 7800 System The Atari 7800 is a video game console released by Atari. ... Atari built a series of 8-bit home computers based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU, starting in 1979. ... Atari Lynx The Atari Lynx is Ataris only handheld game console, and the first such machine with a color display. ... The Atari Jaguar is a video game console introduced in 1993 as a powerful next generation platform. ... Atari built a series of 8-bit home computers based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU, starting in 1979. ... The Atari 520 ST The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. ... Overview The Atari Mega STE was Ataris last ST series machine. ... Atari TT030 Computer The Atari TT was the fastest system that Atari ever built. ... The Atari Falcon The Atari Falcon was Ataris final computer product, more specifically named the Atari Falcon030 Computer System. ... The Atari Transputer Workstation (also known as ATW-800, or simply ATW) was a workstation class computer released by Atari in the late 1980s. ... The Atari Portfolio, launched by Atari in 1989, was the first PC-compatible palmtop computer. ...

Current

Alone in the Dark is a series of survival horror computer games from Infogrames (now Atari). ... Backyard Sports is a successful series of video games that play on both consoles and computers. ... Driver is a series of mission-based driving video games for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. Developed by Reflections Interactive, it was originally published by GT Interactive, and is now published by Atari. ... Neverwinter Nights (NWN), produced by BioWare and published by Infogrames Entertainment (now Atari), is a third-person perspective computer role-playing game that uses the Third Edition of the Dungeons & Dragons rules (with minor changes). ... Neverwinter Nights 2 is a RPG computer game currently in development. ... RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is the third installment (not including expansion packs) in the RollerCoaster Tycoon computer game series, produced and developed by Chris Sawyer and distributed by Atari. ... Test Drive is the name of one of the longest running and most popular racing game franchises ever. ... Unreal Tournament or UT is a popular first-person shooter computer game. ... Though much smaller in size, the Atari Flashback 2 resembles the original Atari VCS console from 1977. ... The Atari Flashback 2 The Atari Flashback 2 is a plug-and-play video game console created in 2005 by Atari. ...

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See also: Atari Games Atari Games was an American producer of arcade games, originally part of Atari. ...


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