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The period of 1979 to 1983 remains known as the golden age of arcade video games. The experience of playing games with your friends started here, and some things, like competing for leaderboard high scores, can be attributed to Atari’s lasting influence.
In early 1985, Warner established a new corporation jointly with Namco subsequently named Atari Games Corporation, which took control of Atari's coin-operated games division.
Mar 23, 2024 · The Atari story begins with two ambitious entrepreneurs bonded by their passion for technology and games: Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Bushnell first discovered a love for video games as an electrical engineering student at the University of Utah in the 1960s.
In 2004 Atari released the Atari Flashback 2, which contains 40 classic games and mimics the look of the original Atari 2600, including the iconic joystick, for play on newer console systems and personal computers (PCs). Atari continues to make games for PCs and all the major consoles.
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The company was founded in Sunnyvale, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, to develop arcade games, starting with Pong in 1972.
Nov 6, 2007 · Atari is the pioneer in the history of video games, yet its comprehensive history has never been compiled - until now. Gamasutra is delighted to present the first of Steve Fulton's canonical three-part history of the company, taking us from Computer Space to the VCS.
Mar 20, 2014 · Atari’s founders invented the video game arcade cabinet, helping to create the arcade culture that gave birth to modern video games. Without Atari, the history of games would have been ...
