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- In 1984, as a result of the video game crash of 1983, the home console and computer divisions of the original Atari Inc. were sold off to Jack Tramiel 's Tramel Technology Ltd., which then renamed itself to Atari Corporation. Atari, Inc. was renamed Atari Games Inc. Atari Games received the rights to use the logo and brand name with appended text "Games" on arcade games.
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In 1985, a controlling interest in the coin-operated games division was sold to Namco, which also took the Atari Games name. Warner renamed Atari Games to Atari Holdings, which continued as a nonoperating subsidiary until 1992. Meanwhile, Namco later lost interest in operating Atari Games.
Warner subsequently renamed Atari Games, Inc. to Atari Holdings, Inc., and AT Games became Atari Games Corporation. Namco later lost interest in operating Atari Games and sold 33% of its shares to a group of employees led by Hideyuki Nakajima, who had been the president of Atari Games since 1985.
YearTitleOriginal Platform(s)Publisher1984Arcade, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ...Atari Games,1985Arcade, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, ...Atari Games, Namco1985Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC ...Atari Games1985Arcade, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX ...Atari GamesThe 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.
Below is a list of arcade video games produced by Atari. These games were produced by Atari, Inc. from 1972 to 1984 starting with Pong , and Atari Games from 1984 to 1999. Atari no longer manufacturers arcade games.
1985: Warner retained the arcade division, continuing it under the name Atari Games, but sold it to Namco in 1985. Warner also sold the Ataritel division to Mitsubishi. Atari went on to create a new 16-bit line of computers and tried to retake the market with 2 failed game consoles.
Mar 20, 2014 · Two years later Atari was resurrected when Hasbro Interactive, the video game division of the toy giant, bought JTS for a paltry $5 million, primarily to acquire the rights to the Atari name.
Oct 31, 2022 · Bushnell and Dabney aimed to change the underground nature of video games and, on June 27, 1972, formed Atari to bring coin-operated machines to the masses. Atari released Pong that...