atari

Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972, currently by Atari Interactive, a subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA (ASA). The original Atari, Inc. founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and home computers. The company's products, such as Pong and the Atari 2600, helped define the electronic entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid-1980s.
In 1984, the original Atari Inc. was split due to its role in the video game crash of 1983, and the arcade division was turned into Atari Games Inc. Atari Games received the rights to use the logo and brand name with appended text "Games" on arcade games, as well as rights to the original 1972–1984 arcade hardware properties. The Atari Consumer Electronics Division properties were in turn sold to Jack Tramiel's Tramel Technology Ltd., which then renamed itself to Atari Corporation. In 1996, Atari Corporation reverse-merged with disk-drive manufacturer JT Storage (JTS), becoming a division within the company.
In 1998, 6 November Hasbro Interactive acquired all Atari Corporation related properties from JTS, creating a new subsidiary, Atari Interactive. Infogrames Entertainment (IESA) bought Hasbro Interactive in 2001 and renamed it to Infogrames Interactive, later Atari Interactive in 2003, when Infogrames Inc. licensed the Atari name and logo from the latter and changed its name to Atari Inc., a name used for a company founded in 1993 as GT Interactive, which IESA also renamed to Infogrames, Inc. and acquired a 62% controlling interest in by 1999. After IESA's acquisition of Hasbro Interactive, Infogrames, Inc. intermittently published Atari branded titles for Infogrames Interactive. On October 11, 2008, Infogrames completed its acquisition of Atari, Inc., making it a wholly owned subsidiary.

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  1. Don Rogers Tash

    Atari Is 50 !!!

    I had such great times with my VCS when I was a kid but where has that 50 years gone, and I'm still a gamer. Happy Birthday Atari.
  2. Don Rogers Tash

    Atari ST/Commodore Amiga.

    I had both and they were both brilliant machines after you'd upgraded from C64 or...spit...Speccy. Give me your memories from either or both machines please.
  3. dingo8yobaby

    Question 'Hard Head' Atari Promo Cart!?

    Just seen an auction listing for this gem, its already over £100 with 6 days to go! Wonder what it will go for as before this turned up, there was only one known in existence?!
  4. T

    Gaming themed Avatars

    I thought I'd share these pins I created, incase anyone wants to use one as their avvy. If anyone has a specific request then fire away and I'll do my best to oblige! (simply right click on the image and either 'copy the image address' or save the image and then re-upload to the forum...
  5. MikeKay1976

    Retro VR - I never knew how close Atari were to keeping Vr alive in the mid 90s

    shame they ran out of cash.... could have been a game changer back in the day time codes do not seem to paste in so if you are not interested in the whole thing jump to 36m30s
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