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Atari are quite simply one of the most important video game companies in the
history of gaming.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The original Atari was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It 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 computer entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid 1980s.
Atari has been responsible for home consoles such as the Atari 2600 (VCS); produced a series of eight-bit computers (Atari 400, 800, XL and XE series); 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."
Finance has never been one of Atari's strong suits and the company has
passed through many ownerships over the years. Hardware is now a thing of the
past but the present company produces games for all the present formats.
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Copyright Tony Barnett / ZXSoftware.co.uk 2002 - 2008
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