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The Atari 2600 is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977 as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS), it popularized microprocessor-based hardware and games stored on swappable ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976.
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game console and home computer development company which operated between 1972 and 1984. During its years of operation, it developed and produced over 350 arcade, console, and computer games for its own systems, and almost 100 ports of games for home computers such as the Commodore 64.
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Atari was a key player in the formation of the video arcade and video game industry. The company was founded in Sunnyvale, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, to develop arcade games, starting with Pong in 1972.
The Atari VCS with CX40 joystick. The Atari 2600 is a home video game console released in September 1977. Sears licensed the console and many games from Atari, Inc., selling them under different names. Three cartridges were Sears exclusives. The list contains 517 games, divided into three sections: Games published by Atari and Sears
List of Atari, Inc. games (1972–1984), games developed or published by the original Atari, Inc. List of Atari video games (2001–present), games developed or published by Atari, Inc. under Infogrames ownership; List of Hasbro Interactive video games#Atari Interactive, Atari themed games for home systems published by Hasbro Interactive (1998 ...
Atari is re-releasing its iconic home gaming console with the Atari 2600+ on November 17. Grab one for the holiday season for a retro gamer. Lose At Video Pinball Again (and Again) With the New ...
The game is among the most successful of 1975 and its hardware is used for subsequent Midway-released games. [2] December – Exidy’s Destruction Derby is released; Chicago Coin releases it as Demolition Derby. [24] The game is later modified to become Death Race (1976).
January 31 – A fire destroys the factory of Allied Leisure in Hialeah, Florida. [1] The company is forced to exit the video game industry temporarily. April 15 – Magnavox and Sanders Associates file suit against Atari Inc, Bally Mfg, Chicago Dynamic Industries, Allied Leisure, and Empire Distributing for infringement of the patents related to the Odyssey by Ralph Baer and Bill Rusch. [2]