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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 Corporation released a redesigned model of the 2600 in 1986, supported by an ad campaign touting a price of "under 50 bucks". [50] With a large library of cartridges and a low price point, the 2600 continued to sell into the late 1980s. Atari released the last batch of games in 1989–90 including Secret Quest [51] and Fatal Run. [52]
The Atari 2600 sold over 30 million units over its lifetime, considerably more than any other console of the second generation. [33] In 1982, Atari released the Atari 5200 in an attempt to compete with the Intellivision. While superior to the 2600, poor sales and lack of new games meant Atari only supported it for two years before it was ...
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
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.
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 ...
The Atari VCS (renamed the Atari 2600 in late 1982) was not the first home system with swappable game cartridges, but by 1980 it was the most popular second-generation console by a wide margin. Launched in 1977 just ahead of the collapse of the market for home Pong console clones, the Atari VCS experienced modest sales for its first few years.
Atari was an early pioneer in the video game industry.In fact, it virtually created the industry with its introduction of the arcade game Pong.The brand name "Atari" was used for many years and applied to several other entities that developed products ranging from arcade video games to home video game consoles to home computers to video games for personal computers.