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The original Atari Flashback. The original Atari Flashback was released in November 2004, [1] [2] [3] with a retail price of $45. [1] [4] The console resembles a smaller version of the Atari 7800, [5] [6] and its controllers are also smaller versions of the 7800's joystick controllers, but with the addition of "pause" and "select" buttons.
AtGames Cloud Holdings Inc. (formerly AtGames Digital Media Inc.) is an American [1] video game and console manufacturer, known for their Legends Ultimate Arcade and the creator of the connected arcade. [3] [4] Since 2011, they have produced and marketed the Atari-licensed dedicated home video game console series Atari Flashback under license ...
Atari 2600 The Video Pinball brand is a series of first-generation single-player dedicated home video game consoles manufactured, released and marketed by Atari, Inc. starting in 1977 . Bumper controllers on the sides or a dial on the front are used to control the games depending on the game selected.
Save Mary was made by Tod Frye. [3] Frye had a long history with Atari, joining the company in 1979 where he made the 1982 port of Pac-Man for the Atari 2600. [4] [5] [6] Following the release of the high-selling but poorly received game, Frye earned over $1.3 million in royalties but found most of his money had been depleted by 1985.
At CES 2023, Atari partnered with My Arcade who produced three dedicated consoles under license with built-in Atari classics: the Atari Gamestation Plus, Pocket Player, and Micro Player. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] In August 2023, Atari announced the 2600+ console, a product developed by Atari, Inc. and separate from the VCS and Flashback series. [ 59 ]
The intellectual property rights for the game passed to Hasbro Interactive and were subsequently bought by Infogrames in 2001, which was subsequently renamed Atari SA. It was then re-released for the Atari Flashback 3 in 2011, which was the first console of the Flashback series made by the AtGames company. [18]
Atari BASIC is an interpreter for the BASIC programming language that shipped with Atari 8-bit computers. Unlike most American BASICs of the home computer era, Atari BASIC is not a derivative of Microsoft BASIC and differs in significant ways. It includes keywords for Atari-specific features and lacks support for string arrays.
In the early 1980s, Mattel's Intellivision video game console was a direct competitor to Atari's Video Computer System (VCS), better known as the Atari 2600. Although Mattel designed and produced video game cartridges for their own system, the company surprised the industry by also releasing simplified versions of its games for the 2600 under the M Network label.