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The Atari 800's nameplate is on the dual-width cartridge slot cover. The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, [2] are a series of home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with the Atari 400 and Atari 800. [3] The architecture is designed around the 8-bit MOS Technology 6502 CPU and three custom ...
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. All operating divisions sold off in 1984–85. Merged into parent company in 1992. 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 ...
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.
Star Raiders is a space combat simulator video game created by Doug Neubauer and published in 1980 by Atari, Inc. Originally released for the Atari 400/800 computers, Star Raiders was later ported to the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari ST. The player assumes the role of a starship fighter pilot, who must protect starbases from invading forces ...
The Nintendo DS product line are the best-selling handheld consoles, selling 154.02 million units worldwide. The majority of sales came from the DS Lite at 93.86 million units. [5] A handheld game console is a lightweight device with a built-in screen, controls, speakers, [6] and has greater portability than a standard video game console. [2]
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.
v. t. e. The video game crash of 1983 (known in Japan as the Atari shock) [1] was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985 in the United States. The crash was attributed to several factors, including market saturation in the number of video game consoles and available games, many of which were of poor ...