Atari, Inc.

Atari, Inc.

The Atari logo, also known as the "Fuji"
Industry	Video games
Founded	June 27, 1972; 52 years ago (1972-06-27)
Founders	Nolan Bushnell Ted Dabney
Defunct	June 26, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-06-26)
Fate	Consumer products sold to Jack Tramiel as Atari Corporation in 1984. Arcade business renamed to Atari Games in 1985.
Successor	Atari Corporation Atari Games
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, United States New York City, New York, United States
Products	Pong Atari 2600 Atari 8-bit family Atari 5200
Parent	Warner Communications (1976–1984)

Atari, Inc. is an American video game and home computer company. It was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.^[1] Atari was the first company to make a video arcade game in a cabinet.^[2] The company made famous games, such as Pong. Atari helped define the gaming entertainment industry and home computers from the 1970s to the mid-1980s.^[2] They made home computers until 1993.^[2]

Final Atari logo from 2012 nicknamed "Fuji"

Atari filed for bankruptcy in 2013^[3]

References

1. Mark J. P. Wolf, The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to Playstation and Beyond (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008), p. 59
2. Keza MacDonald (20 March 2014). "IGN PRESENTS: THE HISTORY OF ATARI". IGN. Ziff Davis, LLC. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
3. https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/snatching-atari-back-from-the-grave-again/

Other websites

• The Atari History Museum - Atari historical archive site.
• Atari Times, supporting all Atari consoles.
• AtariAge.com
• Atari Gaming Headquarters - Atari historical archive site.
• Atari On Film - List of Atari products in films.
• History of Atari from 1978 to 1981
• A History of Syzygy / Atari / Atari Games / Atari Holdings
• http://atari.com - Company that manages intellectual property of games and franchises.