Atari is a corporate brand name owned by Atari Interactive. It was originally created by Nolan Bushnell in 1972. Atari is considered the very first video game.
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Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Infogrames Ent...
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The story of PONG (not to be confused with Tennis, invented by Ralph Baer) started much earlier than 1972. At the end of the 1960's, Steve Russell's "Space War" game had been circulating throughout many campus' and ... (Nolan enjoyed playing japanese chess game "Go", where "Check" translated as "Atari" in Japanese,
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Games Department: Atari VCS. From Antic Vol. 2, No. 2 / May 1983 ... Credit for the VCS usually goes to Nolan Bushnell, who r started Atari with $500 and gave us Pong in 1972. Actually, it was principally invented by Atari's Steven T. Mayer, who had also helped design the ATARI 400 and 800 computers.
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Features: Who Really Invented The Video Game? From Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games Vol. 1, No. 1 / Spring 1983 ... He did make use of some recently invented transistors as flip-flop switches--a harbinger of things to come. Willy simply did the job in the shortest time with whatever parts were handy. The result was...
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When Was the Atari Invented?. Classic home-gaming systems will always be associated with the moving paddles of the distinctive game "Pong." Today, games have advanced and with each new generation of home video game... ... eHow Article: When Was the Atari Invented?
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The Atari History Museum: The interenets premiere site for information, images and history of Atari ... "Atari History Museum" ; Celebrating more then 30 Years of Fun & Games!
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Tank was the next true milestone in Atari's history. Who invented it, however, is a matter of opinion. Some credit Lyle Rains, who was the engineering v.p. in coin-op until only recently in 1982, but Steve Bristow says it was he who came up with the concept.
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