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 Send to email | The Golden Years of Atari, 1978 - 1981 [Atari] in Atari Culture History Industry Vintage |  By Maggie Greene
el 23-Aug-2008 |  Have time to waste on this lovely August Saturday? If you do, there's an appallingly expansive look at the history of Atari's early years (19 pages, plus one for citations) over at Gamasutra. This is actually a companion piece to the first Atari retrospective, which looked at the years from '71 to '77 (also clocking in at a mere 20 pages). It's stuffed with quotes, so the length isn't simply 'and then ... and then ... and then ....' Steve Fulton describes this period as one of the most exciting for Atari:
This four-year period — from 1977 to 1981 — contains some of the most exciting developments the company ever saw in its history: the rise of the 2600, the development of some of the company's most enduringly popular games (Centipede, Asteroids) and the development and release of its first home computing platforms. This comprehensive look back, filled with quotes from the original creators and other primary sources, offers a detailed peek into the company that popularized video gaming as the '70s turned into the '80s, and created the first viable market for home consoles.
If you've got the time, it's definitely worth a read — it's pretty comprehensive and some of the 'insider' insight is pretty interesting. Atari: The Golden Years — A History, 1978-1981 [Gamasutra]
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| The Golden Years of Atari, 1978 - 1981 [Atari] | | Have time to waste on this lovely August Saturday? If you do, there's an appallingly expansive look at the history of Atari's early years (19 pages, plus one for citations) over at Gamasutra. This is actually a companion piece to the first Atari retrospective, whic [..] Read complete article | | Published 23-Aug-2008 by Maggie Greene in Atari Culture History Industry Vintage
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| Atari Product Catalog, ca. 1981 [Atari] | | As an 8-year-old in 1981, I would read this Atari game catalog and think about all the amazing $40 games they offered that my paperboy earnings could not cover. And then I'd turn to the back page and read about the Atari Game Club, in Sunnyvale, Cali [..] Read complete article | | Published 12-Apr-2008 by Owen Good in AtariAtari 2600classic video gamesNostalgiaruminationsshattered childhood dreamssunnyvale
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| Former CEO Of Struggling Atari Got One Hell Of A Golden Parachute [Atari] | | Atari's fiscal 2008 annual report shows just how dire the publisher's situation has become over the years. Beginning late in 2005, the company began a gradual and aggressive scale-back of its development activities, and by the end of 2007, it had sold away all of its development studios. The company now [..] Read complete article | | Published 02-Jul-2008 by Leigh Alexander in Atari Financial Industry infogrames News Original
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| Atari Gamer?s Day Roundup [Roundup] | | September is turning out to be a hell of a month. A hurricane is heading for my homestead, my dental appointment got pushed to the morning after the Atari event and Atari fell the day after the Guitar Hero event I?m not allowed to talk about until next week. Which happens to be [..] Read complete article | | Published 12-Sep-2008 by AJ Glasser in
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| Atari Classics Land On iPhone [Retro Redux] | | Ah, so this is why Atari went and attacked the developers of iPhone Breakout clones. Nothing sucks more than having to compete against better versions of your own product. Up now on the Apps Store are brand new versions of Atari classi [..] Read complete article | | Published 24-Sep-2008 by Mike Fahey in Retro Redux Atari iPhone games Missile Command News Super Breakout
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| Atari, Infogrames To Get Merge On [Business] | | Can't say we didn't see this one coming. Infogrames, already the majority shareholder in the struggling Atari—the company recently delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange—will soon "acquire the remaining outstanding equity interests of Atari." A [..] Read complete article | | Published 30-Apr-2008 by Michael McWhertor in AtariBusinessIndustryinfogramesNews
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| Basic Atari 2600 Synthcart Control | | Circuit bending is alive and doing well. This is a really cool hack of an Atari 2600, which happens to be a favorite system for a lot of people. I need to go into the attic and find my old 2600, then get a Synthcart.
Synthcart is a cartridge for the Atari 2600 written by Paul [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 15-May-2008 by Nerdblog in General
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| The Other Atari [Business] | | Corporate confusions! When Harvest Moon developer Natsume decided to found a pachinko company a few years back, it could've picked any name for the new company. Natsume didn't and instead gave the pachinko company a corporate game moniker we all know: Atari. Here [..] Read complete article | | Published 02-Jun-2008 by Brian Ashcraft in AtariBusinessCultureHarvest MoonJapanNatsumeOdditiesPachinko
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