Atari, Inc.

Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in the San Jose/Sunnyvale area of California. Operating through the 1970s and early 1980s, the company developed coin‑op and consumer games and launched the Atari VCS/2600 home console. Key people at founding were Bushnell and Dabney; engineers such as Al Alcorn later created early hits. Notable titles and series associated with the company’s output include Pong, Centipede/Millipede, Asteroids Deluxe and Space Duel, along with numerous Atari 2600-era releases such as RealSports Basketball. The game entries below, including versions and later rereleases grouped in this archive, span systems such as Atari 2600, Windows, Xbox 360, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.