Atari

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Atari () is a brand name that has been owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Luxembourgish holding company Atari SA (formerly Infogrames) and its focus is on "video games, consumer hardware, and licensing". The original Atari, Inc. was founded in Sunnyvale, California, United States, in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. This company was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and home computers. The company's products, such as Pong and the Atari 2600, helped define the electronic entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. After the video game crash of 1983, the assets of the home console and computer divisions of the original Atari Inc. were sold off to Jack Tramiel's Tramel Technology Ltd. in 1984, which then renamed itself to Atari Corporation, while the remaining part of Atari, Inc. was renamed Atari Games Inc. In early 1985, Warner established a new corporation jointly with Namco subsequently named Atari Games...

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