The end of a giant company that was in its infancy

The pioneer in electronic games closed its doors and not much was known

Anyone from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s will certainly remember one of the most famous companies of the time, a pioneer in Video GamesWhere it later became a fever in posterity.

Atari was She was responsible for her free time for a long time, as she was one of the people responsible for the popularization of electronic games.

Founded in 1972 and created by engineers Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, the company went through a period of great glory before hitting its downhill.

The first game released by Atari was Computer Space, in which the player controlled a rocket against two spaceships, being the first electronic game available to the general public, because before that there were only games for Atari computers. Time, which in turn was expensive and hard to come by.

After its success with arcade games in the United States, the company focused its expansion with operations in homes for players, where it developed the Atari VCS, which allowed to run popular titles of the time, such as Combat and Space Invaders.

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With the technical and hardware limitations of the time, the company ended up being unable to carry out its projects and manage its full potential.

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What led to Atari’s bankruptcy?

With declining sales in the market, with the Crash of video games in 1983, plus the introduction of new consoles with more technological resources, plus a lack of new investors, causing financial difficulties, Atari was dissolved by Warner, with parts sold to Bandai. and Tramel Technology.