The author of the piece, Steve Fulton, suggests there will be a continuation to the story. Although Fulton obviously did his research for this article, we're thinking he can easily sum up 1977 - 2007 by simply saying, "Things: They went wrong."
Gamasutra's history of Atari 1971-'77 (the good years)
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Nov 6th 2007 10:25PM
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The author of the piece, Steve Fulton, suggests there will be a continuation to the story. Although Fulton obviously did his research for this article, we're thinking he can easily sum up 1977 - 2007 by simply saying, "Things: They went wrong."
Reader Comments (11)
Posted: Nov 6th 2007 11:05PM (Unverified) said
My back tat:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/13TonGimp/P1010002-1.jpg
I got my first 2600 in '77 and it was my very first console. I have a meager collection of carts in storage. I think I might be up to about 250 now. I need to get on the ball a start expanding my collection.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/13TonGimp/P1010002-1.jpg
I got my first 2600 in '77 and it was my very first console. I have a meager collection of carts in storage. I think I might be up to about 250 now. I need to get on the ball a start expanding my collection.
Posted: Nov 7th 2007 12:49AM (Unverified) said
Posted: Nov 7th 2007 1:04AM (Unverified) said
is that an invincibility star behind the atari logo?
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 11:23PM Negativecool said
Agh yes, back to the good ol' days...before every game was the same as the next, and before every game was a murder simulator.
Posted: Nov 6th 2007 11:45PM (Unverified) said
Death Race. 1976.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Race
Too bad it sucked. It was based on an INCREDIBLE movie: Death Race 2000, with a super-young Stallone.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Race
Too bad it sucked. It was based on an INCREDIBLE movie: Death Race 2000, with a super-young Stallone.
Posted: Nov 7th 2007 2:04AM (Unverified) said
Uh not sure if you're looking into the past with rosy-tinted glasses, but do you remember how many different versions of Pong and racing games were released? If a game was successful in a few months there would be a hundred copy-cat games.
Things aren't much different now.
The more things change the more they stay the same I guess.
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Things aren't much different now.
The more things change the more they stay the same I guess.
Posted: Nov 7th 2007 2:19AM ymmv said
"It's a good nostalgic read for anyone who's only aware of the modern mess the company is now."
The current Atari company has absolutely nothing to do with the original Atari that went broke years ago. The French company Infogrames had bought the righs to the Atari name and its assets and renamed their own company Atari a couple of years ago.
The current Atari company has absolutely nothing to do with the original Atari that went broke years ago. The French company Infogrames had bought the righs to the Atari name and its assets and renamed their own company Atari a couple of years ago.
Posted: Nov 7th 2007 6:28AM (Unverified) said
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