Founded in 1972 Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney the mythical company Atari It is considered the seed of video games. She did not invent them, but she played a key role in popularizing them through marketing. the first slot machines and the first consoles that were successful all over the world.
With games like Pong, breakthrough or asteroidsand the consoles are like mythical Atari 2600released in 1977, Atari became the most popular video game company in the world in the 70slike today’s Nintendo or PlayStation.
It’s true that it caused the great crash of the video game in 1982, with the big fiasco of the movie game ET The Extra Terrestrial. Millions of games were buried in the Alamogordo desert because they didn’t sell. atari bankruptcy, which dragged down the entire industry.
Nintendo had to come with their Nintendo NES console and Mario games to save her, but that’s a story for another time.
After this bankruptcy Atari has been sold and resold many times so little remains of that American pioneer. Currently belongs to the French groupold Infogrames, but its brand and its licenses are still active and so there are curious news like this one.
Atari is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.and he does it by throwing two new cartridges for the Atari 2600 console. If you have this nearly 50 year old relic at home, you can put in these new cartridges and play like you were in the 70s.
In fact, this initiative is not new, since Atari launched a line AtariXP last year to reissue Atari 2600 console cartridges that meet certain conditions:
- Games that have been completed but that never received an official releaseor that they were only produced in very limited numbers.
- Games for which physical support has become extremely rare and therefore difficult to find.
- Big variety classic games that would benefit from minor improvements in graphics and in the smoothness and precision of control. These games will be carefully restored and then re-released.
It has released three titles so far: Return of Yar, Saboteur and Aquaventure. All three have already been sold.
Now, on occasion 50 years The company is launching two more: Missile Command and Adventure.
The first is a reflex arcade game where you have to fire rockets before they hit the ground. Adventure is one of the first adventure games in history.
Both will be released in limited editions, consisting of the cartridge itself, box and instructions, and a badge and badge. Their price is $100. You can book them on their website.
An unbeatable way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the oldest video game company still on the market.
Source: Computer Hoy
