Happy 40th birthday, Atari!
Before Halo, before Call of Duty -- heck, even before Mario -- there was Atari.
While the video game itself might have been invented before Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney decided to start the company, it was Atari that effectively launched the video game industry. And it was on this date 40 years ago that Atari began its march toward history.
Five months after the company opened its doors on June 27, 1972, it introduced the world to Pong, and the way America (and the world) played games changed. Five years later, the company would launch a new revolution with the introduction of the Atari 2600 home gaming console.
-From Plugged In! @ Yahoo! News
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About Atari:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari
The Top 20 Greatest Games For Your Atari:
http://www.ataritimes.com/article.php?showarticle=272
Top 10 Best-Selling Atari 2600 Games:
http://retro.ign.com/articles/903/903024p1.html
List of video game consoles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._game_consoles
Happy 40th birthday, Atari!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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