Atari, Inc.

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Atari, Inc.
Logo for Atari, Inc.
Founded 1972[?]
Defunct 1992[?]
First Super Mario game Donkey Kong (Atari 8-bit computers) (1983)
Latest Super Mario game Donkey Kong Jr. (Atari 8-bit computers) (1984)

Atari, Inc. was an American company that focused on game development and home computers, founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It published many ports of Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Mario Bros. for home computers. Aside from ports from the Super Mario franchise and Donkey Kong franchise, Atari, Inc. is also known for games such as Pong. Atari, Inc. became defunct in 1992; despite this, two successor companies under the Atari brand name remained extant: Atari Corporation and Atari Games. A third company under the Atari brand name that used the same name as Atari, Inc. was later founded in 1993.[citation needed] Atari Corporation and Atari Games later went defunct in 1996[1] and 2002 respectively.[citation needed]

List of Super Mario games[edit]

Title Year released Console
Donkey Kong 1983 Atari 8-bit computers
Donkey Kong 1983 TI-99/4A
Donkey Kong 1983 MS-DOS
Donkey Kong 1983 Apple II
Mario Bros. 1983 Atari 2600
Donkey Kong 1984 Commodore VIC-20
Donkey Kong 1984 Commodore 64
Mario Bros. 1984 Atari 5200
Donkey Kong Jr. 1984 Atari 8-bit computers

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ziff Davis (January 1998). Video Game Timeline. Electronic Gaming Monthly issue 102. Page 137.