1. By: Aaron Sayers

2. Summary  Background Information  First Console  First Games  Breakthroughs  Most Popular Console  What does Atari do Today?  Questions

3. Background Information  Atari Inc. was founded in June 28 th 1972.  Designed and built one the first video games, following Magnavox's Odyssey.  Also worked making computers and hardware for personal computers.  Its name came from a Japanese verb Ataru meaning to hit the target.

4. First Console  First game was a released in 1976.  It was a tennis style game named pong.  Featured color, sound from built in speakers, and sturdy controllers.  Many knock offs were made, but Atari was well known and therefore sales stayed positive.

5. First Games  The first console to introduce interchangeable games was the Atari 2600.  The most popular games were: Pacman Pitfall Kaboom Space Invaders Missile Command

6. Breakthroughs  One of the first games that could be played on any TV in your home.  Produced some of the first personal computers despite lack of sales.  The first console to be popular both in America and other countries.

7. Most Popular Console  The most popular console was the Atari Video Computer System 2600  Introduced in 1977.  The original price was $199 with a total of 9 games available.  By this time competition had become fierce and sales were dropping.  Despite lower sales more games were added to the growing library.

8. What does Atari do Today?  Today Atari makes only games, for a wide variety of consoles.  Atari has been bought out by many different designing companies.  Atari's consoles are today considered to be collectable and expensive.

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10. Any Questions?  Bibliography http://www.thegameconsole.com/videogame s01.htm http://www.thegameconsole.com/videogame s01.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600