Atari, Inc. () is a majority owned subsidiary of Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA), encompassing its North American operations. Atari develops, publishes and distributes games for all major video game consoles, as well as for the personal computer, and is currently one of the largest third-party publishers of video games in the United States.

The company that currently bears the Atari name was founded in 1993 under the name GT Interactive. GT Interactive was acquired by IESA in 1999 and renamed Infogrames, Inc. Infogrames acquired the Atari brand name from its purchase of Hasbro Interactive, which in turn had acquired it from JTS Corporation, which the original Atari had merged with in 1996. Infogrames, Inc. intermittently used the Atari name as a brand name for selected titles before IESA officially changed the U.S. subsidiary's name to Atari, Inc. in 2003.

The original Atari was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and personal computers, and its dominance in those areas made it the major force in the computer entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. The brand has also been used at various times by Atari Games, a separate company split off in 1984.

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@ptrek85 yeah i kinda realized what an ass i was after it said "Game made by Atari" xD
rohan32 (Rohan Mathur) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:04:20 -0000
@ptrek85 yeah i kinda realized what an ass i was after it said "Game made by Atari" xD
体はATARIで出来ている。おはようございます。
loderun (loderun) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:43:27 -0000
体はATARIで出来ている。おはようございます。
http://www.atari.com/arcade -- go nao!
sydius (Chris Ogden) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:30:56 -0000
http://www.atari.com/arcade -- go nao!
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New atari site launched (no I didn't make it). http://www.atari.com/ I tried playing adventure and I am failing.
CrypticDiamonds (Diamonds) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:18:33 -0000
New atari site launched (no I didn't make it). http://www.atari.com/ I tried playing adventure and I am failing.

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