Atari, Inc. | |
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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 developing and home computers. Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Atari, Inc. developed many ports of Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. and Mario Bros. for home computers. Aside from the Super Mario and Donkey Kong ports, Atari, Inc. is also well known for games like Pong. Atari, Inc. went defunct in 1992. Despite becoming defunct, two successor companies under the Atari brand name that remained extant. Those companies were, Atari Corporation and Atari Games, which both later went defunct in 1996[1] and 2003 respectively.
List of Super Mario games
Title | Year released | Console |
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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
- ^ Ziff Davis (January 1998). "Video Game Timeline". Electronic Game Monthly. No. 102. Page 137.