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Atari is an interactive entertainment company that creates and licenses video games across various platforms. Founded in 1972, it has a collection of over 200 games and franchises, including popular titles like Asteroids, Centipede, and Pong. Atari's games are available online, on smartphones, tablets, and video game consoles from major companies like Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony. What sets Atari apart from its competitors is its long history and iconic brand recognition in the gaming industry, as well as its recent return to hardware with the Atari VCS. The company's goal is to engage players with its classic and new games while expanding its brand into other media and merchandise.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1972
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Decrypt’s Art, Fashion, and Entertainment Hub. Discover SCENEIconic gaming brand Atari announced Tuesday that it’s reviving its 1986 game console as the Atari 7800+, a modern recreation developed in collaboration with game publisher PLAION. Set to release globally this coming winter, the console is now available for pre-order at $129.99.The Atari 7800+ is a compact version of the original console that’s built to connect with modern televisions. Each console comes equipped with the CX78+ wireless gamepad and includes a new game, Bentley Bear’s Crystal Quest, a sequel to the classic Crystal Castles.Atari’s latest old-school revival follows last year’s Atari 2600+ console, and the two share some commonalities. Both devices run 2600 and 7600 cartridges, both from the original consoles and newly released games, and include support for 16:9 widescreen displays. But the Atari 7800+ has a different design and comes with a wireless gamepad instead of a joystick.Alongside the console, Atari and PLAION are releasing two new wireless controllers, the CX78+ wireless gamepad and the CX40+ wireless joystick, each priced at $34.99
Create an account to save your articles.Create an account to save your articles.Decrypt’s Art, Fashion, and Entertainment Hub. Discover SCENELegendary game publisher Atari is back with its next augmented version of a classic video game, this time bringing the 1976 classic Breakout to Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network Base.As a part of Base’s “OnChain Summer,” players can compete against others for a top spot on the Atari Breakout leaderboard. The players with the highest scores will have a chance to win weekly prizes, including a retro 2600+ game console, gift cards, and more.🔆 OᑎᑕᕼᗩIᑎ ᔑᑌᗰᗰEᖇ 🔆 The Onchain Arcade is back with @Atari Breakout® Compete for a top spot on the leaderboard and get the chance to win weekly prizes, all summer long Built with @stackdotso, @msenyil, and @mx1000m, mint proceeds are distributed to the developers… pic.twitter.com/OHTVVpAyMA — Base (@base) August 9, 2024ADADAtari first announced the partnership with Base in July, with the release of the blockchain-based version of their iconic Asteroids video game, in which players operate a simple spaceship and destroy asteroids to progress.In Breakout, designed by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell and a pre-Apple Steve Wozniak, players use a paddle and ball to blast through brick walls.“Enter Degen, Bitcoin, and Higher modes by shooting special bricks,” Atari said of the latest release. “Points double for 10 seconds!”As with Asteroids, players will need to connect their Coinbase, MetaMask, Rainbow, or WalletConnect wallets to play and mint a Breakout NFT for 0.0015 ETH, or around $3.60.Proceeds from the mint will be distributed to the developers and artists behind each game, Base said.ADAD“All scores are logged on-chain, and from there, it gets pretty fun,” Atari director Tyler Drewitz said on a Base Twitter stream in July. “There’s a weekly leaderboard, and we have an overall leaderboard with some pretty big prizes.”
GamesBeat is excited to partner with Lil Snack to have customized games just for our audience! We know as gamers ourselves, this is an exciting way to engage through play with the GamesBeat content you have already come to love. Start playing games here. Atari is bringing their classic games Asteroids and Breakout to the blockchain in a partnership with Coinbase.The games will be part of a celebration of Onchain Summer and the new Onchain Arcade, where players can compete to earn a spot on the leaderboard to earn rewards. Mint proceeds go directly to the creators who helped bring these games to life.Atari and Coinbase said today’s internet needs an update, as the corporate internet often squeezes creators with arbitrary rules, censorship, digital theft, middlemen, and transaction fees. That’s why Coinbase and Base have partnered with Atari, Stack and a handful of creators to launch Onchain Arcade, bringing favorite Atari classics, including Asteroids and Breakout, to the blockchain.Tyler Drewitz, director of Atari Club and Atari X, said in an interview with GamesBeat that Coinbase has more than 100 million users for its wallets and crypto services. Lil Snack GamesBeatGamesBeat is excited to partner with Lil Snack to have customized games just for our audience! We know as gamers ourselves, this is an exciting way to engage through play with the GamesBeat content you have already come to love
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Purchase of Intellivision Trademarks and Games Unites Competing Brands from the '70s and '80s Atari® — one of the world's most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — announced today it has purchased the Intellivision brand and certain games from Intellivision Entertainment LLC. Intellivision