Atari

This article is about the company originally known as Syzygy Engineering and Atari, Inc. as well as the company originally known as Infogrames. For the company formerly known as Atari Games, see NetherRealm Studios. For the company that was originally known as GT Interactive, see Atari, Inc. For the company formerly known as Atari Japan, see the company that purchased it, Namco. For the Japanese pachinko maker that was formerly known as Atari, Inc., see Natsume Atari. For the company formerly known as Legacy Engineering, see Syzygy Co.

Atari
Type	Publicly traded company
Founded	1971 (Syzygy Engineering) June 27, 1972 (Atari, Inc.) June 1983 (Infogrames Entertainment) July 1, 1984 (Atari Corporation) 1996 (JTS Corporation) 2009 (Atari, S.A)
Headquarters	Paris, France
Key people
Industry	Video games, consumer electronics
Products
Number of people
Website	http://www.atari.com/

Atari, S.A. is a video game holding company located in Paris, France. Its subsidiaries include Atari, Inc. and Atari Interactive.

Atari

Syzygy Engineering was founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in 1971 and was incorporated as Atari on June 27, 1972. In 1976, Warner Communications purchased Atari as they wanted to get into the interactive entertainment business.

Infogrames Entertainment

Infogrames Entertainment, SA was formed in Lyons, France in June 1983.

Atari Corporation

On July 1, 1984, because of the video game crash of 1983, Warner sold the home division of the company to Tramel Technology, while Warner kept the arcade division. The arcade division became Atari Games and the home division became Atari Corporation.

JTS Corporation

In July 1996, Atari Corporation merged with JTS Inc. to form JTS Corp.

Infogrames Interactive

In March 1998, JTS sold the Atari name and assets to Hasbro Interactive. On December 6, 2000, Infogrames purchased Hasbro Interactive and acquired the Atari rights.

Atari, S.A.

In May 2009, Namco Bandai Holdings bought Atari Europe and Infogrames announced it was getting out of the distribution business in Europe. That same month, they changed their name to Atari, S.A., bringing an end to the Infogrames brand name.

Atari filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2013, remaining in business but selling some assets at auction, such as Humongous Entertainment.

Home computers and video game consoles by Atari

Name	Released	Notes
Pong	1975	Home version of the arcade Pong. Also released by Sears Tele-Games.
Hockey Pong	1976	Also released by Sears Tele-Games. It had four games: Pong Hockey Squash Training (squash, but with only one player).
Pong Doubles	1976	Home version of the arcade Pong Doubles. Also released by Sears Tele-Games as Pong IV.
Stunt Cycle	1976	Also released by sears Tele-Games as Motocross Sports Center IV. Played four variants of the arcade Stunt Cycle Stunt Cycle Motocross Enduro DragRace
Super Pong	1976	Home version of the arcade Super Pong. Also released by Sears Tele-Games.
Super Pong Ten	1977	Super Pong, but with four controllers. Also released by Sears Tele-Games as Super Pong IV.
Ultra Pong Ultra Pong Doubles	1977	Super Pong with four player support. Ultra Pong had four controller ports but only included two controllers. Ultra Pong Doubles included four controllers. Ultra Pong was released by Sears Tele-Games as Pong Sports II. Ultra Pong Doubles was released by Sears Tele-Games as Pong Sports IV.
Video Computer System	1977	Later renamed to Atari 2600. Also released by Sears Tele-Games as Video Arcade.
Video Pinball	1977	Also released by Sears Tele-Games as Pinball Breakaway. The first Video Pinball model and the Tele-Games Pinball Breakaway had: 4 variants of Video Pinball 1 variant of Basketball 2 variants of Breakout The second, beige, Atari Video Pinball model and the Epoch TV-Block had: 4 variants of Video Pinball 2 variants of Basketball 1 variant of Breakout.
Atari 8-bit computers	1979-1984
Atari 5200 SuperSystem	1982

Home computers and video game consoles by Atari Corporation

Name	Released	Notes
Atari 8-bit computers	1984-1992
Atari 7800 ProSystem	1986
Atari ST	1986-1993	Included the Atari 520ST, 520STFM, 1040STF, Mega ST, Mega ST 1, Mega ST 2, 520STE, 1040STE, TT030, Mega STE, and Falcon030. It also included portable computers including the STacy and ST BOOK.
Atari Transputer Workstation	1989	The Atari Transputer Workstation (ATW-800) was designed for technical or scientific applications.
Atari Portfolio	1989	The Atari Portfolio (Atari PC Folio) was an IBM-PC compatible palmtop computer.
Atari XE Video Game System	1987	It was a redesign of the Atari XE 8-bit computer as a video game console.
Lynx	1989	A handheld video game system originally designed by Epyx as the Handy Game.
Jaguar	1993
Jaguar CD	1995	CD-ROM add-on for the Atari Jaguar.

Home computers and video game consoles by Atari, S.A.

Name	Released	Notes
Atari Flashback	2004-present	The Atari Flashback 1, 2, and 2+ were designed by Legacy Engineering. All other Atari Flashback consoles were designed by AtGames.
Atari VCS	2020	The Atari VCS was designed by Atari Interactive.
Atari 2600+	2023	High-definition HDMI output. Plays Atari 2600 and Atari 7800 ROM cartridges.
Atari 7800+	2024	High-definition HDMI output. Plays Atari 7800 and Atari 2600 ROM cartridges.