Atari, S.A.

This article is about the company originally known as Syzygy Engineering and the company originally known as Infogrames. For the company formerly known as Atari Japan, see Namco. For the company formerly known as Atari Games, see NetherRealm Studios. For the company formerly known as Legacy Engineering, see Syzygy.

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	Added to Museum	Notes
Pong	1975	Not yet	The console only played Pong.
Stunt Cycle	1976	Not yet	The console only played Stunt Cycle.
Video Pinball	1977	Not yet	The first Atari Video Pinball model and the Telegames 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 2600 Video Computer System	1977	January 1, 2020
Atari 8-bit computers	1979-1984	Not yet	The 8-bit line included the Atari 400, 800, XL, XE, and XEGS.
Atari 5200 SuperSystem	1982	Not yet

Home computers and video game consoles by Atari Corporation

Name	Released	Added to Museum	Notes
Atari 7800 ProSystem	1986	Not yet
Atari ST	1986-1993	Not yet	The Atari ST line 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, ST BOOK
Atari Transputer Workstation	1989	Not yet	The Atari Transputer Workstation (ATW-800) was a computer designed for technical or scientific applications.
Atari Portfolio	1989	Not yet	The Atari Portfolio (Atari PC Folio) was an IBM-PC compatible palmtop computer.
Atari XEGS	1987	Not yet	The Atari XEGS was a redesign of the XE 8-bit computer as a video game console.
Atari Lynx	1989	Not yet	A handheld video game system originally designed by Epyx as the Handy Game.
Atari Jaguar	1993	Not yet
Atari Jaguar CD	1995	Not yet	CD-ROM add-on for the Atari Jaguar.

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

Name	Released	Added to Museum	Notes
Atari Flashback	2004-present	Flashback 2+: May 10, 2019	The Atari Flashback 1, 2, and 2+ were designed by Legacy Engineering. All other Atari Flashback consoles were designed by AtGames.
Atari VCS	2020	Not yet	The Atari VCS was designed by Atari Interactive.