The iconic maker of Pong, Asteroids and Centipede has filed for Chapter 11. They were credited as: The 30-year-old firm was one of the original gaming pioneers. But also: The company began life in 1972 and produced some of the earliest games consoles, including the Atari 2600. Which would make them forty years old. I’ll bet a lot of folks would love to have the math of SkyNews talking for them. . .
Blogging from the brig. . .
Still got an Atari 400 that I juiced up with a whole 64KB of RAM, an 815 interface module and an 820 dual disk drive.
Hey, I used to have an Atari 400. The one with the no-spill keyboard. I used to write Basic programs, turning the screen blue and then red. Making triangles and that sort of thing. . .
The French corporation that has owned the rights to use the Atari trademark and just recently changed its name to Atari (from Infrogames) was founded in 1983.
Ah, that is right. I remember reading that. . .