> Ataris were never really that good for gaming either Atari practically owned the gaming business with its home games consoles, and its first home computers -

> Ataris were never really that good for gaming either Atari practically owned the gaming business with its home games consoles, and its first home computers -- the Atari 400 and 800, launched in 1979 -- were the best games machines around at the time. The Atari ST was the one the audio folks used, and it did play games, just not as well as the Amiga. Curiously enough, the Amiga was developed by staff from Atari, while the Atari ST was developed by staff from Commodore. (This was after Jack Tramiel left Commodore and bought Atari, which he ran with his sons.)