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Just an FYI, nothing branded "Atari" in the last 20 years or more has had anything to do with the home computer/console maker. The brand has been passed around
by smolder 7y ago
Just an FYI, nothing branded "Atari" in the last 20 years or more has had anything to do with the home computer/console maker. The brand has been passed around and milked for recognition.
- cmrdporcupine 7y agoI mean, even in 1984 that was already the case. At that point we already had Atari Inc (the original Atari, sort of) splitting into Atari Corp (the home computer assets that Tramiel bought from Warner and called "Atari" but mostly had nothing to do with original Atari in terms of staff or tech) and Atari Games (arcade stuff). The Tramiels really only had a 10ish year period with Atari Corp before scattering the seeds to the wind.
- walkingolof 7y agoFor Europeans the ”Tramiel” years was the ”real” Atari, not what came before or after.
- bionsystem 7y agoDisclaimer : I'm a shareholder. Atari is now owned by French video games company Infogrames which renamed itself as Atari, and it is publicly listed. They bought back all of the liquidated american brands and since 2013 they've done a ton of work to get it out of debt (which is now done). So, they effectively own pretty much all of the original IP and brand, it's just that the company is a rebirth with a new staff and new ambitions. Mostly, they work through partnerships, with little in-house dev, kind of like what a movie producer would work with a few movies licences.
- JohnFen 7y agoCorrect. Which means, as smolder said, the Atari we all remember and love is long gone. The Atari that exists now is nothing but a brand.