I thought the NES was known for revitalizing the home console industry in America, not for killing Atari? The events that lead to the "death" of Atari as they

I thought the NES was known for revitalizing the home console industry in America, not for killing Atari? The events that lead to the "death" of Atari as they were at the time is commonly known as "the video game crash of 1983," meanwhile the NES didn't come out in American test markets until late 1985.