Historical role
What the organisation contributed
The company combined game engineering, coin-operated distribution and later cartridge-based home hardware to make digital games a repeatable product and platform business.
Why it mattered
Atari helped move interactive digital games from specialist laboratories and one-off demonstrations into arcades and homes at mass-market scale.
Connected topics
Where this fits in ITEM
Evidence
Sources and further reading
- Computers and Games: A Love Story
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- Allan Alcorn
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- Nolan Bushnell
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- Pong
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