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Atari Founded 50 Years Ago

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022

| By J. Robert Parks | A half-century ago, on June 27, 1972, the iconic video game company Atari was founded in California. Atari was named for a Japanese word commonly used by players of the ancient Chinese strategy game Go, and the company became one of the most significant early creators and popularizers of … Read more

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