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Atari was founded June 27 1976 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Their first game Pong, by Al Alcorn, was so popular that when they tested it at the Andy Capps bar the coinbox was jammed with quarters. During the 70's Atari was the fastes growing company in US history, but due to bad bussiness decisions during the 80's they lost almost all that was won to Amiga and the Nintendo NES.

During 1996-2001 Atari and its owners are sold back and forth and in the end Atari wich now only is a trademark and a holder of some licenses and patents are sold to Interactive (known for the game Unreal) wich now uses the Atari name for it's home games.