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The video game crash of 1983 (known in Japan as the Atari shock) [1] was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985 in the United States. The crash was attributed to several factors, including market saturation in the number of video game consoles and available games, many of which were of poor quality .
In September 1983, the Alamogordo Daily News of Alamogordo, New Mexico reported in a series of articles that between 10 and 20 [16] semi-trailer truckloads of Atari boxes, cartridges, and systems from an Atari storehouse in El Paso, Texas, were crushed and buried at the landfill to the south of city. It was Atari's first dealings with the ...
The video game crash of 1983 was partially caused by the overabundance of games, seen in this 2014 excavation of a landfill used in the Atari video game burial. [2] Until 1980, the Atari VCS was the only major console on the market, with all games produced in-house, by Atari, Inc. [3]
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E.T. Phone Home! was released by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. [7] The graphics were designed by British game designer and artist, John O'Neill. [8] The game revolves around Elliott, who must search the neighborhood for pieces that E.T. wants to use to build his transmitter. Depending on the level, players might or might ...
With upwards of 11 million visitors each year, the 59-square-mile body of water with hundreds of miles of shoreline is the most popular lake in the Southeast. It’s also the region’s deadliest .
Authorities in Georgia announced that human remains found inside a submerged vehicle in a pond may be connected to a case surrounding a couple who went missing over 40 years ago.
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game console and home computer development company which operated between 1972 and 1984. During its years of operation, it developed and produced over 350 arcade, console, and computer games for its own systems, and almost 100 ports of games for home computers such as the Commodore 64.