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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.
Only two verified copies have been found as of 2012, making it one of the rarest published video games. One of the earliest Christian video games, Red Sea Crossing is the first published console game based on an event described in the Bible. [2] It was created and published by an independent programmer without any involvement from Atari, Inc.
This is a list of video games released under the Atari label since 2001, when Infogrames Entertainment SA (now Atari SA) purchased Atari's assets. See also List of Infogrames video games . This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Outlaw would be his first commercial game he made for the Atari 2600. [7] The game began as a home console conversion of Midway's arcade game Gun Fight (1975), which itself was an officially licensed variation on the game Western Gun (1975) by Taito. [7] Crane said the game was influenced by Gun Fight, and liked the idea of making a game with ...
Firefox is a 1984 shoot 'em up arcade video game based on the 1982 Clint Eastwood film of the same name. [4] It was produced in 1984 [5] [6] as Atari, Inc.'s only LaserDisc video game. Like Atari's first-person Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, Firefox came as both an upright and sit down cabinet with a yoke style controller.
The PC release, which unlike the Amiga and Atari ST versions was only ever intended to be installed and run from a hard disk, has enhanced cut-scenes reflecting the extra resources available to the developers. Other graphics are more detailed, including the Epic fighter's cockpit and the in-game 3D ship models have been changed subtly.
The game takes place on a series of islands (the titular archipelagos).These islands were created by a mysterious race known only as the Ancients. The Ancients also created another race, the Visitors, who ended up being their downfall, as the Visitors rebelled against their creators, ultimately killing them.
B.A.T. (Bureau of Astral Troubleshooters) is a futuristic point and click adventure game with some role-playing video game elements. It was first released in 1989 and available on several home computer platforms, mostly in 1990 and 1991. It was developed by Computer's Dream and published by Ubisoft.