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Flashback! Atari relaunches 80’s game console

February 28th, 2010 · No Comments

The 80’s are back! Yes, Atari has decided to relaunch its classic game console at a $30 price point.
The offer also includes a T-shirt featuring the original Atari VCS 2600 - which is often described as one of the most iconic machines in the history of video gaming.
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Atari Founder Revisits Roots With Missile Command

February 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Videogame names don’t come much bigger than Nolan Bushnell. The legendary entrepreneur cemented his place in history with the founding of Atari almost 40 years ago, bringing arcade classic Pong to the world and spawning a multibillion-dollar industry. Bushnell spoke with Yahoo! Games about the timeless appeal of Atari’s newly-remixed Missile Command, and pointed out [...]

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Bert Sutherland Was the ‘Hero of Xerox PARC’

January 28th, 2010 · No Comments

The failure of Xerox to take advantage of the innovations developed at Xerox PARC, is a legendary example of management failure.
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Twittera The Final Frontier for Star Trek Onlinea s Marketing Campaign

January 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Twitterthe final frontier. These are the voyages of game-maker Atari. Its 2-month mission: to explore strange new social networks, to seek out new geeks and new game players, to boldly go where no ad campaign has gone before! [Cue intro] If you’re a Trekkie, you’re probably already well aware of the pending February 2nd launch [...]

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January 1997: CES Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas

January 28th, 2010 · No Comments

The show is on. Organizers held the first Consumer Electronics Show in New York City from June 24 to 28, 1967.
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Info 101: movie news & updates 30: brittany murphy; star trek online, sherlock holmes, dvd releases.

December 28th, 2009 · No Comments

“Star Trek Online”: Feature story for exciting new Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game.
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Leonard Nimoy joins ‘Star Trek Online’ crew

December 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Leonard Nimoy’s participation in the upcoming Star Trek Online game is logical, but the official announcement today from Atari and developer Cryptic Studios is a welcome one for the PC-based massively multiplayer role-playing enterprise, embarking on Feb.
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News briefs: Nimoy online, Canada gets more Listner

December 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Atari, Inc. and MMO developer Cryptic Studios announced that Leonard Nimoy has joined the voice cast of Star Trek Online, the upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game, and will be heard during key scenes and events in-game as Spock.
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Star Trek Online Collector’s Edition and Digital Deluxe Edition Announ..

December 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Atari and Cryptic Studios have announced a Collector’s Edition and a Digital Deluxe Edition of Star Trek Online , available for purchase on February 2, 2010, for a limited time only.
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Atari Statement regarding Dungeons and Dragons

December 28th, 2009 · No Comments

NEW YORK, Dec, 17 /PRNewswire/ — “Atari has had a long and rich history with the Dungeons and Dragons franchise, investing millions of dollars into numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful games that have generated significant revenue for Hasbro.
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