Founding History of Atari
Founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.
Started design and development work in October 1970.
Incorporated Syzygy Engineering in November January 1971.
Unveiled their first product in October 1971.
Incorporated as Atari Inc. in June 1972.
Merged Syzygy Engineering and Atari Inc. in July 1972.
Raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Sequoia Capital.
Acquired by Warner Communications in September 1976.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, USA.
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Year 1 of Atari
Version 1 of Atari (Hardware)
Stats of Atari (Pre-Sale)
Full Year 1 of Atari

OCT 1970 to SEP 1971
Extras of Atari
Creation of the Video Game Industry
The Father of Electronic Gaming