Atari Console Story: why are 700,000 games buried in the desert ?'??
Decades ago, Atari was THE videogame console. It helped develop the gaming world in the U.S., with its great 2600 console and games such as Pong and Space Invaders. But then a little alien came along, the market crashed, and chaos ensued. Gamers all over the world owe a lot to the once successful brand, which is why we"re going to talk about Atari in this episode of company Forensics.
1:10 - The early supercomputers
4:48 - The booming market
6:01 - The video game crash
9:08 - Bad deals
10:22 - A shaky survival