I-Atari, inkampani ethandwa kakhulu emhlabeni yabadlali bamageyimu, ilungiselela ukungena kwayo kabusha emkhakheni wehardware ngokwethulwa kwekhonsoli entsha yevidiyo yamavidiyo, njengoba iqinisekiswe yi-CEO yayo.
Umkhiqizo omusha, obizwa nje nge- "Ataribox", usanda kuqinisekiswa yividiyo entsha efakwe kuwebhusayithi yenkampani esemthethweni. Kodwa-ke, ukuthuthuka kwayo kubonakala kusaqala njengoba i-Atari isafuna abathuthukisi bokufeza iphrojekthi.
Inesihloko esithi “Umkhiqizo Omusha We-Atari. Iminyaka yentuthuko ”, ividiyo entsha ayinikezi imininingwane eminingi kulesi sikhombisi esicabanga ukuthi, yize ezithombeni kungabonakala ukuthi senziwe ngokhuni ngokwengxenye kanti namanye amachweba ayabonakala.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abaningi baqinisekisa ngalesi sikhathi ukuthi ikhonsoli entsha ye-Atari ingaba yithuluzi emulator isitayela se I-NES Classic nguNintendo.
Ngaphansi kwekhasi lephromoshini le-Ataribox kukhona nezinkinobho ezimbili ezibizwa nge- "Imisebenzi" ne- "Dev", enzelwe abathuthukisi abafisa ukuthola imininingwane eminingi ngale nkundla.
Idumile, kepha ngomlando oneziyaluyalu
Eyasungulwa ngo-1972 ngaphansi kwegama elithi Atari Interactive, inkampani ize nokwakha imidlalo eyaziswa nanamuhla, ngaphezu kokukhipha izinduduzo eziningana. Uma kwenzeka noma ubani engakhumbuli, ngisho noSteve Jobs waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokuthuthukisa imidlalo ye-Atari ngawo-70.
Ngo-1984, inkampani yokuqala yayikhona ihlukaniswe kabili: Imidlalo ye-Atari yathuthukisa imidlalo ye-arcade, ngenkathi ukwahlukaniswa kwemikhiqizo yabathengi kudlulela ezandleni zenkampani ebizwa ngeTramel Technology, kamuva ebizwa nge-Atari Corporation. Kamuva, ngo-1996, i-Atari Corporation yahlanganiswa nomkhiqizi wemidiya wesitoreji i-JT Storage.
Ngo-1998, uHasbro Interactive, omunye umakhi womdlalo, wathatha le nkampani, kwathi ngo-2001, i-Infogrames Entertainment yathatha izintambo zeHasbro Interactive, ezobizwa nge-Atari Interactive futhi ngo-2003.
Ngemuva kwalokho, i-Atari Interactive ilayisense igama lomkhiqizo kwenye inkampani eqenjini, eyasungulwa ngo-2003 ngaphansi kwegama elithi GT Interactive, yona eyashintsha igama layo yaba yi-Atari Inc ngenxa yesisindo esikhulu salo mkhiqizo.
Ngo-2013, bobabili i-Atari ne-Atari Interactive nezinye izinkampani zeqembu bafaka izicelo zokuqothuka., noma unyaka baxazulula izinkinga zabo zezezimali. Ukuqhubeka nokwenza imali engenayo, inkampani iphinde yangena emkhakheni wokudlala nokungahleliwe ngokwethula Amakhasino e-Atari.