10 Things You Probably Never Knew About Atari

Are you the ultimate Atari nerd?

1. The Atari 2600 was released in October 1977.

Source:   /  via: retrovideogamesystems.com

2. A young Jack Black was in one of their commercials

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=g_AtNY0bYAA.

3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Mario Andretti, and Pele were also in commercials.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VRQEh7tVDVM.

4. The first Atari Football game was created in 1973, but it wasn’t released until 1978.

It was delayed because games couldn’t scroll then! When it was finally released, it was the first game to use scrolling, a key part in lots of games today!

Source: theclevelandfan.com  /  via: electronics.howstuffworks.com

5. Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, also founded Chuck E. Cheese’s

Via: lynnwoodtoday.com

6. One of Steve Jobs’ first jobs was as a technician at Atari.

Via: wired.com

7. You can play reimagined Atari games online on Arcade.Atari.com.

It’s old school gaming with new school fun! All reimagined by Internet Explorer.

Via: atari.com

8. Not only is the Atari logo a stylized “A,” it is also represents two video game players with a “Pong” court in the middle

Via: en.wikipedia.org

9. Activision, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, was founded by former Atari programmers.

10. The Playstation 2 design was based off of the Atari Falcon 030 Microbox.

Source: jaguarsector.com  /  via: superclassicvideogames.com