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Atari Games was an American producer of arcade games, originally part of Atari. Whilst Warner Communications sold the computer and game console divisions of Atari Inc. inside 1984 to Jack Tramiel, who renamed his company Atari Corporation, Warner at first retained a arcade coin-op section, naming a company Atari Games. Because Atari Corporation was a continuity of Atari Inc. when Atari Games was the newly company created from either the spinoff, a agreement between Tramiel & Warner Communications was that Atari Games must universally include the "Games" fallowing "Atari" in their logo and that Atari Games cannot have a title "Atari" at all on the consumer market (computers& front yard consoles). Rather Atari Corporation, Atari Games experienced a equivalent employees & management team that were prior to at Atari Inc. Within 1985, controlling interest of Atari Games was sold to Namco, but it shortly misplaced interest within operating an U.s. subsidiary. Within 1986 a group of employees bought Namco's part. Atari Games continued to manufacture arcade games &, starting within 1987, also sold cartridges for the Nintendo Entertainment System under the Tengen brand name, including the version of Tetris. the corporations exchanged a total of suit in the late 1980s related to disputes over a rights to Tetris & Tengen's circumvention of Nintendo's lockout chip, which prevented third parties from either creating wildcat games. (Atari Games' legal battles by using Nintendo should non exist as confused using victims of its previous parent company--Atari besides exchanged suit using Nintendo in the late 1980s & early 1990s.) Around 1989, Time-Life bought Warner Communications, forming Time Warner. Inside 1993 Period Warner once again bought a controlling interest in the company & changed the title of Atari Games to Time Warner Interactive (TWI). Around 1996, TWI was sold to WMS Industries (owners of the Williams, and Bally/Midway arcade brands) and reverted back to the title Atari Games. Whilst Hasbro Interactive bought the remains of Atari Inc., the console manufacturer, and resurrected the Atari name in the home software arena, Atari Games was renamed Midway Games West to avoid confusing the two brands. Midway Games left a arcade market to concentrate within front yard systems in 2001, ending Atari's pivotal influence in the arcade industry. Midway Games West, however producing games for at home systems, was disbanded around 2003 after a slump within back sales.
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Look at as well:'' Atari Inc.
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Infogrames: Atari Anniversary Edition Official site, with game features and screen shots. GameSpot Review, movies, and screen shots of the Game Boy Advance version. |
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