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Happy 40th birthday, Atari!
By Chris Morris | Plugged In – Wed, Jun 27, 2012 2:43 PM EDT


Before Halo, before Call of Duty -- heck, even before Mario -- there was Atari.

While the video game itself might have been invented before Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney decided to start the company, it was Atari that effectively launched the video game industry. And it was on this date 40 years ago that Atari began its march toward history.

Five months after the company opened its doors on June 27, 1972, it introduced the world to Pong, and the way America (and the world) played games changed. Five years later, the company would launch a new revolution with the introduction of the Atari 2600 home gaming console.

The company has seen a number of famous alumni, including both Steve Jobs, who had his first real job at Atari after dropping out of college, and Bill Gates, who was actually fired from the company after his project got stalled. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/happy-40th-birthday-atari-184349799.html

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1. Oh!

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2. And before Atari and Pong, there was...

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