Atari: company profile, history and games
Legendärer Spielepionier seit 1972, heute Publisher aus Paris mit Fokus auf Retro-Spiele und Remaster.
Atari: company profile, history and games is a studio (Publisher) based in Paris, Frankreich, founded in 1972. PlayInsider covers 1 game by Atari: company profile, history and games: Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered.
Atari is one of the most famous names in gaming history. It brought video games into living rooms with Pong, and today, run out of France, it publishes remasters, retro games and revivals of classic brands.
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Pong and the Atari 2600
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney founded Atari in California on June 27, 1972. The Pong arcade cabinet became a hit that same year, and in 1977 the Atari 2600 (VCS) took cartridge-based consoles mainstream.
After the 1983 video game crash, Atari was split up. The brand then changed hands several times, including stints with Hasbro and Infogrames, which renamed itself Atari in 2003.
Atari today
Atari SA is now based in Paris and led by CEO Wade Rosen. The publisher is all in on retro: after buying Digital Eclipse, Nightdive Studios and others, it puts out collections like Atari 50 and revivals like Yars Rising.
The Godzilla remaster
In 2026 Atari is publishing Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered, developed by Pipeworks Studios, the team behind the 2002 original. The license comes from Toho International.
