The Arcade Report

Episode #3: Atari Redux

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Destruction reigns as the looming wasteland of 1983 devastates the video game industry, but Atari isn't out of the fight just yet. With Ray Kassar, Jack Tramiel, and many more ready to go into the ring, watch as our favorite gaming champion rises from the ashes once more- with cryptocurrency at the throne?! Witness Atari, again!

Sources: 

  • The History of Atari, Youtube; Gaming and Technology Variety Channel
  • The Origin of Atari, Youtube; IGN, Greg Miller
  • From $2 Billion to Nothing- The Rise and Fall of Atari, Youtube; Coldfusion
  • Various Nolan Bushnell interviews, Youtube; Cal Entertainment Speakers, Startup Grind, VG Legacy
  • Ted Dabney interview, Youtube; Computer History Museum
  • Atari 2600, 400, 800, 5200 history & hardware, article; computerhistory.org
  • IGN Presents: the History of Atari, article; IGN, Keza MacDonald
  • The Industry: What went wrong at Atari, volume; John Hubner, William F. Kistner
  • About Us, company outline; Atari.com
  • Gamers at Work: Stories Behind the Games People Play, book; Morgan Ramsay
  • Atari Casino excerpts, YouTube; Dr. Clipz, Finn
  • Jaguar Commercials, YouTube; RetroGamerNet
  • Atari Lynx Commericials, YouTube; Consumer Time Capsule, RetroTechTV
  • Atari Post 1983 Added Info, articles; Company Man, Flatlife
  • Atari Casino, Article; Casino.org
  • Atari v. Nintendo, law document; Copyright.gov
  • Atari v. Sega, law document; law.justia.com
  • Easy To Learn, Hard To Master: THE FATE OF ATARI, documentary; 8-Bit Generation, Amazon Prime Video

    • Produced by Tyler Vittitow (@TwoTimesTyler)

    Intro and Outro music is "Nightshade" by AdhesiveWombat

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