{"id":61,"date":"2025-09-19T18:12:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/atr2600\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2025-12-04T14:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:57:55","slug":"documentary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/atr2600\/?page_id=61","title":{"rendered":"Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Atari 2600 - Video Games Rise\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dw5amZQanD8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1972, Atari (a name that came from a term used in the ancient game of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Go_(game)\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Go_(game)\">Go<\/a>&#8220;) was founded in Sunnyvale, California by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Their focus was on something that was brand new at the time, video games. Five years after the successful launch of Pong, the company launched the Atari 2600 Video Computer System (VCS) and help kickstart the video game industry, one of the largest industries in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d4e1a73a-b4f1-471a-ba82-d878d18aa125\" href=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/atr2600\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Atari-2600-Presentation.pptx\">Atari 2600 Presentation<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/atr2600\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Atari-2600-Presentation.pptx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d4e1a73a-b4f1-471a-ba82-d878d18aa125\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Video Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeMaria, Rusel. <em>High Score! Expanded\u202f: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games 3rd Edition<\/em>. First edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edwards, Benj. \u201cThe Untold Story of the Invention of the Game Cartridge &#8211; Fast Company.\u201d Fast Company, January 22, 2015. https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3040889\/the-untold-story-of-the-invention-of-the-game-cartridge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fulton, Steve. \u201cThe History of Atari: 1971-1977.\u201d The History of Atari: 1971-1977, November 9, 2023. https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/the-history-of-atari-1971-1977.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goldie, W. Scott. <em>Modern Marvels: 70\u2019s tech<\/em>. <em>History Vault<\/em>, 2007. https:\/\/watch.historyvault.com\/shows\/modern-marvels\/season-13\/episode-21.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loguidice, Bill, and Matt Barton. \u201cAtari 2600 VCS (1977).\u201d In <em>Vintage Game Consoles<\/em>, 1st ed., 39\u201353. Focal Press, 2014. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9780203728314-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1972, Atari (a name that came from a term used in the ancient game of &#8220;Go&#8220;) was founded in Sunnyvale, California by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Their focus was on something that was brand new at the time, video games. 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