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{{About|the original video game company founded in 1976|the current Atari|Atari SA|other uses|Atari (disambiguation)}}
===Background===
===Background===
'''Atari''' was an American video game company created in 1976 by Nolan Bushnell (who created ''Pong'' in 1971). Atari was owned by Warner Communications until 1985. After several structure changes, the gaming division was bought by [[Time Warner Interactive|Time Warner]] in 1993, but then sold to [[Williams Entertainment|Williams]] in 1996, who reverted the name back to Atari Games. The subsidiary became a part of [[Midway Games]], as the latter spun off in 1998, and it was renamed the same year to Midway Games West to avoid confusion with another [[Atari Interactive (Hasbro Interactive)|Atari]] brand set up by [[Hasbro Interactive]].
'''Atari Corporation''' was formed in 1984 by Jack Tramiel as '''Tramel Technology, Ltd.''', but quickly took on the Atari name less than two months later after Warner Communications sold the home computing and game console assets of [[Atari, Inc.]] to Tramiel. In 1989, the company licensed from Epyx to release the Atari Lynx home console, and then a licensing agreement with [[Tengen]], the home unit of the unrelated coin-op company with the same name, [[Atari Games (1984-1994)|Atari Games]] to license out titles for the Lynx platform and the 7800 and the 2600. In 1993, it introduced the Jaguar platform, before it was reverse merged with JTS Inc. in 1996, and then with [[Hasbro Interactive]] in 1998.
 
===1st Logo (May 1986-January 1, 1992)===
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|hqdefault2.jpg|2nd Logo (May 1986-January 1, 1992)
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===1st Logo (September 11, 1977-January 1, 1992)===
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the corporate Atari logo with rainbow colors in it. Underneath this, we see "© (year) ATARI INC."
 
'''Variant:''' On some games, the copyright stamp is not seen.
 
'''Technique:''' None.
 
'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
 
'''Availability:''' Seen on all Atari 2600 and 5200 games.
 
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===2nd Logo (May 1986-January 1, 1992)===
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'''Availability:''' Seen on all Atari 7800 games.
'''Availability:''' Seen on all Atari 7800 games.


===3rd Logo (1991-1996)===
===2nd Logo (1988-1996)===
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*On ''Bubsy - Fractured Furry Tales'' for Jaguar, the {{color|blue}} name with a {{color|golden}} outline is set over the tripod.
*On ''Bubsy - Fractured Furry Tales'' for Jaguar, the {{color|blue}} name with a {{color|golden}} outline is set over the tripod.
*On ''Raiden'' for Jaguar, we see the 3D {{color|blue}} logo floating over a {{color|brown}} surface.
*On ''Raiden'' for Jaguar, we see the 3D {{color|blue}} logo floating over a {{color|brown}} surface.
*On ''T-Mek'' for Sega 32X, the logo is made of stone and has "GAMES" below.
*On ''Missile Command 3D'' for Jaguar, we see the rainbow Atari tripod spinning with the Virtuality logo above.
*On ''Missile Command 3D'' for Jaguar, we see the rainbow Atari tripod spinning with the Virtuality logo above.
* On the 7800 game of ''Impossible Mission'', the logo is {{color|orange}} and it was on top of the title screen.
* On the 7800 game of ''Ikari Warriors'', the logo is shown on the bottom right of the title screen
* On the 2600 game of ''Dark Chambers'', the logo is {{color|red}}.
* On the Atari Lynx game of ''Rampage'', the tripod logo is shown on the wallpaper within the game's title screen.
* On the Atari Lynx game of ''RoadBlasters'', the logo itself is within the game's credits.
* On the Atari Lynx game of ''S.T.U.N. Runner'', the logo is shown within the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.
* On ''Pinball Jam'' for the Lynx, the tripod is inside the {{color|yellow}} circles on the splash screen. The tripod is also on the copyright and credits screen.
* On some Lynx games, like ''Super Asteroids and Missile Command'' and ''Toki'', the logo is within the copyright screen.
* On several Hand Made Software games like ''Jimmy Connors' Tennis'' and ''Malibu Beach Volleyball'' for the Lynx, the logo is shown within the Handmade Software logo.


'''Technique:''' The dated 3D effects for some variants.
'''Technique:''' The dated 3D effects for some variants.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' None, or the opening theme.
'''Music/Sounds:''' None, or the opening theme.


'''Availability:''' Mainly seen on games for Atari Jaguar. Also appeared on a few licensed games for other platforms.
'''Availability:''' Mainly seen on games for Atari Jaguar, as well as some Lynx, 7800 and 2600 games. Also appeared on a few licensed games for other platforms.
 
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