ATARI was funded with only 500.00.
Atari, is a Japanese word from the board game GO, essentially meaning "Checkmate".
Atari was a company that was well ahead of its time and in it you can see the incredible rise and the incredible fall of a company, along with a moderate and steady comeback.
ATARI has survived alot and in it one can see easily the similarity of ATARI and the path's the internet has gone.
ATARI is a very interesting piece of Digital history.
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