atari
Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972, currently by Atari Interactive, a subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA (ASA).
The original Atari, Inc., an American company founded in Sunnyvale, California in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, was a pioneer in arcade video games, game consoles, and home computers.
The company's products, such as the innovative Pong and the very popular Atari 2600 console, helped define the electronic entertainment industry from the 70s to the mid 80s.
In 1984, the original Atari Inc. was split due to its role in the video game crash of 1983 and after many iterations across the years it became a French video game company.