Found this good article on the history of Atari. Twenty comprehensive pages, this is a good look at the beginnings and development of the company that made video games a house hold term.
Not the first company to create video games, they were the ones to popularize them.So much so that many people forget that Magnavox came out with Ralph Baer’s creation, the Odyssey a couple of years before Atari was even a company.
Is you’re reading this blog, then you are probably going to like this article.
Here it is:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2000/the_history_of_atari_19711977.php
