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Atari Files For Bankruptcy

Posted by samzenpus on Monday January 21, 2013 @02:56AM from the no-more-combat dept.

First time accepted submitter halls-of-valhalla writes "Atari was one of the very first video game companies, starting way back in 1972. However, this long-running name that brought us titles like Pong and Asteroids is having major financial issues. Atari's United States branches have filed for bankruptcy on Sunday. This bankruptcy is an attempt to separate themselves from their French parent which has quite a bit of debt. The plan is to split from the French parent and find a buyer to form a private company."

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Re:game over... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-21 03:13 · Score: 5, Funny

INSERT COIN TO CONTINUE!
Re:game over... by zwei2stein · 2013-01-21 03:19 · Score: 1, Funny

Insert coin to continue in 3.. 2.. 1..

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Atari has Reached a State of Atari by guttentag · 2013-01-21 04:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Atari was named for a term in the game "go" in which a stone or group of stones are in danger of being taken by one's opponent and the player has only one option available to avoid this outcome . Kind of like bankruptcy. So it seems that Atari has finally reached a state of Atari.