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Atari To Return?

by Maarten Goldstein, Jun 15, 2001 8:37am PDT

Related Topics – Atari, Games: PC

MCV is reporting that Infogrames is looking to change its name to Atari. They want to do this since Infogrames doesn't mean a whole lot for most people, while Atari is a pretty big name of course. Infogrames has been buying US companies for a while now and through Hasbro seem to have acquired the name.

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By: The Kool-Aid Man x Show Full Post

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fuck me, i thought they were talking about Atari.'s return to message boards!

Jun 18, 2001 12:16pm PDT

fuck me, i thought they were talking about Atari.'s return to message boards! : The Kool-Aid Man

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infogrames is a stupid name anyway.

why not just call it infogames at the very least? that might make a tidbit of sense

Jun 15, 2001 8:44pm PDT

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infogrames is a stupid name anyway. why not just call it infogames at the very least? that might make ... : RMSzero
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- because the ceo loves teddy grahams and its a witty pun just for him. : firebone

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It's been, oh, twenty-five years since Atari did anything cool.

But that's still more recently than Infogrames. ;)

Jun 15, 2001 11:25pm PDT

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It's been, oh, twenty-five years since Atari did anything cool. But that's still more recently than In... : hi-c
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- shurup, few years back infogrammes were a really top publisher/developer. All the Alone in the dark game... : disembodied potato

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OMG so DNF will be published by Atari?

L33T!!!

Jun 15, 2001 2:11pm PDT

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OMG so DNF will be published by Atari? L33T!!! : wunderbred
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- Infogrames is not publishing DNF. GoD is. : astral

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By: Cosmicfool x Show Full Post

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That's not cool at all...

l4m3.

Infograms: "Our name sux. let's steal an 0ldsk00l name. "

That's retarded.

Jun 15, 2001 2:35pm PDT

That's not cool at all... l4m3. Infograms: "Our name sux. let's steal an 0ldsk00l name. " ... : Cosmicfool

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By: LightningBoy x Show Full Post

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It would be cool if they brought back the logo too.

Then all those dudes with the Atari shirts running around the mall wouldn't seem so "cool" anymore.

Jun 15, 2001 10:18am PDT

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It would be cool if they brought back the logo too. Then all those dudes with the Atari shirts running... : LightningBoy
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- Hey man don't be knockin my Atari shirt! : SatansFist

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But what does this mean for colecovision's return?

Jun 15, 2001 8:39am PDT

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But what does this mean for colecovision's return? : indeego
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  If they brought back the name "Coleco" complete with the old-school logo, I'd probably piss my pants. : Last_Boyscout
  - I had a coleco, but only 2-3 games for it. Still fun though, until it broke : Anti_dentite

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It would be really cool if this happened, but personally I'm hoping it doesn't. You see, I've been collecting old Atari stuffs for years now (shirts, pins, posters, etc.) and if a huge all-reaching conglomerate like Infogrames changed their name to Atari, all of my things wouldn't seem so vintage anymore.

Also, the music group Atari Teenage Riot might run into some legal problems, which qualifies as Not Cool(tm).

Jun 15, 2001 12:35pm PDT

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It would be really cool if this happened, but personally I'm hoping it doesn't. You see, I've been colle... : arizona bay
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- Don't forget about that crappy punk band The Ataris! : prower

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By: Vantage x Show Full Post

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I was wondering where Atari disappeared to... :<

Jun 15, 2001 11:33am PDT

I was wondering where Atari disappeared to... :< : Vantage

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By: baron calamity x Show Full Post

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This is way cool. I don't know. Its just a fucking name, but what a fucking name it is...

Jun 15, 2001 10:12am PDT

This is way cool. I don't know. Its just a fucking name, but what a fucking name it is... : baron calamity

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Could be interesting...

Jun 15, 2001 9:30am PDT

Could be interesting... : Sideways Bob

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By: the archvile x Show Full Post

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I'm not surprised at all. Pretty much the only way they could publish really good games was by acquiring other publishers (GT anyone?).

Jun 15, 2001 9:28am PDT

I'm not surprised at all. Pretty much the only way they could publish really good games was by acquiring... : the archvile

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I didnt know that he had dissappeared....

:<(

Jun 15, 2001 8:41am PDT

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I didnt know that he had dissappeared.... :<( : bugsY
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- he did actually.... someone posted a message about it a while back... I thought it might actually ... : Torias

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By: disembodied potato x Show Full Post

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nooooo i liked inforgrammes :( They made 2 of my favourite games, LBA and LBA2 :[

Jun 15, 2001 9:11am PDT

nooooo i liked inforgrammes :( They made 2 of my favourite games, LBA and LBA2 :[ : disembodied potato