Key Takeaways
- Atari tau ua tus thawj coj hauv ntiaj teb kev ua si hauv '70s nrog nws cov npib-op games thiab tsev video game console.
- Cov kev ua si nrov xws li Asteroids, Space Invaders, thiab Atari Football cim lub xyoo Atari.
- Thaum Atari gamers nco qab ua si Atari games nrog kev nco txog lub sijhawm thaum kev ua si yooj yim.
Ntev ua ntej Nintendo Hloov lossis PlayStation 5, cov yeeb yaj kiab ua si tau siv daim ntawv yooj yim dua. Atari yog ib tug pioneer hauv Asmeskas kev ua si uas zoo li thaum yau nco txog thiab yav tom ntej gaming consoles ib yam nkaus.
Txawm hais tias nws yuav tsis tas yuav yog "hnub nyoog kub" ntawm kev ua si, Atari hnub tau pab ua lub ntiaj teb kev ua si niaj hnub no, cov kws tshaj lij thiab qub Atari diehards hais.
"Kuv tsis paub yog tias kuv yuav hais tias nws yog lub hnub nyoog kub, thiab kuv yuav khaws cia rau thaum Nintendo Entertainment System tawm los thiab coj kev ua si mus rau qib tom ntej, tab sis kuv xav tau tiag tiag hais tias Hnub Atari ncaws tawm, "hais tias Chris Spear, tus tswv tsev ntawm lub podcast, Tus Kws Ua Haujlwm Tsis Muaj Tsev Noj Mov, hauv kev sib tham email nrog Lifewire.
Ua haujlwm nyuaj ua si nyuaj
Tus thawj Atari tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1972 thiab tau paub txog kev ua si arcade npib-op games thiab hauv tsev video game consoles zoo li Atari 2600: lub console uas koj tuaj yeem sib pauv cov kev ua si sib txawv los ua si (lub tswv yim tshiab nkaus thaum lub sijhawm).
Asteroids, Sib ntaus sib tua (uas technically muaj 27 kev ua si hauv ib qho), Crystal Castles, thiab Space Invaders tag nrho yog Atari staples nyob rau hauv nws nyob zoo-hnub. Cov neeg tom qab cov kev ua si no yeej ib txwm sim sim nrog cov tswv yim tshiab thiab cov tswv yim tshiab.
Michael Albaugh ua haujlwm hauv kev faib nyiaj npib ntawm Atari los ntawm 1976-2000, qhov chaw nws tau koom nrog kev ua si xws li Pool Shark, Ultra Tank, thiab Atari Football.
"Nws yog qhov nthuav vim tias muaj ntau yam uas peb tau sim nyob ntawd," nws hais rau Lifewire hauv kev sib tham hauv xov tooj. "Peb yuav tso cov kev ua si tawm ntawm qhov kev sim teb los saib cov neeg ua si cuam tshuam rau kev ua si."
"Kuv tau ua haujlwm me ntsis ntawm qhov kev ua si kuv xav tias yuav tsum tau tsim tawm uas yog qhov kev ua si hu ua Beat Head uas kuv tau los ntawm Bonnie Smithson," nws hais. "Ib tug neeg piav txog [qhov kev ua si] raws li lub taub hau-to-head Qbert."
Beat Head yog qhov kev ua si ntau tus qauv uas cov neeg ua si yuav tsum tau dhia rau ntawm lawv cov vuas tshwj xeeb ua ntej lawv tus nrog sib tw ua. Thaum kawg, Atari qhov kev sim teb tsis ua haujlwm nrog qhov kev ua si.
Ib feem ntawm vim li cas qee qhov kev ua si no tsis tau tsim yog vim Warner Communications (tam sim no hu ua Time Warner) tau txais Atari xyoo 1976.
"Kuv lub tswv yim tom qab Warner takeover yog yog tias peb muaj lub tswv yim tshiab tshiab no, peb tseem tsis tau tso cai los caum nws tshwj tsis yog lwm tus tau ua nws," Albaugh hais. "Nws ib txwm xav tias lawv xav tau qhov tseeb."
Tseem, Albaugh tau hais tias nws ib txwm nyiam los hla qee qhov kev ua si qub Atari npib-op uas nws tau tsim thiab nco txog nws txoj kev taug Atari 25 xyoo. "Nws yog caij txias," nws hais.
Atari Memories
Rau cov neeg uas tsuas paub Atari los ntawm cov kev ua si uas lawv ua si, qhov hais txog "Atari" ua rau nco txog kev ua si video games nrog phooj ywg thaum yau.
"Kuv muaj kev nco zoo ntawm zaum hauv pem teb hauv cov phooj ywg hauv qab daus ua si Real Sports Baseball, " John Frigo, tus thawj coj lag luam digital ntawm My Supplement Store, sau rau Lifewire hauv email. "Kuv nyiam qhov yooj yim ntawm Atari tuaj yeem nqa tus tswj hwm thiab tam sim ntawd paub yuav ua li cas ua si thiab khaws nws tam sim ntawd."
Txawm niaj hnub no, Atari txoj kev ntawm kev ua si tseem muaj sia nyob rau qee tus.
Kuv yeej hais tias hnub Atari ncaws tawm.
"Hnub no, Raiders of the Lost Ark rau [Atari] 2600 tej zaum yog qhov kev ua si nyuaj tshaj plaws los yeej," Spear hais.
Dab tsi players nco txog Atari games yog qhov kev ua si qub hauv tsev kawm ntawv thiab nco txog kev ua si ib puag ncig ntawm phooj ywg.
"Ib yam uas kuv pom tau zoo heev txog Atari yog lub joystick, muaj ib yam dab tsi uas tseem nco txog thaum nyob hauv ib qho arcade nrog cov style ntawm joystick, thiab tsis muaj lub kaw lus yeej muaj qhov ntawd ntxiv lawm tom qab Nintendo hom kev coj mus., " Frigo said.
Albaugh tau hais tias thaum Atari yuav tsis yog "lub hnub nyoog kub" rau txhua tus, rau qee tus, nws yeej yog. "Txhua tus neeg lub hnub nyoog kub ntawm kev ua si yog thaum lawv muaj hnub nyoog 14-18 xyoo," Albaugh hais. "Muaj ntau qhov nostalgia txij thaum koj tseem yau thiab thaum lub sijhawm tsis kawg."
