Not quite the company that started the video game industry (that old Atari was split in two), but it’s still dissapointing. The Atari responsible for the Jaguar - a “64-bit console” or so they say - has finally closed its doors and follows midway into the great big videogame arcade in the sky.

The original Atari Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and home computers. The company’s products, such as Pong and the Atari 2600, helped define the computer entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid 1980s.

Once the biggest video game company in the world, it had the option of buying Nintendo out in the 1980’s. But it opted to compete against the NES with the fabulously underpowered Atari 5200. Still, they were able to survive, and in the 90’s released yet another fabulously underpowered console the Atari Jaguar. To be fair though, the original Playstation pretty much killed off everyone in that generation. Sega Saturn, N64, 3DO, now mere footnotes of the 1990’s. We’re sure to miss their Dragon Ball Z games, though.

Farewell, Atari. Turn off the lights on your way out…