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Article #489Re: Gauntlet (Atari, actually)
From: Mike Farren
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1986 20:07
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1986 20:07
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In article <507@well.UUCP> I wrote:
>...Anyhow, the Atari that makes the 520ST is NOT the
>same as the Atari that makes arcade games. Witness Marble Madness,
>which will be released first for the Amiga - Atari's not even involved.
To which, Nathan Glasser (nathan@mit-eddie.UUCP) replied:
> What makes you think that they are not the same Atari? Because of
> what you heard about Marble Madness? To the best of my knowledge
> there is only one Atari company.
This is the BEST of your knowledge? :-)
When Warner Communications sold Atari to Jack Tramiel, the only thing
they sold was the home computer division. The coin-op division is still
owned by Warner. I can't recall what it is, but there is some small
difference in the names of the two Ataris.
--
Mike Farren
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