Atari Games

Atari Games Corporation
	Logo used until 1996
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Predecessor	Atari, Inc.
Founded	January 11, 1985
Founder	Warner Communications
Defunct	February 7, 2003 (disbanded by Midway)
Fate	Merged into and later closed by Midway Games
Headquarters	675 Sycamore Dr., Milpitas, California, U.S.
Key people	Hideyuki Nakajima ; (president, 1985–1994); Dan Van Elderen ; (president, 1995–2003); Ed Logg (game designer);
Products	Gauntlet; Marble Madness; Paperboy; Klax; Hard Drivin';
Number of employees	700
Parent	Namco (1985–1987); Time Warner Interactive (1993–1996); Midway Games (1996–2003);
Divisions	Tengen

Atari Games Corporation, known as Midway Games West Inc. after 1999, was an American producer of arcade games. It was formed in 1985 when the coin-operated arcade video game division of Atari, Inc. was transferred by Warner Communications to a joint venture with Namco. It was one of several successor companies to use the name Atari. The company developed and published games for arcades and across consumer gaming consoles such as the Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and other platforms using the Tengen label. Some of the games Atari had developed include Tetris, Road Runner, RoadBlasters and Primal Rage. After Time Warner reassumed full ownership in 1994, the company was sold to WMS Industries in 1996, and became part of Midway Games when that company was spun-off by WMS in 1998. It ceased operations in 2003 and its former assets were sold back to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (now Warner Bros. Games) in 2009 following Midway's bankruptcy.

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