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Atari

The Atari Joystick Controller TV Video Game System was made in 2003 in Jakks Pacific's Plug It In & Play TV Games plug-n-play game system lineup. The device itself is designed to look like the joystick used on…

31 December 2002

Atari is a shooter developed by DC Studios, released 31 December 2002 on Plug & Play.

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What Atari is

Atari is a shooter game developed by DC Studios and released in 2002. It was published by Jakks Pacific. It is available on Plug & Play only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Atari Joystick Controller TV Video Game System was made in 2003 in Jakks Pacific's Plug It In & Play TV Games plug-n-play game system lineup. The device itself is designed to look like the joystick used on the Atari 2600.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Pong series

Atari is the tenth of 13 entries we hold in the Pong series. It arrived 3 years after Pong: The Next Level. The next entry was Atari in 2004.

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What it launched against

Atari launched on 31 December 2002, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Space Rangers and Sonic Advance 2.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Space Rangers, Sonic Advance 2.

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When did Atari come out?
Atari was released on 31 December 2002 for Plug & Play.

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