Prior to the rise of Nintendo, Atari was synonymous with gaming having released its first console, the Atari 2600, in 1977. ... Eventually, Atari abandoned the hardware market due to a combination of factors such as the video game crash of the 1980s and the increase in competition from the likes of Nintendo and Sega.

Do Atari still make consoles?

Atari® returns to the living room with the Atari VCS™ — a completely modern videogame computer system, blending the best of consoles and PCs to delight a whole new generation of gamers and creators.

When did Atari stop making consoles?

By 1986, over 20 million Atari VCS units had been sold. The final Atari-licensed release is the PAL-only version of the arcade game KLAX in 1990. After more than 14 years on the market, the 2600 line was formally discontinued on January 1, 1992, along with the Atari 7800 and Atari 8-bit family of home computers.