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Atari 2600 Video Computer System, 1982-1983
Atari, Inc.1982/1983
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
The Atari 2600 "Black Vader" was the company's most popular console system, produced for 14 years. It marks a transitional period -- the last console produced by Atari before the "Video Game Crash of 1983." This collapse occurred due a flooded market, the rise of personal computers as gaming systems, and highly anticipated (but poor quality) games like "E.T." and "Pac-Man."
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- Title: Atari 2600 Video Computer System, 1982-1983
- Creator: Atari, Inc.
- Date Created: 1982/1983
- Location: United States, California, Sunnyvale, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
- Subject Keywords: Pac-Man (Game), Game consoles, Packaging, Input devices, Power supplies, Manuals (Instructional materials), Games, Video games
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Game console
- Object ID: 2015.56.1
- Manufacturer: Atari, Inc.
- Image ID: THF160364
- Field: Video game development
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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