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Why did Atari, as an American video game company, have such a Japanese sounding name?

Posted - January 15, 2019
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  • 14795
    They just had a Yen for a new name as Ying and Yang sounded a bit Wong....   :( 
      January 15, 2019 6:36 PM MST
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  • 44608
    No wonder I love you.
      January 15, 2019 7:17 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Harrrrrr soooo grasshopper....your not the only one to say that to me.......those I live with think I'm quite dangerous and deadly with the things I come out with, as I often have them in stitches most every day really....lol
      January 16, 2019 3:03 AM MST
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  • 976
    I didn't know Atari was an American Company. That's interesting though. 
      January 15, 2019 6:46 PM MST
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  • 44608
    Because Thursday is cute, too.
      January 15, 2019 7:18 PM MST
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  • 5354
    The first Atari company was french and expanded into America almost as soon as it was formed. This was in the early 1970ties. Those were Boom times in game making. After the boom ended there was innumerable mergers and restructurings. French Atari have been swallowed by Infogrames and American Atari is near forgotten.
      January 16, 2019 3:21 AM MST
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