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From: farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren)
Newsgroups: net.games.video
Subject: Re: Gauntlet (Atari, actually)
Message-ID: <534@well.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 15:07:36 EST
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In article <507@well.UUCP> I wrote:
>...Anyhow, the Atari that makes the 520ST is NOT the
>same as the Atari that makes arcade games.  Witness Marble Madness, 
>which will be released first for the Amiga - Atari's not even involved.
 
To which, Nathan Glasser (nathan@mit-eddie.UUCP) replied:
> What makes you think that they are not the same Atari? Because of
> what you heard about Marble Madness? To the best of my knowledge
> there is only one Atari company.

     This is the BEST of your knowledge? :-)
     When Warner Communications sold Atari to Jack Tramiel, the only thing
they sold was the home computer division.  The coin-op division is still
owned by Warner.  I can't recall what it is, but there is some small
difference in the names of the two Ataris.

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