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From: rjung@sal61.usc.edu (Robert  allen Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari Logo
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Date: 12 Apr 89 15:03:50 GMT
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In article <8904111455.AA10833@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> USQB015@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Mark Powell) writes:
>Okay,
>     We've sort of got the name sussed. Why the mount Fuji logo?

  Pick your favorite theory:

1) It is a stylized picture of Mount Fuji, used because Go (see "Origin of
'Atari'" discussions) is a Japanese game, and Mount Fuji is one of the most
Japanesee B-) images known.

2) It is a stylized "A" for "Atari".

3) It is a rune for Atari's first video game, "Pong". The two curving bars
on the sides indicate the players, and the center bar indicates either the
video game itself, the "ball", or the dashed line that divides the Pong
playfield.

  By the way, the man who developed the Atari logo (sorry, forgot his name)
was an arcade cabinet art designer for Atari Games. His favorite bit of work
was the (Atari color vector graphics game) _Space Duel_ cabinet, and his last
job before he died was the _Gauntlet_ cabinet art.

						--R.J.
						B-)

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