It's a big day for video game historians...

[Black Diamond Vol]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/26/the-dig-uncovering-the-atari-et-games-buried-in-new-mexico-desert

[BanditVol]

I didn't think the "crash" happened that soon.  It seems it was more like the 85 or 86 timeframe.  But I suppose it could have started in 1983.  I got my Atari 2600 (or whatever number it was) in early 83...it was hardly crashing at that time.  Me and my friends played video games all the way through my senior year of 84-85.

But whatever, interesting that they did bury them.   

[Black Diamond Vol]

I didn't think the "crash" happened that soon.  It seems it was more like the 85 or 86 timeframe.  But I suppose it could have started in 1983.  I got my Atari 2600 (or whatever number it was) in early 83...it was hardly crashing at that time.  Me and my friends played video games all the way through my senior year of 84-85.

But whatever, interesting that they did bury them.   

Atari has a pretty sad and colorful history, if you've never read up on it.  Basically, it was a cautionary tale of some creative types with no business acumen who sold out to some business types with no creativity (at least when it came to the electronic realm).  It would be interesting to see what gaming would be today if Atari had survived.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/20/ign-presents-the-history-of-atari