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Atari Elektronik Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH
Bebelallee 10, Hamburg, Germany
HQ from 1981-1985
Now empty, photo taken in 2008
(Pictured: Centipede)
The Atari 400 computer had a small (by Atari standards) cartridge with a plain text brown label. The cart contacts were protected by a sliding door, which was partially exposed, unlike the doors on 2600 and 5200 carts. The Atari 800 had two cartridge slots (because one is never enough), but the slots were not equivalent, forcing Atari 400/800 games to have a marking on the top of the cart telling you to insert it into the left or the right cartridge port. However, since people didn’t buy the Atari 800, not many cartridges were made for the exclusive right port, leaving it lonely and depressed.
The simplest of bat and ball games. I don't have the reactions to enjoy this sort of thing anymore...
Created by Warren Robinett. So it says right in the cartridge, in the first "easter egg", or hidden feature, ever put in a video game.