COMPUTER icon ATARI is back in the game – as it prepares to launch its first new console in 20 years.

The US firm was among the pioneers in the video games sector, helping the likes of Pac-Man and Pong go global.

Atari was a star of the 1970s and 1980s video game industry

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Atari was a star of the 1970s and 1980s video game industry

But in the decades since, Atari has lost out to the likes of Nintendo, Sega and Sony.

Atari’s last new console came in 1993 and it filed for bankruptcy in 2013.

Since 2014 it has focused on casino games for mobile phones and online.

[Source”timesofindia”]