Atari's Lost Years With Hasbro Interactive

As a follow up to the JTS Merger video we continue to shed light on what Atari was doing during the "lost years." You can watch that first video by clicking the link below!
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In this video, with the help of a Former Hasbro Employee and self proclaimed Atari Historian, we discuss what the key events were for Atari during its time under the Hasbro Interactive brand. We do use clips from our 40 minute interview with Jayson Hill and it was so great to get the chance to chat with him! I'd like to thank Jayson for the interview and reading over the script before I started the video. You can check out the full review by clicking the link below!
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For anybody interested you can see the full interview with Jayson Hill on our channel by clicking the link below kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX2UoYaFppWJd8k You can see the video that was the catalyst for starting this series here kzbin.info/www/bejne/hF7HmpWbjJ2tiKs And finally you can see part 1 of the series here kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJm0ZaChod-egNE There will be a part 3 about the start of Infogrames owning Atari so please subscribe for that if you haven't. Also feel free to join the discord to continue the discussion discord.com/invite/fTMT67sBCm And of course if you want to support us and get behind the scenes and bonus videos then head over to patreon.com/7800progamer

[@socrates0603]

You're definitely right that most of us never equated Hasbro with the Atari brand. The Jayson Hill interview was very informative and a fun listen. Thanks for the follow up!

[@ObsidianContraption]

It's def cool they unlocked the Jag & Lynx to the public

[@TheAtariNetwork]

Agreed. They could've held onto the rights and tried to find a way to profit but instead they tried to do what's right by the community. Very rare for most companies then and now!

[@kevinstrade2752]

I am proud of you and your channel. You are doing it right! Interviews, research all bringing us facts and real Atari history! You are one of my favs!

[@TheAtariNetwork]

Thank you for the kind words I really appreciate it. I try my best! The full interview with Jayson is also posted on the channel if you or anybody else is interested. He's a very cool guy.

[@adm712]

While I have great knowledge and awareness of Atari from 1972-1996 and 2020-present, I know nothing about the 1997-2019 period. Your videos are super informative with info I never knew. Thanks.

[@TheAtariNetwork]

Thank you. I'm trying to make a complete, even if somewhat basic, record of these times that are missing for so many of us. So I'm glad that the videos seem to be doing just that. Hopefully we can dig up more interesting and fun stuff from Ataris history!

[@Jolt7800]

This is an awesome look into the era that time forgot.

[@TheAtariNetwork]

Thanks Jolt I appreciate it!!

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

A lot of the stuff from this era feels like the kinda games that should have been coming out on the Jaguar.

[@jeremiahthomas8140]

I had the boxed PC version of Pong: The Next Level sitting upside down on my entertainment center many years ago. My wife looked at it and asked, "What's buod?" That is probably my deepest connection to Hasbro Atari. I do remember the hoopla around them releasing the Jaguar into the public domain, but I did not remember them doing the same with the Lynx.

[@TheAtariNetwork]

Lol boud is hilarious

[@jeremiahthomas8140]

@TheAtariNetwork It made up for the time there were some Lions' mints upside down at a restaurant, and I said "Snoit? What's that?"

[@ethacade]

I do hope we some day see some of those Atari PlayStation remakes of Pong, Breakout and Centipede get rereleased or put in Atari 50 or something That would be cool

[@TheAtariNetwork]

You know it would be something different from the usual stuff and I would think Atari still owns them.

[@pierregareau6590]

Thanks for this informative video on the history of Atari !

[@Tyrannt316]

I really enjoyed this video. Learned some stuff I never knew before! Thanks for this!

[@IMEEntertainment]

I am quite a fan of Hasbro Interactive's Retro remakes and I happen to own all of their titles on PC with their original boxes. While they weren’t the same as the classic arcade games, the developers Hasbro commissioned surely tried their best. I would have to say that Hasbro did release some titles under the banner that weren’t exactly related to Atari or retro gaming in general too. They released the PC and PlayStation versions of The Next Tetris, the PlayStation port of Glover and Nerf Arena Blast under the Atari brand. On the topic of Frogger 2 and Pac-Man Adventures in Time, they were meant to be released under the Atari banner, but were instead released as standard Hasbro Interactive products. There’s a leftover video file of the Hasbro-era Atari logo on the Dreamcast version of Frogger 2.

[@TopDrawer_Art]

I hope the new Atari will give the Hasbro era some love. Now that they own Digital Eclipse & Nightdive, it would be fun to see either of those studios to port the games of that period properly for today’s platforms. Pong: The Next Level and PSX’s Breakout are hidden gems (never played PSX’s Centipede though). Really enjoyed those games’ witty cartoony humor, very Rareware-esque. It’s a shame Atari SA sold off the rights of Glover, it would be great to see new Atari getting their hands on that IP again, have Glover 2 to be finished and get an official release.

[@orlandoturbo6431]

I think they should have release some Atrai games for the TurboGrafx16. Maybe we will see a homebrew version of Atari Karts for the Analogue Duo (Supergrafx Duo).

[@TheAtariNetwork]

It's possible. Never say never!

[@orlandoturbo6431]

@@TheAtariNetwork Atrai Karts is similar to Street Racer for the Sega Genesis and SNES.

[@ThomaniacsRetrogamingZone]

That was really interesting! Still own that Pong and Centipede for the PS1 but i prefer playing the Atari 2600 versions. 😀

[@rameybutler-hm7nx]

Sweeet! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@otakuking10]

What if there’s a collaboration between Atari and hello kitty and friends? Imagine the merchandise including plush toys, t-shirts, hats, remakes of Atari classic games for Atari 2600 and multiple systems starring hello kitty and friends, the hello kitty and friends X Atari collection for multiple systems.

[@otakuking10]

The hello kitty and friends X Atari collection for multiple systems includes the classic arcade versions of Atari classic games plus the Atari 2600 versions and hello kitty and friends versions. Imagine badtz Maru in centipede, kuromi in haunted house, hello kitty in save Mary, chococat in asteroids, and more.

[@TheAtariNetwork]

I mean that would certainly be a thing. I don't know if there's a lot of cross over between Atari fans and Hello Kitty fans but what do I know

[@Spider_Rico]

Was it Hasbro that re-released Frogger on the SNES? If they did, why did they skip all the music in that game?

[@TheAtariNetwork]

So the SNES and Genesis Frogger was done by Morningstar Multimedia and published by Majesco in 1998. Frogger was not owned by Hasbro so they both appear to have licensed the properties and released games on different platforms from what I can tell...

[@Spider_Rico]

@@TheAtariNetwork thank you.

[@rameybutler-hm7nx]

Dude i would love a review on wii centipede

[@TheAtariNetwork]

I plan on doing some reviews on those types of games on the channel. Might be a month or two out but Atari games and properties on consoles like PlayStation, Xbox, and Wii will be coming!

[@rameybutler-hm7nx]

Cool

[@MarquisDeSang]

When normies interfere with videogames -> crash