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  1. By OPDB
    display_type
    alphanumeric
    month
    11 → 1
    name
    The Atarians → Atarians
    opdb.features
    ["Widebody"]
    opdb_id
    Gry9N-MQYVj
    opdb.images
    [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/1bef6c23-2bab-4bed-9256-e1ae6c83bde1-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/1bef6c23-2bab-4bed-9256-e1ae6c83bde1-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/1bef6c23-2bab-4bed-9256-e1ae6c83bde1-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":708,"height":600},"small":{"width":250,"height":212},"medium":{"width":640,"height":542}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true},{"type":"playfield","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/dd0c3cd1-0491-4993-9837-e194312eb6c5-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/dd0c3cd1-0491-4993-9837-e194312eb6c5-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/dd0c3cd1-0491-4993-9837-e194312eb6c5-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":1152,"height":1499},"small":{"width":192,"height":250},"medium":{"width":492,"height":640}},"title":null,"primary":true}]
    player_count
    4
    tag
    Widebody
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    year
    1976
  2. By IPDB
    credit
    Fred Yates — Software
    credit
    Eugene Jarvis — Software
    credit
    Bob Jonesi — Design
    credit
    George Opperman — Art
    credit
    Bob Jonesi — Mechanics
    credit
    Fred Yates — Sound
    credit
    Eugene Jarvis — Sound
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×4
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Kick-Out Holes ×7
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×3
    gameplay_feature
    Standup Targets ×4
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Atari, Incorporated
    ipdb_id
    102
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/102F2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/102F3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-7.jpg"]
    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Kick-out holes (7), Standup targets (4).
    ipdb.notes
    'The Atarians' was the first game by this manufacturer. First Solid State widebody game. First pin game to use inductive under-playfield sensors instead of rollover switches. Atari referred to them as "magnetic sensor switches" in their documentation. Eugene Jarvis informs us that Fred Yates was the original programmer and sounds guy. Eugene was his apprentice and finished up the game after Fred left. Mark Ritchie stated at the Chicago Expo 2012 that half of the production run came back to the factory because Atari had received a bad batch of plywood used to make them.
    month
    11
    player_count
    4
    system
    atari-system-1
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    theme
    Adventure
    year
    1976