jan 1, 1979 - 1979 : Activision Founded - Founded by David Crane and Alan Miller, both programmers who left Atari - Atari did not give credits for game designers - First developer and distributors of video games for home consoles - Third party companies began to make games for Atari 2600 - Most known for side scrolling platform games of the era - legitimised third-party development in video game industry
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jan 1, 1979
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~ 46 years ago