History of computer and video game companies

This is a list of former computer and video game companies, most of whose rights and assets presently belong to a specific company. The companies listed here are organized based on acquisition history.

Atari, Inc.

  • Infogrames, Inc. - The game development and publishing section of Infogrames, not the holding company. Formally known as GT Interactive before being renamed.
    • Ocean Software - Former British developer and publisher famous for their licensed movie games. (Acquired by Infogrames in 1998)
      • Imagine Software - Former minor British developer, many of whose employees went on to found Psygnosis once purchased by Ocean. (Acquired by Ocean in 1984)
    • Accolade - Former developer and publisher founded by Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead. (Acquired by Infogrames in 1999)
    • Gremlin Interactive - Former British developer famous for their sports games. For a few years they owned DMA Design, most famous for their GTA and Lemmings series, but Infogrames later sold this company to Take Two. (Acquired by Infogrames in 1999)
    • GT Interactive - Former developer based in New York that formed into the current Atari, Inc. (Acquired by Infogrames in 1999)
    • Hasbro Interactive - Former developer and publisher of Hasbro, with most of the licenses and rights to produce Hasbro based games, such as Monopoly. (Acquired by Infogrames in January 2001)
      • Atari Corporation - This was purchased from JTS Corporation after a merger with Atari Corporation. (Acquired by Hasbro on February 23, 1998 and used to form Atari Interactive under Hasbro Interactive.)
        • Atari Inc. Formerly independent Atari Inc., which was owned by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, purchased by Warner in 1976. (Warner sold the Consumer Division to Tramel Technologies Ltd. in 1984 who used it to form Atari Corporation).
      • Avalon Hill - Hasbro Interactive had the rights to produce video games based on the Avalon Hill and Wizards of the Coast board games once these companies had been purchased by Hasbro. (Acquired by Hasbro in 1998)
      • Spectrum HoloByte - Former developer most famous for its simulation games. It had previously bought MicroProse and then later merged The Two brands together as MicroProse. (Acquired by Hasbro Interactive in 1998)
        • MicroProse - Former game developer with world famous games, such as Pirates, Civilization, and Railroad Tycoon. (Acquired by Spectrum HoloByte in 1993)
      • Wizards of the Coast - A company also owned by Hasbro that Hasbro Interactive produced games for. (Acquired by Hasbro in September 1999)
      • Game.com -
    • Shiny Entertainment - Developer of the Matrix games, Shiny Entertainment was recently sold to Foundation 9 Entertainment (Acquired by Infogrames in 2002)