 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Atari yakanga iri imwe yekambani idzo dzakatambudzwa zvikuru nekuparara. Sekambani, mari yayo yakaderera zvakanyanya nekuda kwekutengesa kwakaderera zvakanyanya uye mutengo wemasheya akadzorerwa. Pakazosvika pakati pa1983, kambani yacho yakanga yarasikirwa uye yakamanikidzwa kudzinga vashandi 3.000 vevashandi vayo 10 000. Pac-Man, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, nemimwe mitambo ye1982 ne1983 yakanga isati yatengeswa yakatanga kuzadza matura avo. Muna September 1983, Atari akaviga nokungwarira yakawanda yeiyi stock yakawandisa munzvimbo inorasirwa marara pedyo neAlamogordo, New Mexico, kunyange zvazvo Atari isina kutaura pamusoro pebasa ravo panguva iyoyo. Mashoko asiri echokwadi ane chokuita nokutengeswa kwePac-Man uye E.T. akatungamirira kukuvigwa kwenyaya yemitambo yemavhidhiyo yeAtarikuti mamirioni emagaro asina kutengeswa akavigwa imomo. Vanyori vezvakaitika kare vemitambo vakagamuchira mvumo yekuchera nzvimbo yekurasa marara sechikamu chechinyorwa muna 2014, panguva iyo aimbova mukuru weAtari James Heller, uyo aitarisira kuvigwa kwepakutanga akajekesa kuti vangangoita 728,000 cartridges vakavigwa muna 1982, vakatsigirwa nekufungidzira kwakaitwa panguva yekuchera, uye vachipokana nehukuru hwenhoroondo yemuguta. Kuvigwa kwaAtari kunoramba kuri kuratidzirwa kunokosha kwokuputsika kwemitambo yemavhidhiyo ya1983. Pakupera kwa1983, Atari yakanga yapfuura mukurasikirwa, zvichitungamira kuWarner Kutaurirana kutengesa Atari kuna Jack Tramiel weCommodore International muna Chikunguru 1984, iyo yakatungamira kuedza kwaAtari mukugadzira yavo yemunhu makomputa mutsara, iyo Atari ST, pamusoro pebhizinesi rekunyaradza. 