It's a Pong way to Tipperary: How Atari came to rural Ireland in the 1970s 

As Atari marks its 50-year anniversary, we look back at some of its classic games, and how it was an early tech company to make the journey across the Atlantic 

Video game company Atari is marking 50 years in existence. 

Ireland’s first taste of American "hippie capitalism"? Perhaps it was in 1978 when video games company Atari came to Tipperary Town. 

One of a wave of US companies lured across the Atlantic by IDA incentives and Ireland’s membership of the European Economic Community, Atari - which celebrates 50 years in existence this month – brought welcome employment, and helped a small rural town plug into the electronics industry that was beginning to emerge from California.