New & Hot Atari June 27, 2019 On this day in 1972, Atari was founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. That same year, Pong was released. Ten years later, people were playing Pac-Man on Atari game systems.Ghost Train Haze Pre-Rolls from Grower George, THC: 20.1%, 1g $3Pong image by pong74ls, CC BY 3.0.