Back in the late seventies, some of Atari's programmers were fed up with Atari. They wanted credit for the Atari 2600 games they were programming for Atari.
Atari refused to give them the credit they deserved so they quit Atari and started Activision.
If Atari had been willing to be fair, games like Pitfall and River Raid would not have been created. So it is my opinion that it turned out to be a good thing that Atari was unfair.
The following are screenshots of the Atari 2600 games by Activision.
Activision Decathalon
Barnstorming
Beamrider
Boxing
Bridge
Checkers
Chopper Command
Commando
Cosmic Commuter
Crackpots
Dolphin
Double Dragon
Dragster
Enduro
Fishing Derby
Freeway
Frostbite
Ghostbusters
Grand Prix
H.E.R.O.
Ice Hockey
Kabobber
Kaboom
Keystone Kapers
Kung Fu Master
Laser Blast
Megamania
Oink!
Pitfall
Pittfall II
Plaque Attack
Pressure Cooker
Private Eye
Rampage
River Raid
River Raid II
Robot Tank
Sea Quest
Skiing
Sky Jinks
Space Shuttle
Spider Fighter
Stampede
Starmaster
Tennis
Thwocker
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