Old Video Game Maker is a term that refers to Atari, a company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Atari was one of the first companies to produce video games and home consoles, and it was responsible for popularizing the use of microprocessors in gaming. The company's most successful products were the Atari 2600 and the Atari 8-bit family of computers. Atari was also responsible for creating some of the earliest arcade games, such as Pong and Space Invaders.