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[[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold The world may never know.]]

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[[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold The world may may]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot never know.]]
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* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Worn by the female, of course.
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Not to be confused with ComicBook/AtariForce.
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''The Atarians'' was the first [[PhysicalPinballTable arcade pinball machine]] from VideoGame pioneer {{Atari}}. It was designed by Bob Jonesi with art by George Opperman, and released in 1976.

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''The Atarians'' was the first [[PhysicalPinballTable arcade pinball machine]] from VideoGame pioneer {{Atari}}.Creator/{{Atari}}. It was designed by Bob Jonesi with art by George Opperman, and released in 1976.



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* CharacterTitle: Calling The Atarians "characters'" might be a bit much...



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* [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt In Case You Forgot Who Made It]]InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Or in this case, made it.



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* SpellingBonus: Spelling ATARI (via the five saucers at the top of the playfield) doubles the bonus, while EXTRA BALL [[CaptainObvious awards an extra ball.]]

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* SpellingBonus: Spelling ATARI (via the five saucers at the top of the playfield) doubles the bonus, while EXTRA BALL [[CaptainObvious awards an extra ball.]]


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As a premiere pinball, ''The Atarians'' is notable for some unusual design decisions, such as the two pairs of stacked flippers and the use of inductive under-playfield sensors instead of rollover switches. Unfortunately, anything about the Atarians themselves are lost to the mists of time, as none of the game rules, instruction manuals, or promotional material give any indication as to who they are or what is going on. Who are The Atarians? Why are there two of them? What is the futuristic landscape seen behind them? Who is the long-faced blue alien with the flaming hair on the backglass? Are those yellow-skinned folks in the purple tights his {{Mooks}} or his captors? Why doesn't the female Atarian use her sword? Why are we asking all these questions?

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As a premiere pinball, ''The Atarians'' is notable for some unusual design decisions, such as the two pairs of stacked flippers and the use of inductive under-playfield sensors instead of rollover switches. Unfortunately, anything about the Atarians themselves are lost to the mists of time, as none of the game rules, instruction manuals, or promotional material give any indication as to who they are or what is going on. Who are The Atarians? Why are there two of them? What is the futuristic landscape seen behind them? Who is the long-faced blue alien with the flaming hair hair? Why is he blue on the backglass? backglass and orange on the playfield? Are those yellow-skinned folks in the purple tights his {{Mooks}} or his captors? Why doesn't the female Atarian use her sword? Why are we asking all these questions?
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The world may never know.

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[[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold The world may never know.
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As a premiere pinball, ''The Atarians'' is notable for some unusual design decisions, such as the two pairs of stacked flippers and the use of inductive under-playfield sensors instead of rollover switches. Unfortunately, anything about the Atarians themselves are lost to the mists of time, as none of the game rules, instruction manuals, or promotional material give any indication as to who they are. Who are The Atarians? Why are there two of them? What is the futuristic landscape seen behind them? Who is the long-faced blue alien with the flaming hair on the backglass? Are those yellow-skinned folks in the purple tights his {{Mooks}} or his captors? Why doesn't the female Atarian use her sword? Why are we asking all these questions?

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As a premiere pinball, ''The Atarians'' is notable for some unusual design decisions, such as the two pairs of stacked flippers and the use of inductive under-playfield sensors instead of rollover switches. Unfortunately, anything about the Atarians themselves are lost to the mists of time, as none of the game rules, instruction manuals, or promotional material give any indication as to who they are.are or what is going on. Who are The Atarians? Why are there two of them? What is the futuristic landscape seen behind them? Who is the long-faced blue alien with the flaming hair on the backglass? Are those yellow-skinned folks in the purple tights his {{Mooks}} or his captors? Why doesn't the female Atarian use her sword? Why are we asking all these questions?
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* CharacterTitle: Calling The Atarians "characters'" might be a bit much...


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* NoPlotNoProblem: There's some suggestion of a plot, but that's about it.

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* NoPlotNoProblem: There's There are enough hints to create some suggestion sort of a ScienceFiction plot, but that's about it.
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''The Atarians'' was the premiere PhysicalPinballTable from video game pioneer {{Atari}}. It was designed by Bob Jonesi with art by George Opperman, and released in 1976.

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''The Atarians'' was the premiere PhysicalPinballTable first [[PhysicalPinballTable arcade pinball machine]] from video game VideoGame pioneer {{Atari}}. It was designed by Bob Jonesi with art by George Opperman, and released in 1976.

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As a premiere pinball, ''The Atarians'' is notable for some unusual design decisions, such as the two pairs of stacked flippers and the use of inductive under-playfield sensors instead of rollover switches. Unfortunately, anything about the Atarians themselves are lost to the mists of time, as none of the game rules, instruction manuals, or promotional material give any indication as to who they are. Who are The Atarians? Why are there two of them? What is the futuristic landscape seen behind them? Who is the long-faced blue alien on the backglass? Are those yellow-skinned folks in the purple tights his {{Mooks}} or his captors? Why doesn't the female Atarian use her sword? Why are we asking all these questions?

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As a premiere pinball, ''The Atarians'' is notable for some unusual design decisions, such as the two pairs of stacked flippers and the use of inductive under-playfield sensors instead of rollover switches. Unfortunately, anything about the Atarians themselves are lost to the mists of time, as none of the game rules, instruction manuals, or promotional material give any indication as to who they are. Who are The Atarians? Why are there two of them? What is the futuristic landscape seen behind them? Who is the long-faced blue alien with the flaming hair on the backglass? Are those yellow-skinned folks in the purple tights his {{Mooks}} or his captors? Why doesn't the female Atarian use her sword? Why are we asking all these questions?
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The world may never know.



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* HumanoidAliensDangerouslyShortSkirt: Worn by the female, of course.
* FlamingHair: Seen on the long-faced alien on the playfield.
* HumanoidAliens: Not the Atarians themselves, but the folks they're facing.



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* NoPlotNoProblemNoPlotNoProblem: There's some suggestion of a plot, but that's about it.


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* SpeedStripes: Seen on the playfield.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Maybe they're the UrExample of ''ComicBook/AtariForce''?]]

''The Atarians'' was the premiere PhysicalPinballTable from video game pioneer {{Atari}}. It was designed by Bob Jonesi with art by George Opperman, and released in 1976.

As a premiere pinball, ''The Atarians'' is notable for some unusual design decisions, such as the two pairs of stacked flippers and the use of inductive under-playfield sensors instead of rollover switches. Unfortunately, anything about the Atarians themselves are lost to the mists of time, as none of the game rules, instruction manuals, or promotional material give any indication as to who they are. Who are The Atarians? Why are there two of them? What is the futuristic landscape seen behind them? Who is the long-faced blue alien on the backglass? Are those yellow-skinned folks in the purple tights his {{Mooks}} or his captors? Why doesn't the female Atarian use her sword? Why are we asking all these questions?

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!!''The Atarians'' demonstrates the following tropes:

* HumanoidAliens
* JetPack: The Atarians are each wearing one to allow them to fly through space.
* {{Mooks}}: The yellow-skinned bald humanoids with the purple jumpsuits. Maybe.
* NoPlotNoProblem
* RayGun: The male Atarian welds one.
* SpellingBonus: Spelling ATARI (via the five saucers at the top of the playfield) doubles the bonus, while EXTRA BALL [[CaptainObvious awards an extra ball.]]
* StabTheSky: The female Atarian does this on the playfield.
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