This is really really nagging me. I know it has something to do with ancient Greece and am pretty sure it's a female name. Maybe a nymph? Anyone have any idea?

~Scheherazade

"Bushnell Starts Atari
Bushnell and Dabney decide to start their own company to design video games for other companies to distribute. They originally call their company Syzygy (the straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies), but that name is already being used by a roofing company. They then settle on the name Atari, a term from the Japanese game Go, whose meaning is equivalent to "check" in chess. "

Full artical @ http://www.videogames.com/features/u...hov/p3_01.html

Ah, thanks This ancient greek thing is going to bug me forever, but now I at least know where THEY got the name from.

~Scheherazade