BATTLEZONE® FOR PSP® SYSTEM SHIPS

Quick, Action-Based Battles Meet Today's Consumer Demands for Engaging,On-the-Go Gaming

NEW YORK, October 31, 2006 - Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) today announced that
BattleZone for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system has shipped to retail stores
nationwide. A modern update to the 1980 classic arcade game, BattleZone immerses
players in an interactive world with relentless onslaughts of quick, action-oriented
battles. Developed by Paradigm Entertainment, BattleZone for the PSP system
is rated E10+ and is available for a suggested retail price of $29.95.

Set in futuristic international military environments, BattleZone puts players
in control of highly maneuverable hover tanks, challenging them in close combat
scenarios against their rivals. BattleZone features fast and furious gameplay,
photo-realistic environments, eight unique customizable team vehicles, an assortment
of high-powered weapons and multiplayer battles. The four-player wireless mode
lets players go head to head, while unlockable weapons, vehicles and upgrades
add even greater depth to the gameplay experience. In addition, extra game content
will be available through the BattleZone web site, www.battlezonegame.com, offering
gamers news, leader boards and an exclusive online level builder tool that allows
players to customize game maps. The extra content can then be downloaded to
the player's PSP system through a local PC-USB connection.

"BattleZone for the PSP system is a modern day version of the immensely-popular
classic property," said Stephen Baer, Senior Product Manager, Atari, Inc. "BattleZone
is a fast-paced and addictive game that capitalizes on all the PSP system offers.
Just as the original set the standard for combat action in the arcades, BattleZone
for the PSP system is armed to meet today's generation of gamers anywhere they
go."

BattleZone provides players with six popular and well-known game modes, including
Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Team Deathmatch, Hotzone, Knockout, and Fox and
Hound. For casual gamers, the single player mode offers an easy learning curve
for pick-up and play gaming and a tournament progression to win upgrades and
enhancements.

Designed to take advantage of the PSP system's high quality display, BattleZone's
crisp environments depict military combat arenas from around the world. Specific
sights include abandoned cities of Russia, jungles of China, desert canyons of
the United States, Antarctica's frozen tundra and the Canary Islands. Players
can fight their way through the compelling open play of ten worlds in BattleZone,
two of which can be customized online and transferred to their PSP system.

About Atari
New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all
platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment
software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining
franchises such as DRIVER, The Matrix (Enter The Matrix and The Matrix: Path
of Neo), and Test Drive®; and mass-market and children's franchises such as Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues and Dora the Explorer, and Dragon Ball Z®. Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext - ISIN: FR-0000052573), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit
www.atari.com

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