Everyone forgets about Pac-Man, that was another huge contributor to the crash. The 2600 couldn&#x27;t handle 5 sprites, so they used one sprite for all the ghosts and showed one per frame. The flickering ghosts against the bright blue background was physically painful to watch.<p>They estimated 10 million consoles were actively being played, so they made <i>12 million</i> copies. They sold 7 million, and that&#x27;s before returns. 7 million people who would think twice before buying another Atari game.