Season 5, Episode 5: Atari (with Nolan Bushnell)

By Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

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15/10/19·1h 40m

We’re joined by the legendary Nolan Bushnell, founder not only of Atari, but also the only person ever to hire Steve Jobs, the recipient of Sequoia Capital’s first-ever investment, and the creator of Chuck E. Cheese, the canonical GPS navigation arrow, and a little project that would go on to become Pixar. We cover it all in this special episode!

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Links:Spacewar!, the first video game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar! The meaning of Atari: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atariNolan’s current project, St. Noire: https://www.amazon.com/St-Noire-Hosted-Cinematic-Exclusive/dp/B07P693BG1