Nolan Bushnell

Nolan Kay Bushnell is an American business entrepreneur, most famous for co-founding the company Atari Inc. with Ted Dabney. Born in Clearfield, Utah, Bushnell became closely associated with the business growth of Silicon Valley once Atari Inc. became a highly successful company.

Bushnell initially moved to California in 1968 to work at Ampex Corporation and after playing the seminal computer game Spacewar! sought to commercialize it with his co-creation Computer Space. With Atari Inc. and its first game Pong, Bushnell became a business celebrity

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Interviews

• Ponk, Ponk- the bouncing blip blitzkreig, Play Meter, June and July 1975.