Crash Course
Atari and the Business of Video Games: Crash Course Games
Today, Andre is going to talk about the rise of Atari and with it the rise of the video game industry. So if you remember from last episode, we mentioned that the first arcade machine, Galaxy Game, happened to have a coin slot, but this...
Great Big Story
The Video Game Genius Behind Chuck E. Cheese’s
Discover the extraordinary journey of Nolan Bushnell, the visionary behind the Video Game Revolution and the creation of Chuck E. Cheese. As the co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell pioneered the gaming industry with the iconic game Pong,...
Great Big Story
The Video Game Genius Behind Chuck E. Cheese’s
Discover the extraordinary journey of Nolan Bushnell, the visionary behind the Video Game Revolution and the creation of Chuck E. Cheese. As the co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell pioneered the gaming industry with the iconic game Pong,...
Weird History
How ET Killed Atari
Perhaps you've heard stories of the mythical Atari landfill in New Mexico full of unsold E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial games. Well, there's actually nothing mythical about it: the E.T. game landfill is very much real. In fact, it's not just...