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  1. Nolan Kay Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre chain. . He has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News "Innovator of the Year" award, and was named one ...

  2. lemelson.mit.edu › resources › nolan-bushnellNolan Bushnell | Lemelson

    Nolan Bushnell, inventor of Pong and founder of Atari, is rightly considered the father of electronic gaming. Growing up in Utah in the 1940s, Bushnell had a childhood typical of a budding inventor. His early inspirations included a third grade science project on electricity.

  3. Feb 17, 2017 · The Untold Story of Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell’s Visionary 1980s Tech Incubator. After bringing us Pong and Chuck E. Cheese’s, the legendary entrepreneur built a startup factory that tackled...

  4. Jun 27, 2022 · Allan Alcorn. The guiding creative force at Atari during that time was Nolan Bushnell, who co-founded the company with Ted Dabney on June 27, 1972 in Sunnyvale, CA. Bushnell and Dabney had already worked together on the world's first arcade video game, Computer Space, at Nutting Associates, and they were ready to take the business more fully ...

  5. Aug 11, 2022 · NOLAN BUshnell. Pranks, on the other hand, were par for the course. In perhaps one of the most famous in technology history, Bushnell convinced a colleague to design the prototype version of Pong by telling him—falsely—that he had secured a contract from General Electric. “[Pulling pranks] was part of my DNA,” Bushnell says.

  6. Aug 5, 2015 · Nolan Bushnell, who became a household name after the blockbuster success of video game company Atari, but then fell on tough times, tells the BBC why life is 'a game'.

  7. Jun 27, 2022 · June 27th 2022 marks the 50th Anniversary of Atari. To commemorate the golden anniversary, Atari founder, Nolan Bushnell, sits down with Wade Rosen to talk a...

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