Nolan Bushnell 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 of Newsweek's "50 Men Who Changed America". He has started over 20 companies and is one of the founding fathers of the video game industry.
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TIMESTAMPS
01:40 Nolan Bushnell’s Biopic
03:25 Story behind Atari
05:25 Birth of Computer Space!
07:35 The Story of Pong
11:00 Creating a new industry
12:05 Steve Jobs at Atari
15:20 Warner’s mismanagement of Atari
18:20 Nolan Bushnell’s story
25:45 Chuck E. Cheese
29:25 Catalyst Technologies: ETAK Navigator
32:00 Kadabrascope + Pixar
34:10 Raising Eight! children
38:10 Blitz
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