Episode 27: Nolan Bushnell, Founder of Atari / the Godfather of Video Games

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. NOLAN's BOOKs: Shaping the Future of Education: https://amzn.to/3Sqrssq Finding the Next Steve Jobs: https://amzn.to/3ShSB0I SUPPORT THE ACCENT ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/theaccentpodcast   WATCH THE ACCENT ON YOUTUBE: www.Youtube.com/TheAccentPodcast   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