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Jun 15, 2017 1 hr 49 min

Founding, Syzygy to Atari

from They Create Worlds Hosted by Alex Smith, and Jeffrey Daum

TCW Podcast Episode 044 - Founding, Syzygy to Atari Part one of our four-part dive into Syzygy/Atari! We cover the personal histories of the founders, and how the company would not really be a company without the efforts of Nolan Bushnell. We go into the controversy of where he learned of Spacewar. Then off to the debut hit for Atari of PONG. We cover the rocky road Atari had after its initial launch, and how it nearly could have just been a flash in the pan like many companies that came after. The Mandela Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMXnCCFS2-Q Full Nolan Interview in '73: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp0BBnBdsVo Computer Space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhdu2Jh9cuc Space Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDtdKxZ9vWk Pong Doubles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09qHnr1DMwA Gotcha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoDZoZqsHF8 Gran Trak 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R014taK2pZM New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month! TCW Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tcwpodcast Alex's Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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