WHO IS NOLAN BUSHNELL?
Nolan Bushnell qualifies for the title of “Father of Arcade Video Games”. He built an arcade game (Computer Space) in 1969 which used a raster-scan TV monitor display. The game was not a success. Bushnell left Nutting Associates to found Atari, which then produced Pong, the first truly successful commercial arcade video game. He was the first to take a license under Ralph Baer’s patents in the 70’s. Nolan Bushnell developed PONG after he played a ping-pong game on an Odyssey 1TL200 at a L.A. Magnavox dealership demo in May of 1972. Courtesy of Shagmail Who Owns What? In my free time, I am playing Deus Ex. It came bundled with the video card and it is excellent. Read about it here. Later this month the next addition (and hopefully, better) of High Heat will be released. Considering SSHH2K held my interest since June of 2000, I should be happy. Saturday, March 2nd ~ 12:24 PM ~ Friday Five 1. What’s your favorite vacation spot? :: Hawaii. We went there for our honeymoon and plan to go bac
