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Created -Baffle Ball-
1931
Mass production (400 units)
Exchanged cue for plunger |
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Created -Contact-
1933
First pinball with electronic scoring components. |
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Created -Humpty Dumpty-
1947
First inclusion of flippers: skill rather than luck. |
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Created -Triple Action-
1948
Six flippers replaced with two: first of modern pinball machines. |
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Created - Cathode Ray Tube 'Game'-
1947
Inspired by WWII radar displays: missile simulator.
Screen overlays and analogue circuitry for control. |
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Created -OXO/Noughts and Crosses-
1952
Rotary telephone dialer for controller. |
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Created -Tennis for Two-
1958
Modified CRT/Oscilloscope
TIED for first inventor of video games. |
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Created -Spacewar!-
1962
Huge hit for university students with access to PDP-1 computer.
TIED for first inventor of video games. |
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Created -Magnavox Odyssey-
1972
First home video game console.
"Father of video games." |
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Created -Computer Space-
1971
Commercial failure: too complex to play.
Created dedicated circuit board.
Co-Started *Atari*.
"Father of video game industry."
Atari's 'King' |
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Co-Started *Atari*.
Leaves Atari in 1973. |
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First employee of Atari.
Hired to make the company look professional. |
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Created -PONG-
1972
Second employee of Atari.
One of Atari's 'Princes' |
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Collected money from Pong Machines with wife.
Created -Tank-
1974
One of Atari's 'Princes' |
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Nolan Bushnell
Joe Jeenan
Al Alcorn
Steve Bristow
Bill White
Gil Williams
Gene Lipkin |
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| King, Queen, Five Princes of Atari |
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Created *Kee Games*
1973
Bushnell's neighbor ran the company to give Atari 'competition'
President of Atari and Kee Games
Atari's 'Queen' |
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Director of Operations
Chief Financial Officer
Kee Games Controller
One of Atari's 'Princes' |
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Manufacturing at Atari
Kee Games Manufacturing VP
One of Atari's 'Princes' |
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Arcade division
VP Marketing
One of Atari's 'Princes' |
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Created -Breakout-
1976
Took full credit for Breakout/reducing Integrated Circuits (ICs) despite working with Steve Wozniak.
Leaves Atari 1976
Co-Founds Apple with Wozniak |
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Helped program -Breakout-
1976
Wasn't given credit/full payment by friend/partner Steve Jobs.
Co-Founded Apple with Steve Jobs. |
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Venture Capitalist hired to run Atari.
Didn't like games but played them to learn about the product.
Invested money to Jobs/Wozniak when they founded Apple. |
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CEO of *Coleco*.
Struggled with getting Coleco Telstar passed by FCC. |
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Warner's Executive VP
Enforced stipulations for new company management.
Hired Ray Kassar to help run Atari.
Frequently butted heads with Bushnell. |
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'The Czar'
Hired by Warners/Gerard 1978
Serious work ethic clashed with Bushnell.
Fired Bushnell 1978.
Appointed CEO of Atari.
Caused bad blood with employees.
Announced low sales for Atari 1982
One of causes of Great Video Game Crash |
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| Works on the processing chip, 'Stella', for the Atari VCS/2600 |
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First Easter Egg in a video game.
Created to give himself credit for a game he programmed. |
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| Kyle Rains, Ed Logg, Donna Baily |
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First female video game designer
[Atari] |
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Created -Donkey Kong-
1981
Created -Super Mario Bros-
1985
Created -Legend of Zelda-
1987
-Super Mario Bros 2- and -Zelda II-
1988 |
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CEO of Nintendo
(Entire Company)
Strict, Controlling, Visionary |
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CEO of Nintendo of America
(American Branch)
Kind, Respectful, Helpful |
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Landlord for NoA's building.
Namesake of Mario. |
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| Lawyer who defended Nintendo in the lawsuit against Universal. |
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| Doug MacRae and Kevin Curran |
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Created -Ms. Pac Man-
1982 |
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David Crane
Alan Miller
Bob Whitehead
Larry Kaplan |
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Disgruntled Atari Employees.
Created *Activision*
1979 |
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NY Mayor 1933
Destroyed pinball machines for news reels. |
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Created -Gorgar-
1979
Created -Defender-
1980 |
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Creator of Commedor Company
Had insight to include video games with the Commedor 64
Purchased some parts of Atari |
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Created *Electronic Arts*
1983
Put emphasis on developers and games as 'rockstars'
Helped spur box art and games as an art form.
Involved in marketing of //3DO\\ |
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Prototype for -Home Pong-
1974 |
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| Early partners and distributors for Nintendo of America |
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Designed **Famicom/NES Controller**
Created **ROB**
Created -Metroid-
1987
Created **Game Boy**
Created **Virtual Boy** |
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CEO of Worlds of Wonder
Teddy Ruxpin and Lazer Tag |
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Marty Bromley
Ed (David) Rosen
Hayao Nakayama |
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Created *SEGA*
Developed SEGA into game company.
Co-Owners |
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Created *Rare*
Cracked the Famicom/10NES chip
Created -Donkey Kong Country-
Created -Goldeneye- |
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'Mr. Nintendo'
American face of Nintendo |
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Marketing Whiz for Sega of America
President of Sega of America
Implemented anti-Nintendo advertising |
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President and CEO of Sega of America
1990-1996
Created Malibu Barbie and He-Man
Nicknamed 'Ken Doll' |
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Created -Sonic the Hedgehog-
1991 |
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Created -Final Fight-
1989
Created -Street Fighter-
1987
Created -Street Fighter II-
1991 |
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| President/Chairman of Sony |
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Created -Night Trap-
1992
Created -Sewer Shark- |
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John Romero
John Carmack
Adrian Cormack |
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| Brought Nintendo and Sega to court |
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Parker Page
Eugene Provenzo
Marilyn Droz
Robert Chase |
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| Experts Against Videogames in the Senate Case |
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Howard Lincoln
Bill White Jr |
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VP of Nintendo and VP of Sega
Defending their companies in the Senate Case |
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Created -Virtua Fighter-
Known as Sega's Answer to Nintendo's Miyamoto |
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CEO Sony (US)
Part of SCEA Team |
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Marketing for Sony
Part of SCEA Team |
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3rd Party Devs for Sony
Part of SCEA Team |
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Creator of *Microsoft*
Approves of XBox console concept. |
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