Do you have an hour to kill? If so, check out Gamasutra for author Steve Fulton's twenty page essay on the early history of Atari. 

Fulton looks into the early years of the struggling gaming giant, delving into interesting facts about the origin of the name Atari and the inspiration for the famous logo.  

The article does an excellent job of chronicling the birth of Atari and founder Nolan Bushnell's drive to turn the fledgling coin-op manufacturer, who could only afford to hire hippies to assemble their Pong machines, into the company that started the home video game phenomenon.  

This is an excellent source of information and an entertaining read.  I'll be looking forward to the next installments.  

Tag This Article:

(0) Comments