There are plenty of ways to describe Nolan Bushnell. Technology visionary. Catalyst of the computer-game industry. Unrelenting entrepreneur with sparkling successes and catastrophic failures. A man who was actually able to create a successful restaurant franchise with the name Chuck E. Cheese. Even maybe a matchmaker. Bushnell, who started the early video firm Atari and imposed Pizza Time Theatre on the masses, credits another of his creations for minting a whole generation of marriages. The pioneering '70s videogame Pong, once ubiquitous in college-town watering holes, gave guys and gals an opening to challenge each other to digital duels on its tabletop black and white screens. As a result, he says, "literally thousands of people have told me over the years that they met their wife or husband playing Pong."
ON THE 8TH DAY NOLAN CREATED THE ARCADE
THE DREAM TEAM - NOLAN AND CHUCK E. CHEESE!
IN 1973 THE FUTURISTIC MOVIE "SOYLENT GREEN" FEATURED NOLAN'S 1ST ARCADE COMPUTER SPACE!
THE ATARI 8000 MAIN FRAME SUPER COMPUTER
GATHER ROUND' THE GOOD STUFF!
FEEL THE POWER!
REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE
BENTLEY THE BEAR FROM THE GAME CRYSTAL CASTLES
THE ATARI FAMILY IS IN THE HOUSE!
DIG DUG STAINED GLASS WINDOW @ GROUND KONTROL ARCADE IN PORTLAND, OREGON!
THOSE KIDS ARE AT IT AGAIN!!
ONLY HOT CHICKS PLAY QUANTUM
ASTEROIDS DELUXE COCKTAIL TABLE IS SO INTENSE!
3-D GLASSES SOLD SEPERATELY!