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Steve Russel Birthdate
Steve Russel was born in 1937 -
Nolan Bushnell Birthdate
Nolan Bushnell was born on February 4th, 1943 in Clearfield, Utah -
Steve Russell Creates Spacewar at MIT
Steve Russell created Spacewar, which was one of the first ever computer video games created to run on the PDP-1. (Levy 50). -
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Spacewar Becomes an Extremely Popular Program
"Spacewar became a fixture in university and industrial
laboratories of the 1960s and 1970s." (Lowood 7) -
Nolan Bushnell attends the University of Utah
Nolan Bushnell graduated from the University of Utah in 1968 and received a degree in electrical engineering. -
Bushnell decides to create an Arcade Game
Nolan Bushnell received his inspiration for creating an arcade video game from Steve Russel's, Spacewar; Bushnell decides to name his video game Computer Space (Lowood 8-9). -
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Bushnell & Dabney brainstorm how to reduce the cost of an arcade system
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney begin trying to figure out how to use various computer components to create an arcade system; the reason for using separate components instead of an entire mini-computer like the PDP-10 was because the PDP-10 cost over $100,000 (Lowood 8-9). -
Bushnell decides to use TV sets as monitors
instead of using expensive computer monitors to display the game images, Bushnell found that using TV sets would be a far cheaper alternative (Lowood 10). -
The Mini-Computer is replaced by TV Technology
"They replaced the minicomputer with dedicated circuits based
on TV technology that controlled all aspects of the game, from game logic and graphics to player controls." (Lowood 10). -
Nolan Bushnell's Computer Space released
Nolan Bushnell joins Nutting Associates to release the completed version of the Computer Space Arcade Cabinet in August of 1971 (Lowood 10). -
Atari Incorporated Created
Atari Incorporated was co-founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabny on June 27, 1972 (www.atari.com).
Atari was originally named Syzygy (Lowood 13). -
Decision to make Pong Arcade
After forming Atari Inc, Bushnell decides to make the Pong arcade cabinet; the first video game released by Atari Inc (Lowood 13). -
The Magnavox Odyssey TV game console released
The Magnavox Odyssey was the first TV gaming console that was released for average consumers to purchase and play in their own homes (Lowood 16). -
Pong Arcades are released
Atari inc completes the pong arcade and begins distribution 1n November, 1972 (www.atari.com). -
Nintendo releases the Family Computer (Famicom)
Nintendo created the "Famicom" video game console; better known by its international name, the NIntendo Entertainment System (NES) (www.nintendo,co.uk). The NES has become one of the most well known consoles in video game history. -
NIntendo releases the Gameboy
The Nintendo Gameboy was the first ever hand-held video game made, thus creating an entirely new market for video games (www.nintendo.co.uk).
