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Hello, and welcome to a very special interview-only episode of
Antic, the Atari 8-bit podcast. I am Randy Kindig, one of
your hosts for this podcast. I say “special” because it’s not
often that you get a chance to talk with an icon like the one we
talk with today. Kevin Savetz and myself were given the
chance to sit down, so to speak, with “Mr. Atari” Nolan Bushnell
and spend a few minutes shooting the breeze. If you need any
more introduction for this guest, then you’re probably listening to
the wrong podcast. In fact, he’s one of those guys that can
go by a single name “Nolan” and everyone in the Atari community
knows who you’re talking about.
Before we get to the interview, I want to thank the Atari community
on the AtariAge forums for suggesting questions for Nolan.
When we put out a request for questions, who knew we would
get such a large and varied response. Regrettably, we only
had time for some of them. Many of you will recognize the
questions that you submitted and we are very grateful for your
help. I also want to thank Marty Goldberg for his suggestions
and guidance as someone who has talked with Nolan in the
past.
This interview was conducted on July 30, 2015.
Teaser Quotes:
“wouldn't it have been fun if Atari had owned the
Internet?”
“Did you regret selling it? Every day of my life!”
“Ray Kassar? Oh, he was a disaster.”
“Warner didn't want to have anything to do with me. They felt
that if I was back in and made a success of it it would make them
look stupid.”
Hello, and welcome to a very special interview-only episode of
Antic, the Atari 8-bit podcast. I am Randy Kindig, one of
your hosts for this podcast. I say “special” because it’s not
often that you get a chance to talk with an icon like the one we
talk with today. Kevin Savetz and myself were given the
chance to sit down, so to speak, with “Mr. Atari” Nolan Bushnell
and spend a few minutes shooting the breeze. If you need any
more introduction for this guest, then you’re probably listening to
the wrong podcast. In fact, he’s one of those guys that can
go by a single name “Nolan” and everyone in the Atari community
knows who you’re talking about.
Before we get to the interview, I want to thank the Atari community
on the AtariAge forums for suggesting questions for Nolan.
When we put out a request for questions, who knew we would
get such a large and varied response. Regrettably, we only
had time for some of them. Many of you will recognize the
questions that you submitted and we are very grateful for your
help. I also want to thank Marty Goldberg for his suggestions
and guidance as someone who has talked with Nolan in the
past.
This interview was conducted on July 30, 2015.
Teaser Quotes:
“wouldn't it have been fun if Atari had owned the
Internet?”
“Did you regret selling it? Every day of my life!”
“Ray Kassar? Oh, he was a disaster.”
“Warner didn't want to have anything to do with me. They felt
that if I was back in and made a success of it it would make them
look stupid.”
