Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Atari was a key player in the formation of the video arcade and video game industry.
Bushnell in 2013
The original Pong upright cabinet
The third version of the Atari Video Computer System sold from 1980 to 1982
The Chuck E. Cheese franchise was first developed by Bushnell at Atari in 1977.
A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines, such as programmers, designers, artists, etc. Most game development companies have video game publisher financial and usually marketing support. Self-funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games.
A group of game developers accepts a game developers' award.
Image: Shigeru Miyamoto 20150610 (cropped 2)
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