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Ted Dabney
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Samuel Frederick "Ted" Dabney Jr. was an American electrical engineer, and the co-founder, alongside Nolan Bushnell, of Atari, Inc. He is recognized as developing the basics of video circuitry princip
Ted Dabney (left) in 1972 with a Pong arcade cabinet and fellow Atari employees Nolan Bushnell, Fred Marincic and Allan Alcorn
Ted Dabney (left) in 1972 with a Pong arcade cabinet and fellow Atari employees Nolan Bushnell, Fred Marincic and Allan Alcorn
The Computer Space arcade game cabinet
The Computer Space arcade game cabinet
Allan Alcorn
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Allan Edwin Alcorn is an American computer scientist and video game designer. He is best known for creating Pong, one of the first video games. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game
Ted Dabney
…computer, while Bushnell designed its cabinet and worked with Nutting Associates to manufacture the game at scale. Bushnell used this to convince Al Alcorn, another Ampex employee, to leave and join Atari to help program more of these games. Under Bushnell's direction, Alcorn used Dabney's video circuit…
Alcorn in 2011
Alcorn in 2011
Pong consoles and clones were common in the mid-1970s.
Pong consoles and clones were common in the mid-1970s.
Allan Alcorn with Ralph Baer at GDC 2008
Allan Alcorn with Ralph Baer at GDC 2008