Nolan bushnell biography wikipedia

Nolan Bushnell, inventor of Pong and founder of Atari, is rightly considered the father of electronic gaming. Growing up in Utah in the 1940s, Bushnell had a childhood typical of a budding inventor.

His early inspirations included a third grade science project on electricity. His early setbacks included nearly burning down his family’s garage with a homemade liquid-fuel rocket mounted on a roller skate. In time, Bushnell began to show his talent for business as well.

At age 15, when his father died, he took over his concrete business. 

Bushnell’s career plans gelled while he was attending the University of Utah.  At that time, he was learning the basics of computer graphics, while managing an amusement park and playing tournament chess on the side.  Fascinated by the combination of computers, images, and fun, Bushnell went on to invent his first computerized video game, “Computer Space,” in 1970.  This game, which looked like a prototype of