Once Upon Atari

tv show

poster for Once Upon Atari

4 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired August 10, 2003

Overview

Atari game designer Howard Scott Warshaw, creator of the best-selling 2600 game Yars' Revenge, takes you on a trip through time back to the late seventies and the birth of Atari, and interviews the personalities that fueled the company, including founder Nolan Bushnell.

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The Game's The Thing

Season 1 - Episode 3 - 0h 0m

Air Date

August 10, 2003

Overview

Designing games is a most cryptic and demanding art. It really has little to do with technical specifications and design parameters. It all comes down to one thing: Do people want to keep playing this game? Is it fun?