++Good Games talks candidly with one of the gaming industry’s founding fathers — Nolan Bushnell. In this episode, Nolan Bushnell discusses everything from hiring Jobs and Wozniak to the difficulties that lie in store for the next ten Xbox and PS4. This is an interview spans four decades and covers the games industry’s past, present and future.
The saga of the legal battle that sees Epic Games fight Apple in the attempt to bring Fortnite back to iOS has just gained another chapter.
Atari has revealed classic game patch packs for fans and collectors.
The Atari 7800+ follows on the heels of last year's Atari 2600+.
In essence, its a shell swap of the 2600+ they released previously, since they will both play the same games. I know its a bit of a stretch... but why not make a Jaguar+ that plays the Jag, 7800, 5200 and 2600 games in one? Throw in a Lynx adapter (ala super gameboy) and then you can play the portable games on the big screen too.
In addition to that make the games built in and stuff the cartridge support.
So they can support it like their Ouya... I mean VCS (I have both too ugh.). No thanks. There are very few great Atari games from that era, most of the good Atari games came way later and were arcade based. So rather than get get a compilation of those games (pretty much available on any console), it's better to spend a big chunk on another console so you can stick carts of terrible games that are basically the same game with a couple changes in control direction or a sprite. Hellz nopes. You are better off spending that money on a retro/import console and building a real library, rather than another regurgitation from a company cosplaying as Atari.
This guy is a good example of a genius gaming pioneer turned idiot. Such a shame.
While I have huge respect for him, he clearly is not in touch with todays gaming industry.
@DoublePlusGoodGames, while that is nice to hear your side I have too often heard him say things publically that just don't seem like he really gets todays gamer.
He's not one of the industry's founding fathers. That statement is an insult to gaming and gamers everywhere. If anything, he's an investor and one of the original investors of the technology but definitely NOT a founding father. Stop calling him that.
For the uninformed, Ralph H. Baer, is the true founding father of the video game industry. Nolan Bushnell is an opportunistic "person" that stole Ralph Baer pattens. He didn't found anything. I encourage you all to google it and you will see that not only did he not invent anything, he was sued for stealing Mr. Baer's invention. He lost that lawsuit and had to pay out a bunch of money.
Don't take my word for it, please google and enlightening yourself to the truth.
Ralph H. Baer deserves respect, and I have no argument there. Also, Nolan Bushnell was never credited with being the very first person to ever found or create a video game, by ++Good. Yet, it cannot be denied that he helped found Atari, has a list of accolades (Video Game Hall of Fame, Consumer Electronics HOF etc..). It is valid to consider him a founding father (not the only father, or the first father)...but, he's up there. He was a 'somebody' ~ and to his credit, is still trying new things.
No matter what though, I want to thank those in the comments section for giving this a look, sharing one's opinion and maybe even listening to the show. I always say, 'fans help make us who we are.'