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ANTIC Interview 32 - Al Alcorn, Atari Employee #3
ANTIC Interview 32 - Al Alcorn, Atari Employee #3
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Apr 12, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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Al Alcorn, Atari Employee #3
Welcome to Antic, the Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I’m Randy Kindig and this is an interview-only episode of Antic. My guest for this interview was employee #3 at Atari where he created the world's first commercially successful video game: Pong, Mr. Al Alcorn. Al was a very influential figure in the early Atari and has a lot of great stories to share about those early days. He tells us about Steve Jobs stealing employees from Atari, his opportunity to buy into Apple, why Atari got into the home computer business, a special meeting with IBM concerning Atari computers, and his thoughts about why Atari failed. Al has a terrific sense of humor and I very much enjoyed talking with him. I hope you enjoy it too.
Links
Al twitter
Al Alcorn at Wikipedia
Space Ghost Coast to Coast with Al
Al Alcorn Interview at IGN
Welcome to Antic, the Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I’m Randy Kindig and this is an interview-only episode of Antic. My guest for this interview was employee #3 at Atari where he created the world's first commercially successful video game: Pong, Mr. Al Alcorn. Al was a very influential figure in the early Atari and has a lot of great stories to share about those early days. He tells us about Steve Jobs stealing employees from Atari, his opportunity to buy into Apple, why Atari got into the home computer business, a special meeting with IBM concerning Atari computers, and his thoughts about why Atari failed. Al has a terrific sense of humor and I very much enjoyed talking with him. I hope you enjoy it too.
Links
Al twitter
Al Alcorn at Wikipedia
Space Ghost Coast to Coast with Al
Al Alcorn Interview at IGN
Released:
Apr 12, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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