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Tag: History

Watch the “Stella at 20” Atari 2600 Retrospective (1-3 hours)

January 23, 2022 moorejh History, Media, Video, Web Resources

Task: Watch the “Stella at 20” Atari 2600 Retrospective Needed: Web Browser Time: 1-3 hours (or more) Introduction The Atari 2600 was launched in 1977 and enjoyed many years of success. For its 20th anniversary in 1997, a group of former Atari employees got together

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Read “How Atari took on Apple in the 1980s home PC wars” by Benj Edwards (5-10 mins)

March 21, 2021 moorejh History, Media

Task: Read “How Atari took on Apple in the 1980s home PC wars” by Benj Edwards Needed: Web browser Time: 5-10 mins Introduction There have been a number of popular press pieces on various aspects of the Atari story. There is a great piece by

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Explore the Atari History Timeline (10-15 mins)

January 9, 2021 moorejh History, Web Resources

Task: Explore the Atari History Timeline Needed: Web browser Time: 10-15 mins Introduction The history of Atari is fascinating. I always learn something new and important every time I dig into it. Michael Current maintains a web page with a timeline of events in the

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Watch the Documentary “Once Upon Atari” (2 hours)

September 7, 2020 moorejh History, Media

Task: Watch the Documentary “Once Upon Atari” Needed: Web browser Time: 2 hours Introduction The Atari story from start to finish is an amazing one. Particularly interesting are the stories from the early days of Atari which stem from a very free and open management

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Watch Joe Decuir on YouTube (1-2 hours)

August 3, 2019 moorejh Hardware, History

Task: Watch Joe Decuir on YouTube Needed: Web browser Time: 1-2 hours Introduction Joe Decuir was hired by Atari to debug the prototype for the Atari 2600 and then went on to help design and build the Atari 400 and 800 computers. He has had

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Watch “The Fate of Atari” Documentary (2 hours)

November 11, 2018 moorejh Documentary, Media

Task: Watch “The Fate of Atari” Documentary Needed: Web browser Time: 2 hours Introduction The history of Atari is a fascinating story of innovation, business success, and business failure. There must be case studies on Atari that have been used over the years to teach

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Read the Book “Breakout” by Jamie Lendino (3-6 hours)

August 11, 2018 moorejh Books

Task: Read the Book “Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation” by Jamie Lendino Needed: The book Time: 3-6 hours Introduction Learning about Atari history and trivia on the web can be difficult since the information is fragmented across multiple different web pages and

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