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Steve Russel was born in 1937
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Nolan Bushnell was born on February 4th, 1943 in Clearfield, Utah
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Steve Russell created Spacewar, which was one of the first ever computer video games created to run on the PDP-1. (Levy 50).
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"Spacewar became a fixture in university and industrial
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Nolan Bushnell graduated from the University of Utah in 1968 and received a degree in electrical engineering.
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Nolan Bushnell received his inspiration for creating an arcade video game from Steve Russel's, Spacewar; Bushnell decides to name his video game Computer Space (Lowood 8-9).
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Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney begin trying to figure out how to use various computer components to create an arcade system; the reason for using separate components instead of an entire mini-computer like the PDP-10 was because the PDP-10 cost over $100,000 (Lowood 8-9).
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instead of using expensive computer monitors to display the game images, Bushnell found that using TV sets would be a far cheaper alternative (Lowood 10).
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"They replaced the minicomputer with dedicated circuits based
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Nolan Bushnell joins Nutting Associates to release the completed version of the Computer Space Arcade Cabinet in August of 1971 (Lowood 10).
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Atari Incorporated was co-founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabny on June 27, 1972 (www.atari.com).
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After forming Atari Inc, Bushnell decides to make the Pong arcade cabinet; the first video game released by Atari Inc (Lowood 13).
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The Magnavox Odyssey was the first TV gaming console that was released for average consumers to purchase and play in their own homes (Lowood 16).
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Atari inc completes the pong arcade and begins distribution 1n November, 1972 (www.atari.com).
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Nintendo created the "Famicom" video game console; better known by its international name, the NIntendo Entertainment System (NES) (www.nintendo,co.uk). The NES has become one of the most well known consoles in video game history.
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The Nintendo Gameboy was the first ever hand-held video game made, thus creating an entirely new market for video games (www.nintendo.co.uk).
