Nolan Bushnell

Also known as Nolan Key Bushnell, Nolan Kay Bushnell

American entrepreneur

Person · Open Library

Works: 4

Top works

Shaping the Future of Education
Encontrar al nuevo Steve Jobs
Encontrar al nuevo Steve Jobs
Finding the next Steve Jobs

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Acting · Clearfield, Utah, USA

Nolan Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre chain.

Known for

High Score — Self2020
Game Changers: Inside the Video Game Wars — Himself2019
The Artists: The Pioneers Behind the Pixels — Himself2018
Easy to Learn, Hard to Master: The Fate of Atari — Self2017
From Pong To Pokémon - The History Of Video Games — Self2017
8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars — Himself2016
World 1-1 — Self2015
Gameplay: The Story of the Videogame Revolution — Self2015

Article

Nolan Kay Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc., and the Chuck E. Cheese chain. He has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News "Innovator of the Year" award and was named one of Newsweek's "50 Men Who Changed America". He has started more than 20 companies and is one of the founding fathers of the video game industry. He is on the board of Anti-Aging Games. In 2012, he founded an educational software company called Brainrush that uses video game technology in educational software.

He is credited with Bushnell's Law, an aphorism about games that are "easy to learn and difficult to master" being rewarding.