[game_preservation] Nolan Bushnell returns to Atari

[Martin Goldberg]

Lol, he didn't even run a successful business with Atari Inc.  During
his 4 year tenure he had it facing bankruptcy multiple times, which is
actually what lead him to start seeking financial support and then
ultimately the sale to Warner.

People don't realize that the actual era most people fondly remember
about Atari ('79 -'84) and when it became a multi-billion dollar
success, was after Nolan.

Likewise with regards to Chuck E. Cheese, which was run in to
bankruptcy by him (if you're sailing yachts instead of running your
company, things like that tend to happen).  And if you look, every
company he's done since then has either failed or gone bankrupt.

With actual stats like that, and the fact that now even the woman in
charge of Atari SA's entire online strategy quit with Gardner and
Harrison, I don't see this as possibly being anything more than a PR
stunt as you guys mentioned.

And it's not Atari Inc. in New York, they don't have a board anymore.
He joined the board of Infogrames SA/Atari SA, i.e. the main company
of the umbrella.

Marty

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have to agree it sounds like a PR stunt. I don't think Bushnell has run

> any successful businesses past Chuck E Cheez, and he doesn't seem to have

> made many good videogames (I'll give him Secret Quest though...).

>

> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>

> wrote:

>>

>> Since it is Atari in name only (Infogrames owned, brought out brand to

>> begin with...twice? three times now?) what is this other then a PR stunt?

>>

>> I'd be interested if it actually had anything worthwhile to say other then

>> he's just a member of the board. I guess they don't want to say what he

>> might be deciding (if anything), or doing (if anything) there. Oh well! Wild

>> mass guessing all round :)

>>

>> Good to see someone get something out of being a long-time player in the

>> industry though. Kudos for that I'd say.

>>

>> Andrew

>>

>> On 21/04/2010 20:02, Devin Monnens wrote:

>>

>> Speaking of Atari, Nolan Bushnell is returning to the board of directors.

>>

>> http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/19/nolan-bushnell-and-tom-virden-join-atari-board/

>>

>> Thoughts?

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