ANTIC Interview 102 - Anthony Jones, Atari UK

Published: Dec. 6, 2015, 12:30 a.m.

Anthony Jones, Atari UK

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Anthony Jones was general manager of Atari\u2019s headquarters in the United Kingdom. Later he moved to the United States, where he was group product manager in the marketing arm. There he worked on the Mindlink controller, a controller for the Atari that strapped to your forehead with a headband. Later, he worked at Nolan Bushnell\u2019s Catalyst Technologies incubator.

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This interview took place on September 22, 2015.

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Teaser quotes:

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\u201cAs opposed to a video game where it gets faster and faster as you go on the game (in the older games at least) this one was kind of the opposite: the more you relaxed, the higher your score cranked. It was quite a surreal experience.\u201d