ANTIC Interview 32 - Al Alcorn, Atari Employee #3
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Al Alcorn, Atari Employee #3
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\\nWelcome to Antic, the Atari 8-bit computer podcast. \\xa0I\\u2019m Randy Kindig and this is an interview-only episode of Antic. \\xa0My guest for this interview was employee #3 at Atari where he created the world\'s first commercially successful video game: Pong, Mr. Al Alcorn. \\xa0Al was a very influential figure in the early Atari and has a lot of great stories to share about those early days. \\xa0He tells us about Steve Jobs stealing employees from Atari, his opportunity to buy into Apple, why Atari got into the home computer business, a special meeting with IBM concerning Atari computers, and his thoughts about why Atari failed. \\xa0Al has a terrific sense of humor and I very much enjoyed talking with him. \\xa0I hope you enjoy it too.
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