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Hello, and welcome to a very special interview-only episode of Antic, the Atari 8-bit podcast. \\xa0I am Randy Kindig, one of your hosts for this podcast. \\xa0I say \\u201cspecial\\u201d because it\\u2019s not often that you get a chance to talk with an icon like the one we talk with today. \\xa0Kevin Savetz and myself were given the chance to sit down, so to speak, with \\u201cMr. Atari\\u201d Nolan Bushnell and spend a few minutes shooting the breeze. \\xa0If you need any more introduction for this guest, then you\\u2019re probably listening to the wrong podcast. \\xa0In fact, he\\u2019s one of those guys that can go by a single name \\u201cNolan\\u201d and everyone in the Atari community knows who you\\u2019re talking about.

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Before we get to the interview, I want to thank the Atari community on the AtariAge forums for suggesting questions for Nolan. \\xa0When we put out a request for questions, who knew we would get such a large and varied response. \\xa0Regrettably, we only had time for some of them. \\xa0Many of you will recognize the questions that you submitted and we are very grateful for your help. \\xa0I also want to thank Marty Goldberg for his suggestions and guidance as someone who has talked with Nolan in the past.

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This interview was conducted on July 30, 2015.

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Teaser Quotes:

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\\u201cwouldn\'t it have been fun if Atari had owned the Internet?\\u201d

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\\u201cDid you regret selling it? \\xa0Every day of my life!\\u201d

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\\u201cRay Kassar? Oh, he was a disaster.\\u201d

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\\u201cWarner didn\'t want to have anything to do with me. \\xa0They felt that if I was back in and made a success of it it would make them look stupid.\\u201d