Atari

The development of the personal computer came after nearly thirty years of small components being innovated, beginning with humans need to develop a mechanical device that could do arithmetic. Personal computing began to actually become more of a reality in the early 1970’s, due to the invention of the microprocessor in 1971. The Intel 4004 contained many crucial components of the computer, from the CPU to the input and output controls into one miniscule silicon chip (Computer History Museum).…

While attending the University of California in Berkeley he was introduced to Steve Jobs through a mutual friend. They became friends while working at Hewlett-Packard (HP) where Wozniak was working on a mainframe computer. Steve Jobs worked for Atari in 1973 creating a circuit board for the arcade game Breakout. Jobs had little knowledge of designing circuit boards so he made a deal with Wozniak to split the fee…

A lot of things happened in 1977- The Atari 2600 gaming system was released, Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the 39th U.S president, and NASA launched Voyager 1. But something else happened, a huge breakthrough for the marine science world. An expedition to the Galápagos Rift revealed hydrothermal vents, and along with it new and unknown creatures that somehow has survived in very harsh conditions. Hydrothermal vents are most commonly found along mid-oceanic ridges, such as the Mid-Atlantic…

One of the most significant pieces of evidence that supports the author’s perspective in the written biography written by Isaacson is “Jobs convinced Wozniak to build and sell printed circuit boards. “Jobs worked out a plan to pay a guy he knew at Atari to draw the circuit boards and then print up fifty or so” (Jackson 215). This source makes it clear that Jobs clearly was the leader in this team of two, making him more known out to the public. However, Wozniak also played a big role in the…

After the success of “Living on One Dollar”, a film about life experience of living on one dollar each day for two months in a rural area of Guatemala, two college students, Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple, have become world famous filmmakers as well as humanitarians and activists. In 2015, two years after the documentary, these two Americans teamed up with 1001 Media and continued to produce another remarkable film named “Salam Neighbor” with them spending one month living in Syrian refugees’s…

systems to the point where they can hardly be advanced anymore. This has led to people not buying the newest consoles because nothing dramatic has happened except for slightly better graphics. ` Gaming consoles have been around for some time. The Atari, Coleco vision, GameCube, and the Wii are some of the more bought and recognized consoles. The graphics, processors, and design of these have changed quite drastically over…

billion dollars. This 127-year-old company strives to create new and innovative Ideas, coining the phrase, “Nintendo innovates, others imitate.” Nintendo re-created the gaming industry after the video game crash of 1985. They destroyed companies like Atari and Sega who had also tried to dominate the…

Technology constantly changes itself and the way we interact with the world and our own selves. One achievement of technology that has always had an impact on people is video games. Video games can provide entertainment, education, and can bring people together. Some critics of games claim that they are violent and meaningless, but in fact, games are a benefit to society. A common misconception is that video games are a recent invention, but the truth is they have been around for almost seventy…

Guggenheim Partners, Mandalay Entertainment and Mosaic Media Investment Partners in 2012. Number Three: Their Parks Are Featured in ‘Roller Coaster Tycoon’ Six Flags has been working Atari for years letting players use their attractions in their game play. However, they took it a step further in the past year, allowing Atari to use actual park schematics, the traffic patterns of guests and better insight into the company’s most popular rides. Roller Coaster Tycoon World was supposed to be…

aware that imagination was the path to invention and solution finding. I always have been good in finding solutions and understanding why and how things and machines worked. That is what pushed me to learn to program when I was 12 years old on my old Atari computer, and…