Jeff Bell was a hardware engineer in Atari Inc’s coin-op division and officially the longest serving employee of the company; literally the last person to switch off the lights in 2004. Jeff walks us through his formative years learning the basics of electronics at his father’s desk, the brotherhood of Atari Inc, suspected mob involvement in the early videogames industry and Nolan Bushnell’s Bermuda shorts.
TDE EP21 - Gravitar and Missile Command programmer Rich Adam
TDE EP20 - Gottlieb, Atari and Epyx alumnus Matt Householder
TDE EP19 - Asteroids, Centipede and Gauntlet programmer Ed Logg
TDE EP18 - Former Atari VP Steve Calfee
TDE EP17 - Pinball audio engineer and Gottlieb alumnus David Thiel
TDE EP16 - Art of Atari author Tim Lapetino
TDE EP15 - Atari Programmer Bob Flanagan
TDE EP14 - Q*Bert co-creator Jeff Lee
TDE EP13 - Atari veteran Dennis Koble
TDE EP12 - Atari market researcher Carol Kantor
TDE EP11 - GCC’s Steve Golson (Ms. Pac-Man, Super Missile Attack)
The Retro Asylum Interview
TDE EP10 - Rampage co-creator Brian Colin
TDE EP09 - Kevin Hayes of Atari Ireland
TDE EP08 - The Pit co-designer Andy Walker
TDE EP07 - Joust and Sinistar designer John Newcomer
TDE EP06 - Doug Wismer of Canadian monitor manufacturer Electrohome
TDE EP05 - Mike Hally of Atari on Lucasfilm, Star Wars, lost classic Akka Arrh and Gravitar
TDE EP04 - Owen Rubin of Atari on Space Duel and Major Havoc
TDE EP03 - ACAM Founder and President Gary Vincent
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Survival Horror Podcast
The Zelda Cast
The GlockN9ne Show
Kinda Funny Gamescast: Video Game Podcast
NPC: Next Portable Console