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Talking With Nolan Bushnell

Posted by Hemos on from the the-man-with-the-plan dept.

Milktoast writes "Joystick101.org has posted their interview with gaming legend Nolan Bushnell. The arcade guru who founded Atari, invented Pong, and started Chuck E. Cheese talks about the decline of the arcade, education, robotics, and gaming as a narrative. "

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  1. Re:Decline of the arcade? Sure... by Erasmus+Darwin · · Score: 5, Interesting
    "1) 3D fighting games, 2) 3D racing games, 3) 3D shooting games"

    What it really boils down to is a single category of "games which have a physical arcade advantage over home game systems". Fighting games -- two joysticks and a steady stream of opponents. Racing games -- steering wheel, pedals, and (sometimes) movement of the entire game. Shooting games -- dual guns with better performance than home systems (continuous tracking versus tracking when someone shoots).

    Now that home systems can generally compete with the big boys as far as graphics go, it's really just about the peripherals.