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TDE EP35 - Atari Inc Coin-Op Engineer Jeff Bell

TDE EP35 - Atari Inc Coin-Op Engineer Jeff Bell

Update: 2024-02-07
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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.






















































































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TDE EP35 - Atari Inc Coin-Op Engineer Jeff Bell

TDE EP35 - Atari Inc Coin-Op Engineer Jeff Bell

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