Once Upon Atari — Season 1, Episode 3: The Game's The Thing
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 4 episodes
Episode synopsis
Designing games is a most cryptic and demanding art. It really has little to do with technical specifications and design parameters. It all comes down to one thing: Do people want to keep playing this game? Is it fun?
About Once Upon Atari
Atari game designer Howard Scott Warshaw, creator of the best-selling 2600 game Yars' Revenge, takes you on a trip through time back to the late seventies and the birth of Atari, and interviews the personalities that fueled the company, including founder Nolan Bushnell.