The Decision That Buried Atari — Nolan Bushnell's Greatest Mistake
In 1983, fourteen truckloads of video games were buried under twelve feet of concrete in the New Mexico desert. This is the history of the man who built that empire — and the decision that collapsed it.
Nolan Bushnell didn't just found Atari. He invented an entire industry from scratch — starting with a failed arcade machine, a two-line game called Pong, and an obsession with making technology fun. Within a decade, Atari went from a garage startup to a $2 billion empire. The fastest-growing company in American history.
Then he made one decision. And everything changed.
This is the full story — the vision, the rise, and the moment it all fell apart.
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