Cebus Capucinis Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 No worries Mr. Dabney! A lot of people don't get Random Terrain's unique blend of flavors and spices to create jokes. Can you elaborate a bit more on what happened in the falling out between you and Mr. Bushnell and ultimately your being removed from the company? It was a very hot topic in the other thread so I'd like to hear some more perspective on that if you feel comfortable talking about it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dabney Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 No worries Mr. Dabney! A lot of people don't get Random Terrain's unique blend of flavors and spices to create jokes. Can you elaborate a bit more on what happened in the falling out between you and Mr. Bushnell and ultimately your being removed from the company? It was a very hot topic in the other thread so I'd like to hear some more perspective on that if you feel comfortable talking about it. Thanks! Cebus Capucinis, Thanx for the question. The only thing that I'll say about that right now is that, at the time, Nolan and I both thought it was a good idea. I'm pretty sure you wanted more but this will have to do for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 No problem! I understand it is a rather touchy subject and was simply curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STGuy1040 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 (edited) Welcome!! Edit: Yes, I am late to the party, but better late than never! Edited May 4, 2010 by STGuy1040 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantai Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Welcome!! Edit: Yes, I am late to the party, but better late than never! dun worry! there's still some seats left! Grab some punch, some chips, and join the fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantai Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 (edited) My hobby now is writing Visual Basic programs. I'm not real good at it but I can get it to do anything I want. Real VB programmers would probably not be impressed with my stuff but I am. But what does that have to do with pizza or giant mice? Please stay on topic! LMAO!!! Hey is there a market for old CEC tokens? lol Edit, I nosed around the net to find... GOOD GOD! Look at this... $1000 for a CEC token?!!?!? http://users.pullman.com/fjstevens/tokens/cec/CECbounty.html Edited May 4, 2010 by Shantai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleminor Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 A little late to the party, but welcome. Great to see someone around from the inside of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dabney Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 No problem! I understand it is a rather touchy subject and was simply curious. No. It's not a touchy subject. It's just that I'm trying work some stuff out with Nolan right now and I don't want to say anything, either positive or negative, until I do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Please add me to the list of people who are pleasantly surprised (much so!) at Mr. Dabney's participation here. I think there are probably more people very interested in anything you have to say, than you realize. Thanks for the info! more! more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 No problem! I understand it is a rather touchy subject and was simply curious. No. It's not a touchy subject. It's just that I'm trying work some stuff out with Nolan right now and I don't want to say anything, either positive or negative, until I do. I hope all goes well for you. I would be very interested in hearing/reading/seeing an accurate account of that era of Atari. Marty and Curt have been trying for years(as you well know)to accomplish that. Having you and Nolan work stuff out and (I assume) "get your ducks in row" regarding how you want to present "what really happened" would be wonderful. I look forward to the fruits of your discussions if you are so inclined to share. Also, to echo everyone else - Welcome!! I hope you like it here! "Buck" Chris Buckmister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dastari Creel Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Mr Dabney, it is a pleasure and an honor to have you on this board. I just recently read From Pong to Pokemon: The Ultimate History of Video Games, so its really neat to me to have just learned about you and Nolan and for you both to now be on this board. Have you ever read any video game histories and if/so do you feel as if anything has been misrepresented or anything that you feel that you should "set straight" (not related to Nolan of course since I see that you're trying to work something out with him). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Mr. Dabney....Did you have any input into this upcoming film/movie called 'Atari' (the one apparently starring leonardo DiCaprio) If not, why don't you get a rival film company to make another 'Atari 'film....it will be interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dabney Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Mr Dabney, it is a pleasure and an honor to have you on this board. I just recently read From Pong to Pokemon: The Ultimate History of Video Games, so its really neat to me to have just learned about you and Nolan and for you both to now be on this board. Have you ever read any video game histories and if/so do you feel as if anything has been misrepresented or anything that you feel that you should "set straight" (not related to Nolan of course since I see that you're trying to work something out with him). Dastari Creel, No. I don't stay up on the industry at all. I've heard a lot of stories that didn't include me. Al Alcorn gave a two hour interview about the Syzygy/Atari startup and I wasn't mentioned even once. Nolan seems to come up with truths based on what he wants to be true. Other than Leonard Herman, nobody seemed to care very much about my participation. On a very few occasions I've been given too much credit. I didn't invent Computer Space. I developed the cicuits that Nolan used to invent it. I did coin the phrase "Hyperspace" for when Computer Space flipped to black-on-white. I designed the sound cicuit that used a zener diode selected for how noisy it was. Those were some fun times. Ted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dabney Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 (edited) Mr. Dabney....Did you have any input into this upcoming film/movie called 'Atari' (the one apparently starring leonardo DiCaprio) If not, why don't you get a rival film company to make another 'Atari 'film....it will be interesting carmel_andrews, No input. I tried every way I could find to contact them. No reply at all. Nolan is the "big kahoona". A movie about me would even be boring me. Ted Edited May 10, 2010 by Ted Dabney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 welcome ted! it is a pleasure to see you here and to know that finally the right people get some credit! a lot of people missunderstood the nolan thread. it wasn't about bashing nolan .... it was more about giving credits to those people involved in the success of atari that have been forgotten along the road ... i always hate when the "boss" taps own his own shoulder and forgets to thank publicly the other people involved, especially when they contributed a big part of the creative process. at the end, this is why people left atari and went on founding atari, apollo, imagic and so on ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Just a couple of other things Ted....Was computer space based on a similar coin op game (that preceded it) called 'galaxy game' by Bill Pitts (even though only one was made) Is it true that Steve Bristow has one of the very few surviving Computer space machines (does he still have it...or is it gathering dust somewhere) Also, whatever became of the driving game (that bally asked NB to design/build) that Bushnell was supposed to be designing (with Alcorn) while he was getting alcorn to design Arcade Pong Lastly once you've sorted out your business with Mr Bushnell, would it be possible for you to somehow emulate the likes of Arcade Pong and Computer space via Visual Basic (since you said you were fairly proficient in this programming language) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Mr. Dabney....Did you have any input into this upcoming film/movie called 'Atari' (the one apparently starring leonardo DiCaprio) If not, why don't you get a rival film company to make another 'Atari 'film....it will be interesting carmel_andrews, No input. I tried every way I could find to contact them. No reply at all. Nolan is the "big kahoona". A movie about me would even be boring me. Ted Ted you should insist Tom Cruise play your role in the movie. He would get top billing over Leonardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dabney Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Mr. Dabney....Did you have any input into this upcoming film/movie called 'Atari' (the one apparently starring leonardo DiCaprio) If not, why don't you get a rival film company to make another 'Atari 'film....it will be interesting carmel_andrews, No input. I tried every way I could find to contact them. No reply at all. Nolan is the "big kahoona". A movie about me would even be boring me. Ted Ted you should insist Tom Cruise play your role in the movie. He would get top billing over Leonardo I think Gabby Hayes would have been a better fit... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 I think Gabby Hayes would have been a better fit... Well, I'm sure you're doing yourself an injustice here. Even so, I think some video clips are in order ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7koigiUq7GE ... just in case the young whippersnappers on these boards don't know who you're talking about. I think Tall in the Saddle is my favorite among the Gabby Hayes movies I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dabney Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 (edited) jaybird3rd, Thanks so much. I loved those clips of George "Gabby" Hayes. I haven't seen anything like that since I was a young whippersnapper. Ted Edited May 10, 2010 by Ted Dabney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 I don't know Ted, I figure Sam Elliot would be your perfect fit for the REAL Atari movie... Nolan should still be played by Will Ferrell - he's the perfect height and build, throw a mustache and pipe on him and you have Nolan... Here is my 3 minute "Photoshopped Will Ferrell as Nolan" Richard Karn would've made a good Al Alcorn, but he's getting a little on in years and you need a younger looking guy to play Al for the beginning of the movie. Curt jaybird3rd, Thanks so much. I loved those clips of George "Gabby" Hayes. I haven't seen anything like that since I was a young whippersnapper. Ted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Well I don't know about y'all, but I'm friggin STARVING....anybody for some pizza? Seriously, I'm hungry, it's late and I'm thousands of miles away from REAL PIZZA!!!...egad! Welcome Mr. Dabney!..even though I only openend this thread because I thought he was the guy from "Cloak and Dagger"...lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Well I don't know about y'all, but I'm friggin STARVING....anybody for some pizza? Seriously, I'm hungry, it's late and I'm thousands of miles away from REAL PIZZA!!!...egad! Welcome Mr. Dabney!..even though I only openend this thread because I thought he was the guy from "Cloak and Dagger"...lol! That's Dabney Coleman but kind of a funny coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantai Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Well I don't know about y'all, but I'm friggin STARVING....anybody for some pizza? Seriously, I'm hungry, it's late and I'm thousands of miles away from REAL PIZZA!!!...egad! Welcome Mr. Dabney!..even though I only openend this thread because I thought he was the guy from "Cloak and Dagger"...lol! That's Dabney Coleman but kind of a funny coincidence. and Wargames! God I love that movie!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Charlie Cat Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Ted Dabney The man, the myth, the legend!! Anthony.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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