Name of Gamer: Ted Dabney

Birth: 1943

Occupation: Electrical Engineer

Bio Summary: Ted Dabney was the original partner of Nolan Bushnell. Together they co-founded Atari.

Education/Training: Attended the University of Utah where he studied Electrical Engineering with his colleague Bushnell.

Career Outline: After college, Dabney went into business with Nolan Bushnell. They formed the company Syzygy and created the game Computer Space. Later, they became Atari and released Pong.

Impact on Gaming: Engineered the first arcade game ever: Computer Space. Later he worked on Pong, arguably one of the most famous video games ever made.

Influences: Dabney and Bushnell created Computer Space based on Steve Russell's computer game named Space War.

Personality: Dabney had a love for games. He and Bushnell's favorite game was Go.

Anecdotes: Ted Dabney repaired Pinball machines in order to fund Atari's first projects. After Pong, Bushnell bought Dabney's share in Atari and Dabney continued to repair these machines for a living.

Miscellaneous: Ted Dabney came up with the name Atari because of the chess-like game of Go. In the game, it is the japanese equivalent of saying Check.

Gameography:
Computer Space 1971
Pong 1972

Bibliographic References:
Wikipeda.com
Pong-story.com
Atarimania.com