Nolan Bushnell has recently been appointed a member of the Board of Directors at Atari (formerly Infogrames/GT Interactive), while online business veteran Tom Virden has also taken a position on the Board, as departed Atari executives Phil Harrison and David Gardner resign their seats within the organisation.

Bushnell is recognised as one of the founding fathers of the videogame industry after co-founding the original Atari Inc. arcade, videogame and home computer company in 1972, spearheading the release of Pong and overseeing the launch of the Atari 2600 videogame system in 1977.

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Our gaming hobby might be movie like in this day and age, but it is because of consoles pushing the limits by outclassing each other with each new generation that this industry evolves so quickly. Some of you have been with us since the Atari 2600 days in the 70’s and some might have only joined recently without any knowledge of where it all started. Come back every week, as we will be looking at each console and what exactly it did that made us buy into it and how it helped the industry to become the monster we know and enjoy today.

Continue reading El33tonline’s first editorial on the rise and fall of console gaming as we take a closer look at the Atari 2600. Stay tuned as we put the Nintendo Entertainment System in the spotlight next week.