Atari Facts

Two of Apple's three founders worked at Atari before starting Apple. Steve Jobs was a technician there, and Steve Wozniak helped design the circuitry for Breakout as a contractor.

Warren Robinett made Atari millions with Adventure. His salary was $22,000 a year. No royalties. No credit. Atari refused to put developers' names on games. So he hid a secret room containing the words "Created by Warren Robinett" and left before anyone noticed. A teenager found it. Atari kept it in. They called it an "Easter egg." The term stuck.