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Not that I think Steve Jobs was the most influential person in gaming, but it would've been nice if the author had mentioned that Jobs worked for Atari, where h
by Samuel_Michon 15y ago
Not that I think Steve Jobs was the most influential person in gaming, but it would've been nice if the author had mentioned that Jobs worked for Atari, where he and Woz built Breakout. Also, let's not forget the Apple ][, which was wildly popular with gamers -- Apple sold millions of them, before anyone had a IBM PC.
- beernutz 15y agoActually, WOZ built Breakout. Steve (as usual) stole his work, and lied to him about the amount of the payout.
- mayanksinghal 15y agoThe missing citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_%28video_game%29#History_and_development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_%28video_game%29#Histo... :)
- Samuel_Michon 15y agoAccording to Walter Isaacson's biography, Steve Jobs was the only one of the two who was employed by Atari. Jobs and Woz both worked days and nights on end to get the Breakout project done. Colleagues from that period say Woz was a better engineer, but that doesn't mean Jobs didn't do anything.
- serge2k 15y agoWozniak actually modified breakout to use fewer chips. He didn't invent the game. Jobs just lied to him about the amount of money they got for the project.