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Atari Engineer Steve Bristow Passes Away
- anw 12y agoAn interesting point was brought up about licensing Nintendo through Atari. How would the gaming world be different now had they gone with it? > "In the early '80s, Atari debated whether to go with the internally developed successor to the 2600 or a new console that Nintendo wanted us to market," he told Wired. "Regrettably, it was my decision not to license the Nintendo system." Yes, if not for Bristow, Americans might have played Super Mario Bros. on the Atari Entertainment System decades ago.