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May 4, 2007 · Design. Woz Was Here - Steve Wozniak On His Gaming Past. In a rare interview, Gamasutra talks to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak about his contributions to gaming history, from developing the original Atari Breakout prototype to the influence of games on his hardware design. May 4, 2007. 17 Min Read. Author: by Benj Edwards.
6 days ago · Steve Wozniak, American electronics engineer who was cofounder, with Steve Jobs, of Apple Computer and who was the designer of the first commercially successful personal computer. He later worked for various companies and was involved in philanthropic causes. Learn more about Wozniak’s life and career.
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Breakout is an arcade video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. and released on May 13, 1976. It was designed by Steve Wozniak, based on conceptualization from Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow, who were influenced by the seminal 1972 Atari arcade game Pong.
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The influence of Breakout extended beyond the arcade, as it informed Wozniak’s design for the Apple II computer. Features like color graphics circuitry, game paddle support, and sound were all ...
Early life Wozniak's 1968 Homestead High School yearbook photo. Stephen Gary Wozniak was born on August 11, 1950, in San Jose, California.: 18 : 13 : 27 His mother, Margaret Louise Wozniak (née Kern) (1923–2014), was from Washington state, and his father, Francis Jacob "Jerry" Wozniak (1925–1994) of Michigan,: 18 was an engineer for the Lockheed Corporation.
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- Stephen Gary Wozniak, August 11, 1950 (age 73), San Jose, California, U.S.
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For our latest exclusive Gamasutra interview, noted computer engineer and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak offers a rare interview as he reflects back on experiences spent developing Breakout for Atari, as well as Steve Jobs' gaming habits, and the influences of video games on the personal computer industry.
Computing and Telecommunications. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the duo who began Apple Computer in 1976, are among the most well-known revolutionaries of the computing age. Their invention of the first true personal computer changed people’s ideas of what a computer could look like and what it could do to make their lives easier and their ...
