Robert Smith
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SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
It's just not the way it works.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Kazar, who's running Atari, is like, no, whatever.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
It's Spielberg.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
What, are you going to say no to Spielberg?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
You say no to the CEO?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
No.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
We can make a shirt.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
You know how many shirts we can make by Christmas?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
You just got to make one game.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
So they eventually find an engineer to make the game.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
A good engineer, a guy who made Yar's Revenge.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
I don't know if you remember that one.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
It was a hit game at Atari.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
He gets it done in a matter of weeks.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Atari makes five million copies, gets them on the shelves in time for the Christmas season.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
And the game is bad.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
The game is not fun.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
I'm going to read you a couple of reviews from the time.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
One from a publication called Joystick.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
No C.