Robert Smith
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SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
It's called Pong.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
It has two knobs, one for each player.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
And unlike Computer Space, it has beautifully simple instructions.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Avoid missing ball for high score.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
That's it.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Love it.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Just a few words.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Three plays for one quarter.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
They plug it in and they go back to the office.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
And a few days later, like three days later, they get a call from the bar.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
And the guy at the bar who's calling him says, yeah, the machine's broken.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
I don't know what's going on.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
It's not working.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
And I'm like, whatever.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
It's a prototype.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
You know, it's a new kind of computer.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Of course it's going to break.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Somebody from Atari goes down there to check it out.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
And it turns out it is broken because...
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
The coin box is full.