Ted Dabney

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Ted Dabney was an American electrical engineer and co-founder of Atari who played a key role in the early development of the video game industry.

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instanceOf company founder
human
video game industry pioneer
causeOfDeath esophageal cancer
coFounded Atari, Inc. NERFINISHED
coFounderWith Nolan Bushnell NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Nolan Bushnell NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1937-05-02
dateOfDeath 2018-05-26
education studied electronics informally and through military training
employer Atari, Inc. NERFINISHED
Syzygy Engineering NERFINISHED
era early history of video games
ethnicity American
familyName Dabney NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork electronics
video games
founded Syzygy Engineering NERFINISHED
fullName Samuel Frederick Dabney Jr. NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Frederick NERFINISHED
Samuel NERFINISHED
honoredIn video game history retrospectives
industry arcade games
video game industry
influenced early arcade game design
knownFor developing a video circuit that allowed games to be played on a standard television set
pioneering early arcade video game technology
militaryService United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED
nickname Ted NERFINISHED
notableFor co-founding Atari, Inc.
notableProject Computer Space arcade game hardware NERFINISHED
notableWork design of the arcade game Computer Space
early video game hardware design used for Pong-era games
occupation businessperson
electrical engineer
placeOfBirth San Francisco, California, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Clemson, South Carolina, United States NERFINISHED
residence Clemson, South Carolina, United States NERFINISHED
spouse Carolyn Dabney NERFINISHED
subjectOf interviews about the founding of Atari
obituaries in major technology and gaming publications in 2018

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Atari, Inc. foundedBy Ted Dabney