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10/23/97: Screen shots of documentary

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Updated with photo links on 10/23/97

On August 23rd, 1997, very close to the exact date the 2600 debuted 20 years earlier at CES, a special event was held at the home of Nolan Bushnell.

It was part roundtable interview, part reunion, and part celebration, but it was all fun.

The most important figures in the history of the 2600 were there:

The Executives:

The Stella Engineers:

The Programmers:

In the following photo gallery you can relive this historic gathering, and catch a preview of the upcoming Cyberpunks documentary project "Stella at 20: An Atari 2600 Retrospective".

Keep this site bookmarked. As time goes on there will be some framegrabs and sound-bites direct from the camera footage.

If anyone is interested in assisting in the post production, i.e. helping with scanning, graphics, offering nonlinear editing facilities, or if your company may be interested in buying the project, contact krishna@primenet.com.