Nolan Bushnell was appointed CEO and Chairman of publicly traded company Global Gaming Technologies Corp.

ShowBiz Pizza Place purchased Pizza Time Theatre and assumed its debt.

Nolan Bushnell was removed as CEO and Chairman of Atari. Before leaving, Bushnell negotiated the rights to Pizza Time Theatre from Atari for $500,000.

Nolan Bushnell established the first Pizza Time Theatre in San Jose.The Atari VCS was released.

Warner Communications acquired Atari for $28 million, with Nolan Bushnell personally receiving US$15 million.

Atari released its first home Pong consoles. Also, Steve Jobs offered Nolan Bushnell a chance for one-third equity stake in Apple Inc., for $50,000.

Nolan Bushnell opted to merge Kee Games into Atari in September 1974 just ahead of the release of Tank, a wholly original arcade game from Kee.

Nolan Bushnell purchased Ted Dabney's share of Atari for $250,000.

Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney incorporated under the name Atari, a reference to a check-like position in the game Go.

Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney formed Syzygy with the intention of producing a Spacewar! clone known as Computer Space.

Nolan Kay Bushnell, the co-founder of Atari and creator of Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, was born in Clearfield, Utah. This date marks the beginning of the life of a key figure in the development of the video game industry and family entertainment.