Name: Steve Bristow

Born: 1950

Death: February 22, 2015 (Age: 65)

  • Former VP of Engineering Division at Atari.
  • Helped design the Atari 2600 (originally called the Atari Video computer System, or VCS) in 1977.
  • Managed Atari’s coin-op arcade division and helped develop games like Tank and Breakout.
  • Spent the remainder of his life as an electrical engineer.