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by _acme 3000 days ago
Steve Jobs worked at Atari. I don't think there was 'gaming' in the sense that you mean it when Steve Jobs was younger.
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I don't think he must have gamed much while at Atari.

I can state with some certainty that he never seemed passionate about games or gaming. I think he liked being a productive businessman and just didn't see the beauty nor profit in gaming until it was too late.

I'll never forget the time he demoed Halo (which was supposed to be PowerPC-first!) at Macworld Expo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzrme9yWens We all know the huge letdown that happened after that. (Or at least, every Mac and gaming fan knows.)

I wonder if Jason Jones already knew at this point that they were going to sell out to Microsoft...

Worked in the sense that he grabbed the credit while sneaking Woz in the back door to do the actual wiring.