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by pmelendez 1233 days ago
There are several. If I remember correctly the story is featured in Woz’s book iWoz, but also in Job’s official biography. There is also a mention in the Wikipedia article of breakout: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(video_game)

I am sure there are many more sources out there.

Slightly clarification to OC’s remarks. The original contract was for $700 (so Jobs didn’t lie there). However, what Jobs kept secret is that there was a substantial bonus for reducing the amount of chips needed. Wozniak was specially good at optimizing the amount of chips in a circuit so the end design used substantially fewer chips and hence the bonus was much bigger than the amount agreed before.

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Thanks for the clarification. Keep in mind too that the difference, $2150, would have been a _lot_ more money at the time. Roughly equivalent to $12k today if I can believe these sketchy-looking online inflation calculators.