History of video games market in 1978 with the Odyssey, while toy company Mattel released the Intellivision in 1979, which featured graphics superior to any of its competitors. After both Atari and Fairchild made a strong showing in 1977, the market hit a difficult patch in 1978 when retailers resisted building inventory, believing that the newly emerging electronic handheld market would displace video games. Atari, for example, manufactured 800,000 systems, but proved unable to sell more than 500,000 to retail. This helped precipitate a crisis at the company that saw co-founder and chairman Nolan Bushnell and president Joe Keenan forced out by Atari's parent
Ted Nolan a three-year contract extension on March 31, 2014. However, on April 12, 2015, Murray fired Nolan and his assistants, due to a mediocre working relationship. Nolan coaches the Polish national team since 2017. The team will play in the IIHF World Championship Division I in 2018. Ted Nolan was chosen as a role model in the national native alcohol drug and abuse program in 1986. Nolan was also chosen for the Kiwanis Citizen of the year in 1991, and is an active member of the Aboriginal community. "Note: Head coaching statistics only." – "Denotes championship season" In 2004, Nolan founded