Atari 2600 set of games. Further, while they could continue to take games they had created for arcade machines to home consoles, this development step cost at least and time to complete, and once on the market, had only about a three-month shelf life before being outdated, making this a risky move. In 1974, Atari had acquired Cyan Engineering, an electronics company founded by Steve Mayer and Larry Emmons, both former colleagues of Bushnell and Dabney from Ampex, and started Atari's Grass Valley Think Tank, where they were involved with coming up with new ideas for arcade games. Based on Bushnell's concern
Ted Nolan On April 20, 2007, Ted Nolan's 8th seeded Islanders fell in five games to his former team, the top-seeded Buffalo Sabres. In his second season, Nolan led the Islanders to a record of 35–38–9 for 79 points. On November 3, 2007, Al Arbour returned at the request of Nolan, to coach his 1,500th game for the Islanders in a 3–2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins. On July 14, 2008, "Newsday" reported that Ted Nolan was dismissed as Islanders coach by Islanders GM Garth Snow. On July 2, 2009, Nolan agreed to a one-year contract with the Rochester Americans to become