Nolan Bushnell was featured in the documentary film "Something Ventured" about venture capital development, as well as "", which documented the unearthing of the Atari video game burial. Bushnell is considered to be the "father of electronic gaming" due to his contributions in establishing the arcade game market and creation of Atari. There had been debate between whether Bushnell or Ralph H. Baer, who is credited with creating the first home video game console, should be considered the father of video games, which had led to some bad blood between the two inventors. However, the industry recognized that Baer should be considered
Nolan Bushnell is also one of the founders of Modal VR a company that develops a portable large-scale VR system for enterprises to train e.g. security forces. Nolan is on the advisory board of Anti-AgingGames.com and was a Co-Founder of the company, featuring online memory, concentration, and focus games for healthy people over 35. Bushnell's most recent company is BrainRush, a company that uses video game technology in educational software where he is Founder, CEO and Chairman. The company was venture capital funded in 2012. It is based on the idea that many curriculum lessons can be turned into mini-games. Developers can