Space Race (video game) first game. After leaving Nutting Associates and founding Atari in May 1972, Bushnell spent a few days designing "Asteroid", but soon had to drop the project to focus on running the company. After the release of "Pong", Atari's first game, development resumed on the title in Spring 1973. Dabney has claimed credit for the game's final design, though "Pong" designer Allan Alcorn has stated that he and Bushnell may have been involved as well. "Asteroid", codenamed VP-2, was designed to be a racing game that would be simple to create to fulfill an earlier contract with Bally Midway; Atari had
Ted Nolan The Ted Nolan Foundation, which awards an annual scholarship in honor of his mother, the Rose Nolan Memorial scholarship. This scholarship awards $5,000 to female First Nations students who achieve their education and accomplish their sport goals while maintaining strong community involvement. In 2013, Nolan and his two brothers created the 3|NOLANS First Nation Hockey School as a way to offer a hockey skills camp to youth, while at the same time teaching the value of living an active healthy lifestyle. This 5-day hockey camp is for both girls and boys between the ages of 7–15 years old, and was