<p class="">John Ray joined Atari Inc in 1977 as a hardware engineer, learning the ropes with 1978’s Fire-Truck, arguably the first truly co-op arcade game and a distinctive arcade presence due in no small part to his analogue circuitry audio. Ray was also involved with the Atari-licensed versions of Namco’s Dig Dug and Xevious, the awesome arcade version of Tetris and — into the 1990s — the hugely popular San Francisco Rush racing series.</p>
<figure class="
sqs-block-image-figure
intrinsic
"
>
<img data-stretch="false" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddb01a1da2df3551200cc26/f4f47108-fdd1-4882-94ab-16305fbbc4d7/tde_40_johnray.jpg" data-image-dimensions="2000x2000" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddb01a1da2df3551200cc26/f4f47108-fdd1-4882-94ab-16305fbbc4d7/tde_40_johnray.jpg?format=1000w" width="2000" height="2000" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 100vw" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddb01a1da2df3551200cc26/f4f47108-fdd1-4882-94ab-16305fbbc4d7/tde_40_johnray.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddb01a1da2df3551200cc26/f4f47108-fdd1-4882-94ab-16305fbbc4d7/tde_40_johnray.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddb01a1da2df3551200cc26/f4f47108-fdd1-4882-94ab-16305fbbc4d7/tde_40_johnray.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddb01a1da2df3551200cc26/f4f47108-fdd1-4882-94ab-16305fbbc4d7/tde_40_johnray.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddb01a1da2df3551200cc26/f4f47108-fdd1-4882-94ab-16305fbbc4d7/tde_40_johnray.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddb01a1da2df3551200cc26/f4f47108-fdd1-4882-94ab-16305fbbc4d7/tde_40_johnray.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddb01a1da2df3551200cc26/f4f47108-fdd1-4882-94ab-16305fbbc4d7/tde_40_johnray.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
</figure>
