Boulder-based Xbox co-creator stiffed by Atari, lawsuit claims
BOULDER — Robert Wyatt, a Boulderite renowned in video game circles as the co-creator of Microsoft’s Xbox console, sued former employer Atari this week over claims he is owed more than $260,000 for work developing Atari’s troubled Atari VCS console.
Wyatt and his Boulder-based firm Tin Giant were brought on to help design Atari Gamebox LLC’s yet-to-be-released gaming system in 2018, but the relationship soured quickly, and Wyatt abandoned ship in October 2019.
Media reports from the time cited industry sources who described the entire Atari VCS development and rollout process as a debacle.
Atari,…
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