Chuck E Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre was developed by Atari from 1974 to 1977
and first opened in a 4,000 Sq Ft building in San Jose, California to the public on May 17th 1977.
The concept featured three main things, pizza, arcade games, and an animatronic show.
The first store and assets would be purchased by former Atari CEO, Nolan Bushnell
in 1978, creating Pizza Time Theatre Inc, which would exist until going bannkrupt in 1984
and being bought by and merged with rival Showbiz Pizza Place in 1985, creating Showbiz Pizza Time Inc.