Shovelware and the Atari 2600. Who officially threw the first sh*t shingle?

The flooding of the marketplace with so many low quality games AKA shovelware was one of the key factors of the 80's video gaming crash. So who officially started it all?

Ed Salvo interview https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/ed_salvo/interview_ed_salvo.html
They Create Worlds Podcast Episode 225 Games by Apollo
https://youtu.be/VxBfOosEoTM?si=Pv3DtVE2QMMC2BRU

Thanks to following websites for their great information.
Atarimania.com Atariage.com The Internet Archive @seansolo7783@reddit

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