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Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

(2006)

November 15, 2006• 1h 29m
70%
TMDB Score

Overview

CNBC examines the history of the video game industry from the first tennis game developed for an oscilloscope to the Atari and video arcade game boom of the early 1980s. It looks at the history of electronic game all the way up to the current Nintendo, Playstation, and Xbox game systems.

Bob Waldman

Director

Top Billed Cast

NB

Nolan Bushnell

Himself - Video Game Engineer

BG

Bill Griffeth

Himself - Narrator

RHB

Ralph H. Baer

Himself - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor

HL

Howard Lincoln

Himself - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America

MK

Michael Katz

Himself - Former President, Sega America

TK

Tom Kalinske

Himself - Former President, Sega America

KH

Kaz Hirai

Himself - President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America

AA

Al Alcorn

Himself - Pong Inventor

AM

Alan Miller

Himself - Atari Game Designer

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